The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has selected 2018 schools and 278 platforms, including Tsuda College, Tokyo City University, and Kwansei Gakuin University, for the 23 Private University Reform Comprehensive Support Project.We will focus on financial support for private universities that strive to enhance their characteristics and functions, such as qualitative transformation of education, cooperation with industry and other universities, and formation of platforms in the region.
According to the Ministry of Education, long-term internships with multiple companies such as Tohoku Gakuin University and Kyoto Notre Dame University are included in Type 1 that promotes qualitative transformation of education such as implementation of active learning, on-campus budget measures for educational reform, and strengthening of high school connection. Keio University, Chukyo University, etc. were selected as Type 2 for collaboration with industry such as joint research.
In Type 3, which aims for wide-area and field collaboration with other universities such as joint development of teaching materials and acceptance of students from other universities, globalization such as practical language education and expansion of the ratio of foreign teachers such as Kogakuin University and Fukuoka Institute of Technology will be promoted. Hosei University, Shikoku University, etc. have been selected as Type 4 to be promoted.
For Type 5, which develops a platform for promoting collaboration between multiple universities, industry, and local governments, the Aomori City Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Platform, which consists of the university consortium Kyoto and Aomori University in which Doshisha University participates, was selected. rice field.
The project received applications from 633 universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology, and 39 platforms nationwide.Of the applicant schools, Tokyo City University is the only one selected for all five types.
