Otemon Gakuin University participates in the "Ibaraki Smart Community Project" that is underway in the eastern part of Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, as part of the 130th anniversary commemorative project, and will open a new campus in April 2019 with the aim of creating a major educational area. To open in.
The "Ibaraki Smart Community Project" is an environment-friendly city "Smart Community" that utilizes renewable energy such as solar power generation on the site of a Toshiba factory in Ibaraki City and combines social infrastructure such as transportation systems and public services in a complex manner. Aiming to build.
The site area of the new campus of Otemon Gakuin University will be constructed using approximately 64,400 m1 of the educational area of the "Smart Community".The relocation of the Faculty of Regional Creation and the Faculty of International Liberal Arts, the establishment of a base for first-year education for first-year students of all faculties, and the full relocation of Otemon Gakuin Junior and Senior High School, approximately 5,000 including students and faculty members. People move.
The campus is about a 2018-minute walk from JR Soujiji Station, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 10, and about 2 kilometers from the current campus. By operating the two campuses in an integrated manner, we will improve the convenience of students, create regional disaster prevention and exchange bases, and realize a place for new education and research practices, creating a major educational district in the Hokusetsu district. Let me.
