Saga Prefecture, which is aiming to open a prefectural university in 2028, has compiled a basic concept plan for a one-faculty, one-department system, envisioning the Faculty of Management and Information Studies (tentative name). A supplementary budget bill for fiscal year 1, which incorporates the opinions expressed at the prefectural citizen roundtable discussion in the draft released in September and includes 1 million yen for promotional expenses such as curriculum creation and installation site consideration, will be submitted to the prefectural assembly on the 9th. submit.
According to Saga Prefecture, the name of the university is "Saga Prefectural University (tentative name)."Social implementation skills to apply the latest information technology to solve problems in society and the field; technical and analytical skills to process data and solve problems from a technical perspective; understand the essence of things and issues, and keep up with market trends. We aim to develop human resources with business skills who can make tailored proposals.
The faculty is expected to be only the Faculty of Management and Information Studies with an enrollment capacity of approximately 200 to 300 students, and the faculty will not be subdivided into smaller sections, with each faculty having one department. In the first and second years, students will take liberal arts subjects such as ``Saga Studies,'' where they learn about the region, business administration, and foreign languages, and then take specialized subjects in the fields of business management and information/data science.
The supplementary budget for fiscal year 2023 will include expenses such as creating a curriculum and establishing a specialized team to consider location.Governor Yoshiyoshi Yamaguchi plans to question the pros and cons of the basic plan at the prefectural assembly through deliberations on the supplementary budget bill.
There are two four-year universities in Saga Prefecture, Saga University, a national university, and Nishi-Kyushu University, a private university, and the exodus of young people who go on to university has long been a problem.Prefectural universities are working to solve this problem, but due to the declining birthrate, universities are becoming saturated across the country. With the population of 4-year-olds expected to decline further in the future, residents of the prefecture are expressing concerns about the future of prefectural universities.
