Japan Electronics College (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Chairman Tadataka Ta) will hold a press conference on December 2017, 12, and plans to open a professional university in the ICT field in April 4. Announced.
The name is "i Professional University" (tentative name).The abbreviation is "i-dai", and the faculties and departments to be established are ICT Innovation Faculty, ICT Innovation Department, enrollment capacity is 200, and the number of full-time faculty members is planned to be 26.
Under the basic concept of "ICT x business x English + internship for all x online learning", we will implement a wide range of ICT skill education such as programming, AI, and big data that the electronic school has cultivated so far, as well as business skill education by practitioner teachers. And provide a chance to learn with 1 hours of corporate internship per person.In addition, we will enhance English education and strengthen internationality by accepting online classes and international students.
Ichiya Nakamura, who has served as a visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab and director of the Stanford Japan Center Institute, and has been a professor at the Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University since 2006, will be appointed as the president.The campus will conclude a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Sumida Ward, and the main school building will be located in the Bunka district of Sumida Ward, and the satellite campus will be located in the Takeshiba district of Minato Ward (National Strategic Special Zone).
Professional universities are new higher education institutions that will be established in 2019 due to the partial revision of the School Education Law (enforced on April 4, 1).Compared to conventional universities, 2019-3% of graduation credits are devoted to practical training, etc., 4 credits or more of internships are taken in 4 years, and 20% or more of full-time faculty members are practitioners, specializing in vocational practice education. ing.Upon graduation, you will be given a "Bachelor's Degree (Professional)" equivalent to a bachelor's degree at a university.
