On December 2018, 12, Nagoya University and Gifu University reached a basic agreement toward the establishment of the Tokai National Higher Education Organization.
All national universities are to be established by national university corporations established by law.The basic agreement this time is to integrate Gifu University and Nagoya University, two national university corporations into one common national university corporation, and this corporation will establish Gifu University and Nagoya University and manage each university. Aim to move to a format that does.In order to realize this corporate integration, it is necessary to revise the law (National University Corporation Law), which is currently under consideration in the national government.Both universities are preparing for integration on the premise that institutional development will be carried out by the government.
Gifu University, whose mission is to contribute to the local community, and Nagoya University, which aims to become a research university in the world.The Tokai National Higher Education Organization, which manages both universities in an integrated manner, will be established on the premise of the difference in mission, and the power of both universities will be shared under one corporation.By promoting the integration of administrative systems and the sophistication of management, we will contribute to regional revitalization more than ever and strengthen the functions toward the development of one of the world's leading research universities.
Even after the establishment of the Tokai National Higher Education Organization, both universities will continue to exist in the same way as before, but due to the integration of corporations, educational aspects that make use of the characteristics of each university, which was not possible with conventional inter-university collaboration, will be achieved. Fostering talented human resources in the future by collaborating, forming advanced research bases that utilize the power of overlapping fields, creating intellectual results through world-class research activities, and developing high-quality education that is internationally applicable. I will do it.
