According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 16 private universities nationwide, including Kyoto University of the Arts, Ryukoku University, and Shukutoku University, will increase their capacity from 2023.Of these, Kyoto University of the Arts will more than double the capacity of the character design department of the Faculty of Arts and nearly five times the capacity of the design department of the Faculty of Correspondence Education.

 According to the Ministry of Education, Kyoto University of the Arts will increase the number of students from 910 to 975 by abolishing the manga department of the Faculty of Arts and increasing the number of students in the Department of Character Design.The Faculty of Arts, Correspondence Education will increase the number of students in the design department from 5 to 650 by increasing the number of students to nearly five times.The design department of the Correspondence Education Department has an illustration course in collaboration with the illustration communication service Pixiv, but it is gaining popularity as the number of applicants exceeds 1,410, which is the largest number ever, and the capacity is limited in response to this situation. Spread out.

 Ryukoku University will abolish the Department of Clinical Psychology in the Faculty of Letters and establish a new Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Psychology to increase the total capacity from 4,982 to 5,138.Shukutoku University will expand the capacity of the Faculty of Business Administration, and will newly establish the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Human Sciences, and the Faculty of Regional Creation, Department of Regional Creation, expanding the total number of students from 1,220 to 1,455.

 In addition, Kyorin University is the Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo City University is the Department of Design and Data Science, Faculty of Design and Data Science, and Mukogawa Women's University is the Department of Psychology and Social Welfare, Faculty of Health and Sports Science, Sports Management. Department, Faculty of Social Information Department of Social Information will be newly established.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] List of changes in school rules related to the increase in the capacity of private universities from the 5th year of Reiwa (PDF)
[Kyoto University of the Arts]Kyoto University of the Arts Correspondence Education Department "Illustration Course" in partnership with Pixiv, the number of applicants in the second year of opening is confirmed to be 2 more than last year

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