Shimanto City, Kochi Prefecture officially announced that it would give up on attracting the Shimanto Faculty of Nursing (provisional name) of Kyoto University of Nursing, which had been promoted in the Shimoda area.Kyoto Ikueikan, the operating corporation, submitted an application to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to establish an undergraduate school, but it was not expected to secure a stable number of students over the long term. It was a hasty decision four months before school.
According to Shimanto City, the Shimanto College of Nursing at Kyoto University of Nursing had a capacity of 80 students and was scheduled to open in April 2023.Since 4, Shimanto City has been in a difficult situation due to population decline and aging, so Kyoto Ikueikan is working to attract universities and operates Shimanto Nursing College, a nursing school in Arioka, Shimanto City. received a proposal to reorganize the Shimanto Nursing School into a four-year university.
In response to this, Shimanto City will set up a university attraction promotion office in the city hall in 2020, and will invest approximately 15 billion yen to rebuild the former Shimoda Junior High School building and the former Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine into a university building. rice field.The training building of the former Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine has already been completed.
Kyoto Ikueikan applied to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to establish a new department, but withdrew the application in October, as it was deemed unlikely to secure a stable number of students over the long term.
Shimanto City is located in the southwestern part of Kochi Prefecture and has a population of approximately 3.It was established in 2,000 by merging the former Nakamura City and the former Nishitosa Village.Although the city is home to the Shimanto River, a tourist attraction, the city is in a state of stagnation due to rapid population decline and an aging population.
reference:[Shimanto City, Kochi Prefecture] We decided to give up on attracting universities
