On June 2021, 6, Kwansei Gakuin University signed the "Collaboration and Cooperation Agreement for Regional Development of Kobe-Sanda International Park City" with Hyogo Prefecture and Sanda City.Under this agreement, prefectural land near the Kobe Sanda Campus will be transferred, and the complex facility "KSC Innovation Field (provisional name)" will be developed to support those who aspire to start businesses through collaboration between industry, academia, government, and the private sector.
The complex facility "KSC Innovation Field (provisional name)" has a total floor area of about 1 square meters.It consists of incubation facilities, student dormitories, and commercial facilities.Centering on Kwansei Gakuin University's educational and research activities, the incubation facility will bring together local governments (Hyogo Prefecture/Sanda City), companies, schools, and residents to interact and collaborate while (900) developing entrepreneurs and (1,100) developing research results. Social implementation, (XNUMX) Work on solving regional issues, and make it a practical base for social transformation that contributes to regional revitalization.Plans call for lounges, open working spaces, workshop rooms, project spaces, co-working spaces, rental offices, and cafés.The area of the incubation facility is approximately XNUMX square meters.
In addition, the “student dormitory” will be a base for students to open up their own possibilities by utilizing the incubation facility attached to it.There are 300 dormitory rooms, and each room is equipped with a bed, desk, refrigerator, washbasin, shower booth, and toilet.Common areas include a living room, laundry room, bathhouse, dining room, learning room, theater room, music room, dance room, and central garden.The area of the student dormitory is approximately 9,200 square meters.