On April 2024, 4, Nihon University Junior College announced that the Department of Food and Nutrition at the Mishima Campus (Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture), which houses the Faculty of International Relations, will suspend student recruitment from 19 onwards. At the same time, student recruitment for the Food and Nutrition major, which students in the Department of Food and Nutrition enter after graduation, will cease accepting students after enrolling in April 2025. As a result, Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University Junior College will be the only nutritionist training department in Shizuoka Prefecture.
While the 18-year-old population is decreasing nationwide, the declining birthrate in Shizuoka Prefecture is particularly serious than the national average. According to the "Future Population Projections by Region" released by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in December 2023, the total population of Shizuoka Prefecture will increase from 12 in 2020 to 363 in 3202. Outlook. There are no cities, wards, or towns where the population is expected to increase, and even cities such as Shizuoka City, Fuji City, and Numazu City, which are located near Nihon University Junior College's Mishima campus, have experienced a large population decline compared to the national average.
Additionally, due to the recent trend toward four-year universities, the Department of Food and Nutrition has not had the enrollment capacity for the past several years, and Nihon University Educational Corporation has carefully considered this issue and has come to the decision to suspend recruitment. Nihon University says it will continue to do its best to provide all current students, including students entering in 2024, with everything from student life to career support.
The Nihon University Junior College Department is located in the Funabashi Campus (Department of Architecture and Lifestyle Design, Department of Manufacturing and Integrated Science), which is attached to the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and the Mishima Campus (Department of Business Liberal Arts, Department of Food and Nutrition, Department of Food and Nutrition), which is attached to the Faculty of International Relations. major). The Department of Business Liberal Arts will continue to accept applications.
Recruitment for nutritionist training departments at junior colleges has been suspended one after another starting in 2025. Due to the suspension of recruitment for all junior colleges, so far Suzuka University Junior College, Department of Lifestyle Communication, Department of Food and Nutrition (Mie Prefecture), Mukogawa Women's University Junior College, Department of Dietetics (Hyogo Prefecture), and Narasaho Junior College, Department of Lifestyle and Future Studies, Food and Nutrition. Five courses have suspended recruitment: the Nutrition Course (Nara Prefecture), Mimasaka University Junior College Department of Nutrition (Okayama Prefecture), Junshin Junior College Department of Food and Nutrition (Fukuoka Prefecture), and the sixth is Nihon University Junior College Department of Food and Nutrition. Count.
