A survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology found that international research exchanges implemented by universities, technical colleges, and independent administrative agencies nationwide in the 2021 academic year were at a low level due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.Due to the impact of immigration restrictions in various countries due to the corona crisis, international research exchanges were almost destroyed in 2020, but there were no signs of recovery in 2021.
The research was entrusted to the Future Engineering Research Institute and targeted at 924 institutions nationwide, including public and private universities, technical colleges, and independent administrative agencies. Within 849 days is defined as short-term, and over 30 days as medium-long term.
According to this, 2021 short-term researchers and 1646 medium- and long-term researchers were dispatched overseas in FY1565.Although the number increased by 1334 (short term) and 548 (medium and long term) compared to the previous fiscal year, it is a double-digit decrease compared to FY2019 and before the start of the corona crisis. I couldn't do it.
We have accepted 9160 researchers from overseas (302 short-term, 8858 medium- and long-term).Although it recovered over four years after declining due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake, it was the lowest number since the survey began, down 4 from the previous year's 9497 due to the corona crisis.By institution, the slump was conspicuous at national universities and private universities, which have large numbers of both dispatched and accepted students.
派遣研究者、受入研究者とも調査開始以来、右肩上がりで増加を続け、コロナ禍前の2018年度で約17万8000人の派遣研究者、約3万9000人の受入研究者を記録した。しかし、2019年度末は年度末にコロナ禍の影響が出始めたことから、派遣研究者が約15万9000人、受入研究者が約3万5000人に落ち込み、年間を通してコロナ禍の影響を受けた2020年度は派遣1927人、受入9497人となっていた。
