Kobe University and NTT DATA Corporation signed the "Agreement on Kobe University Naming Rights" on March 2018, 3 regarding the acquisition of naming rights (facility naming rights) for classrooms.The new name of the information processing classroom is "NTT DATA IT Room".
In recent years, the environment surrounding national universities has become more severe due to the reduction of grants from the national government.Meanwhile, Kobe University introduced the naming rights system in February 2018 with the aim of securing financial resources for improving the education and research environment.
NTT DATA applied for the naming rights open call for information processing classes at Rokkodai Daiichi Campus No. 2018 School Building, and after examination by the selection committee, it was decided to be a naming rights partner. It will be "NTT DATA IT Room" for one year from April 4.This information processing class is used mainly by social science students in the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics, and Faculty of Business Administration as a base for IT skill training in classes and free exercises.
In addition, Kobe University and NTT DATA have agreed to discuss jointly holding workshops, etc. to solve the problems of the modern economy and society with the latest technology for the purpose of developing new human resources.In addition to enhancing the education and research environment, it will also work to develop human resources required by society and the times in the future, and will further deepen industry-academia collaboration.