The Central Council for Education University Subcommittee has a high social need to reduce the number of students in majors where the career path of students is not expected as a measure to improve graduate school education in anticipation of 2040, when society will undergo major changes due to the spread of artificial intelligence and IoT. He set out a direction to ask the university to transfer to a field.

 According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Central Council for Education's subcommittee has about one-third of the domestic master's degree holders and about half of the doctoral degree earners in other countries. It is necessary to analyze the current situation and make immediate improvements, saying that there is a possibility that problems will occur.

 Universities that have worked on leading programs for doctoral programs are advancing education and research in collaboration with industry, but each university has not been able to develop human resources based on its own strengths and characteristics. There is a gap between the graduate curriculum and social and corporate expectations.The university subcommittee believes that these challenges and the difficulty of securing posts have made students hesitant to go on to graduate school.

 As a measure to solve these problems, he suggested that high-quality education that meets the demands of the times should be provided in both specialized and universal fields, and that the awarding of internationally accepted degrees should be reviewed.

 Furthermore, he emphasizes that it is necessary to secure the career paths of those who have completed the doctoral program, including companies, and aim to reduce the number of students and transfer to other selections for majors that are not expected to secure career paths.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] "The ideal form of graduate school education with an eye on 2040-Measures to improve the constitution for the development of human resources who will lead society-" (Summary of deliberation)

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