The Nara Institute of Science and Technology and Nara Medical University have established the Nara Institute of Advanced Medicine and Engineering Collaboration Organization. The organization aims to strengthen collaboration between the universities and contribute to the next generation of medical care and social welfare, and is positioned as a step toward becoming a university-institute collaboration promotion corporation promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
According to the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, the abbreviation for the organization is "MSTeC NARA." President Kazuhiro Shiozaki of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology was appointed as the representative director, President Yuji Hosoi of Nara Medical University was appointed as the vice representative director, and Vice President Jun Ota of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology and Vice President Midori Shima of Nara Medical University were appointed as directors. Based on the education and research exchanges that have been cultivated since the two schools signed a comprehensive agreement on mutual cooperation in 2009, the organization will promote medical and engineering collaboration, such as the medical implementation of engineering technology.
The University Collaboration Promotion Agency is an organization that crosses the boundaries between national, public and private universities to share human and material resources to enhance education and research. In order to respond to the diverse needs and challenges of society, we seek solutions by fusing medicine and engineering.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has certified eight organizations nationwide, including the Yamaguchi Co-Creation University Consortium, which is made up of Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi Prefectural University, and the Ube Gakuen School Corporation, and the Shikoku Regional University Network Organization, which is made up of Tokushima University, Naruto University of Education, Kagawa University, Kochi University, and Ehime University in Shikoku. The Nara Institute of Medical Science and Engineering will soon apply to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
