The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science investigated the progress of the Top Global University Creation Support Project promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and found remarkable results in 11 areas, including the use of external examinations for entrance examinations.The internationality of Japanese universities is also rising in the world university rankings published by the British higher education magazine Times Higher Education.
According to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, when schools selected for the Top Global University Project were compared in 2013, before the project started, and in 2022, after the project started (some items were in 2019 and 2021), diversity-related items were The number of foreign teachers or those with foreign degrees increased by 1.3 times, the number of Japanese students with study abroad experience increased by 1.8 times, and the number of foreign students increased by 1.7 times.
In terms of language studies, the number of classes taught in foreign languages has increased by 2.8 times, the number of courses that students can graduate with just a foreign language has increased by 1.8 times, and the number of students who meet foreign language proficiency standards has increased by 2.0 times.Regarding governance, the number of teachers eligible for the annual salary system and full-time teachers who meet foreign language proficiency standards have both increased by 2.5 times.
In the field of educational reform, the number of subjects that have been numbered has increased sharply by 9.4 times, the number of English syllabi has increased by 6.2 times, and the introduction of external examinations such as TOEFL has increased by 4.6 times.
According to world university rankings, since 2016, Japanese universities have been gaining recognition in the field of internationalism.Times Higher Education analyzes that the Top Global University Creation Support Project has produced results.
