The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has presented a collection of case studies of university consolidation and university collaboration entitled "Measures for Ensuring High-Quality Higher Education Opportunities in the Region" at a joint meeting of the Central Council for Education University Subcommittee and Future Vision Subcommittee. Distributed.As we enter the era of depopulation, we can see the intention of directing discussions on the scale reduction and efficiency improvement of universities.

 According to the casebook, there have been 1989 mergers of school corporations since 41, and 2003 dissolutions of school corporations under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology from 2015 to 14.

 In 2002 and 2003, 12 national universities were integrated, including Kagawa University and Kagawa Medical University, Kobe University and Kobe University of Commerce, and even after the national university was incorporated, Osaka University and Osaka Foreign Language University were integrated. The number of 1997 schools in 101 decreased to 2007 in 86.

 From 2003 to 2015, Keio University and Kyoritsu Pharmaceutical University, Kansai Gakuin University and Seiwa University, and Sophia University and Our Lady University were integrated into 14 private universities.Since 6, private universities have been abolished at 2003 schools including Miechukyo University, Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin University, and Towa University.

 We will also introduce examples of Osaka Prefecture University and Osaka City University, where integration discussions are currently underway. Is said to be able to reduce by 2010%.

 In addition, the joint implementation of curriculum, the establishment of a university consortium, and the introduction of a credit transfer system with remote universities were also shown. As the 2018-year-old population again declines sharply from 18, it is perceived that there is a desire to lead discussions toward the reduction of the size of the university.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Measures to secure high-quality higher education opportunities in the region-Possibility of cooperation and integration- (PDF)

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