Dwango Co., Ltd. established the Nippon Foundation Dwango Gakuen Preparatory Committee in partnership with the Nippon Foundation. ) University” (provisional name, under planning) announced that it will open in April 2025.Next, the curriculum, extracurricular programs, prospective teachers, etc. of "ZEN University" were released.Please note that the contents are subject to change as the installation plan is still in progress.
According to Dwango, the planned ZEN University will have an enrollment capacity of 5,000 in its first year, with a total enrollment capacity of 2.The annual tuition fee is expected to be 38 yen.We gather professional teachers who are active at the forefront of cutting-edge technology and make full use of ICT in their classes.It aims to provide affordable, high-quality education and overcome economic disparities in education.Dwango believes that it is possible for students to obtain a university diploma just by learning through the Internet, which is a great advantage for students.The Nippon Foundation Dwango Gakuen Preparatory Committee plans to apply for approval from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in October.Mr. Masato Wakayama will be appointed (scheduled) as president.
The faculty to be established is the "Faculty of Intelligence, Information and Society," where students acquire the knowledge and education necessary to play an active role in the global society. Establish related subjects consisting of five areas of learning: "Humanities and Society," "Information," "Mathematical Science," "Digital Industry," and "Creativity."Currently, Dwango has produced 5 class videos for a total of 135 subjects, and plans to release all 12,150 videos for 72 subjects at the time of opening in March 6,480.Class videos will be provided by “ZEN Study,” which is a renewal of the online learning system “N Preparatory School.”2027 credits are required for graduation.Standard subjects are scheduled to be 3 credits, so it will be possible to graduate by acquiring credits from 124 subjects in 2 years.
In addition, as an initiative to lead to future development, we will launch research projects in various fields such as mathematics, AI, and the content industry.The IUGC (Inter-universal Geometry Center), a research facility that promotes and spreads the IUT theory, a world-famous mathematical theory originating in Japan, and opens up the future of mathematics, and the leading AI researcher, Tokyo Professor Yutaka Matsuo, a university graduate school, has established a new research laboratory, the Second Matsuo Lab. project is opened.
