Okayama University held a board meeting and established seven fields, including botany and archeology, as the university's most important research fields.Up to now, priority research areas have been established to improve research capabilities.
According to Okayama University, the most important research areas that have been established are
・Agricultural crops and plant science
・Healthcare field
・IT/Electronics field
・Planetary science and space physics
・Innovative materials field
・Archeology
・Interdisciplinary research and service/social system design related to the above
-.Selected from data analysis and future forecast analysis, and also considered the possibility of leading to innovation.In the future, we will aim for even higher research in the seven fields and enhance our activities, set KPIs (key performance indicators) for innovation creation, and promote social implementation.
In 2018, Okayama University abandoned its conventional omnidirectional and all-encompassing research promotion policy and set priority research areas and began to focus on them.As a result, it has established strong research fields such as botany, physics, medicine, and archeology.
In particular, basic photosynthesis research in botany has achieved outstanding results in terms of the world share of papers and the number of top papers, and in archeology, the Institute for Civilization Dynamics will be established in 2021, achieving results that are on par with world top-level research institutes. is raisingThe establishment of the most important research fields is the next step in aiming for a higher research university.
Yasutomo Nasu, President of Okayama University, commented, "We aim to be a university that can contribute to the transformation of the world by co-creating the future of the region and the earth."
