Eighteen private universities such as Juntendo University and Kyoto Sangyo University, which are scheduled to increase the capacity of faculties and departments from 2019, and Showagakuin Junior College have applied to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for approval to change the school rules related to the increase in capacity.The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology consulted with the Council for the Establishment of Universities and School Corporations regarding the approval or disapproval.
According to the Ministry of Education, of the 18 private university changes in school rules, the number of students increased due to the establishment of new faculties: Chuo University, Aoyama Gakuin University, Nagoya Foreign Language University, Kyoto Sangyo University, and Osaka University of Economics and Law.Chuo University will establish a new Faculty of International Management and increase the number of students by 5.Aoyama Gakuin University will establish a community human science department and increase the capacity by 300 people.
Nagoya University of Foreign Studies will increase the capacity of 160 people by establishing a new Faculty of Liberal Arts, while abolishing the three departments of English Education, Japanese Language, and World Liberal Arts in the Faculty of Foreign Studies.Kyoto Sangyo University will establish a new Faculty of International Relations, increase the number of students by 3, and abolish the three departments of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, the Department of International Relations, and the Faculty of Comprehensive Life Sciences.Osaka University of Economics and Law will establish a new Faculty of Business Administration with a capacity of 200 people.
Suzuka University of Medical Sciences and Kyoto Sangyo University will change the school rules due to the increase in the number of students due to the establishment of new departments.Suzuka University of Medical Sciences will abolish the Department of Physical Therapy (capacity 2) in the Faculty of Health Sciences and establish a Department of Rehabilitation (40 students).Kyoto Sangyo University will abolish the three departments of management, social management, and accounting finance in the Faculty of Business Administration, and establish a new management department with a capacity of 80 people.
Juntendo University will increase the capacity of the College of Liberal Arts, Department of International Liberal Arts, in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, from the conventional 120 to 240.Although the increase in capacity is not permitted in the 23 wards of Tokyo, which is not approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, a special case is applied and approval is requested.
