Otarushoka University, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, and Kitami Institute of Technology, which have campuses in Hokkaido, have agreed on a corporate integration in 3, and have held a ceremony to conclude an agreement in Sapporo.With the aim of increasing the attractiveness of the university and surviving in preparation for the future decline in the 2022-year-old population, a new national university corporation "Hokkaido Union University Organization (tentative name)" will be established in Obihiro City and will operate three universities.
According to Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, the signing ceremony was attended by three presidents, Takeo Wada, Otaru Commerce Department, Kiyoshi Okuda, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, and Soichiro Suzuki, Kitami Institute of Technology.An agreement was signed that included the goal of business integration.The agreement includes the promotion of collaborative projects that integrate research results and knowledge in specialized fields while respecting the independence of the three universities by allocating faculty members.
Hokkaido is exposed to a rapid population decline, and the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research predicts that it will decrease to 2045 million in 130, more than 400 million less than it is today.Along with this, the 18-year-old population will decrease rapidly, and it is said that the number will decrease by nearly 2028 in the 10 years until 6,000.
The three universities are not currently under capacity, but if the population decline in Hokkaido continues as it is, it will not be reassuring. Hardened.
The budget that has been raised due to the integration of office work through centralized management will be used to strengthen education and research to improve the attractiveness of the university. Since the campuses of the three schools are far apart, in addition to the conventional distance learning, we are also considering the development of a system that allows teachers and students to interact with each other.
