The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has selected Shimane University, Hiroshima University, and Tokushima University as regional national universities that will contribute to the realization of attractive regional universities in 2023.Among the applications submitted by five universities nationwide, the examination committee judged that it was worth the realization of regional revitalization, and as a result, the capacity of three schools will be increased by 5 to 3 in 2023.
According to the Ministry of Education, Shimane University has set up a new concept of the Faculty of Materials and Energy, Department of Materials and Energy, to promote industrial transformation. The enrollment capacity for 2023 is 80.The Faculty of Materials and Energy is positioned as the core of realizing university reform, energy reform, and Shimane creation.
Hiroshima University has increased the capacity of the existing Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information Science, and proposed a regional revitalization concept opened up by human resources for promoting digitalization.The enrollment capacity of the Department of Computer Science will be increased from the current 80 to 150, and it is said that it will lead the country's digital rural city concept from Hiroshima.
The University of Tokushima has set out a new future plan to open up the existing Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, by increasing the capacity of medical and engineering fusion human resources.The enrollment capacity of the Department of Science and Engineering will increase by 595 from the current 30 to 625.The concept name was "Next Generation Hikari Tokushima Youth Employment Plan".
The increase in the capacity of attractive local national universities was announced in 2020 by the Central Council for Education University Subcommittee and the review meeting for the realization of attractive local universities, and is being recruited from 2022. In 2022, there were no applications, but in 2023, there were applications from 5 schools, and 6 schools were selected by a judging committee consisting of 3 experts, including Keizo Hamada, Governor of Kagawa Prefecture, and Osamu Murata, President of Kwansei Gakuin University.
