There are seven private universities that have applied for approval to change the school rules from 2018: Iwate Medical University, Autonomous Medical University, Saitama Medical University, Juntendo University, Japan Medical University, Kansai Medical University, and Hyogo College of Medicine. With the application, the number of students has increased by 7 compared to the enrollment capacity in 2017.

　医学部の入学定員については、1982年と1997年の閣議決定により7,625名まで抑制されたが、2006年の「新医師確保総合対策」で医師不足が深刻な10県（青森、岩手、秋田、山形、福島、新潟、山梨、長野、岐阜、三重）で各10名、2007年の「緊急医師確保対策」で、全都道府県で原則各5名の入学定員を増員。さらに、「地域の医師確保の観点からの定員増（地域枠）」「研究医養成のための定員増（研究医枠）」「歯学部入学定員の削減を行う大学の特例による定員増（歯学部振替枠）」などを実施し、2008年度から2018年度までの10年間で、臨時定員1,010名、恒久定員544名（新設による増員を除く）の計1,554名の増員が行われてきた。

　Of these, the temporary capacity of 317 people through the "Comprehensive Measures to Secure New Doctors" and "Measures to Secure Emergency Doctors" will end in FY2017.As an alternative, based on medical plans prepared by prefectures, we will set up scholarships and set up a "regional frame" to select people who have "will to take charge of regional medical care", and "re-capacity increase" until 2019. It became possible to do.

　In the “regional quota” in 2018, 49 universities are planning to increase the number of students by 316, of which 304 are due to the increase in the number of students again, and the number of other students is 4 in 12 universities.Therefore, the enrollment capacity of the medical school of national, public and private universities (2018 universities) in 81 was 9,419, a decrease of 2017 from 9,420 in 1. The period for increasing the number of doctors in the "regional frame" is until 2019, but future handling will be decided based on the future outlook and retention status of the number of doctors trained at that time.

Reference: [Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] List of applications for approval to change school rules related to the increase in the capacity of private university medical schools from 30