Ibaraki University has announced a policy to establish a new curriculum that requires "cooperative education" for industry-academia collaborative education in which students experience work that is close to their specialty.This is the first time for a national university to make co-op education mandatory, and negotiations are underway with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to establish a new curriculum from 2024.
According to Ibaraki University, the new curriculum has a capacity of 1 students in the first grade.Adjust the capacity of existing faculties and set a frame.It will be a cross-departmental curriculum with the aim of developing human resources who can analyze data and specialize in solving social issues.
Co-op education is a combination of university education and off-campus work experience-based learning, but there are few cases of introduction at Japanese universities, and it is said that there is no national university that requires everyone from the first year.Students can improve their skills by working in companies and local governments, and companies can utilize their data analysis skills in their businesses.
The establishment of the new curriculum is positioned as the centerpiece of the 2022th medium-term goal / medium-term plan period that will continue from 2027 to 4, and the policy is to make full use of existing educational resources to create a flexible curriculum.
Hiroyuki Ota, President of Ibaraki University, said on the website, "Students are improving their academic ability in their specialized fields, but the survey results show that they lack a bird's-eye view of the world, communication skills, and a desire to revitalize the region. For this reason, we would like to establish a new educational course that is cross-disciplinary and precedent for problem solving. "
