10 universities, including the University of Tokyo and Waseda University, applied for an international university for outstanding research that aims to become a university with world-class research capabilities.The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has clarified the results, and the examination results are expected to be announced in the autumn.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in addition to the University of Tokyo and Waseda University, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Tokyo University of Science, Tsukuba University, Kyushu University, Tohoku University, Osaka University, the merger of Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Tokyo Institute of Technology. Tokyo University of Science (provisional name), which is scheduled to be born in.2 private universities.All the former Imperial Universities except for Hokkaido University have applied.
If a university is selected as an international university for outstanding research, it will receive an extraordinary subsidy amounting to several tens of billions of yen per year for up to 10 years from the government's 1 trillion yen university fund investment profit.In addition to being useful in securing top-class research personnel in Japan and overseas, it will also make it possible to significantly improve research facilities.
Due to the prolonged stagnation of the Japanese economy after the bursting of the bubble economy, its status has continued to decline so seriously that it is said to be the only loser in the world.One of the reasons for this is that Japan is lagging behind in the development and introduction of advanced science and technology such as digital technology.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology plans to set up an expert panel to begin examinations, and to accredit the university and approve the plan around autumn.It is expected that subsidies from a different dimension will start after FY2024.
