On April 2024, 4, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology consulted the Council for University Establishment and Educational Corporations regarding the ``approval for establishment of faculties, etc. of public and private universities scheduled to open in 8,'' which was submitted at the end of March.

 In addition to the new establishments of Fukui Prefectural University's Department of Dinosaurs and Otsuma Women's University's Department of Data Science, correspondence courses will be offered at Nagoya Sangyo University's Faculty of Modern Business, Kindai University's Faculty of Architecture, Okayama University of Science's Correspondence Education Department, Department of Information Science and Technology, and Miyazaki International University's School of International Liberal Studies. There were applications from both the undergraduate and Kamakura Women's University Junior College departments.

 The application for approval to establish a university and department for the correspondence course scheduled to open in April 2025, combined with the application at the end of October 4, will have an enrollment capacity of 2023 students, a capacity of 10 for second-year transfers, and a capacity for third-year transfers. The capacity will be 7250 people.

 Additionally, according to the "Approval of Changes in Academic Regulations Concerning Changes in the Accommodation Capacity of Private Universities, etc. from 7" announced on the same day, the Faculty of Arts of the Correspondence Education Department of Kyoto University of the Arts has applied to increase the enrollment capacity by 1940 students. .

<Correspondence education course applied for approval for establishment in April 2025>
・University establishment
Tokyo Management University, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Management 350 students *3rd year transfer capacity 150 students
Barrier-free Liberal Arts College Faculty of Liberal Arts Department of Liberal Arts 200 students *2nd year transfer capacity: 20 people, 3rd year transfer capacity: 20 people
ZEN University Faculty of Intelligence and Information Society Department of Intelligence and Information Society 5000 students

・Faculty establishment
Kaishi Sozo University Faculty of Information Design Department of Information Design 1000 people
(Scheduled to change name in April 2025: Business Creation Graduate University→Kaishi Creation University)
Nagoya Sangyo University Faculty of Contemporary Business Department of Contemporary Business 200 people
Kindai University Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture 100 students *3rd year transfer capacity 500 students
Okayama University of Science, Department of Correspondence Education, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Department of Information Science 200 students *2nd year transfer capacity: 10 people, 3rd year transfer capacity: 20 people
Miyazaki International University Faculty of International Liberal Studies Department of Comparative Culture 200 people

<Correspondence education course that applied for approval to increase capacity in April 2025>
Kyoto University of Arts, Correspondence Education Department, Faculty of Arts 1410 → 3350
*2nd year transfer capacity: 30 → 30 people, 3rd year transfer capacity: 1970 → 5050 people

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] List of applications for approval of faculties scheduled to open in 7 (April 6) (PDF)
Consultation regarding approval of change in school regulations regarding change in student capacity applied for at the end of March 6 (PDF)

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