President Osamu Murata of Kwansei Gakuin University held a press conference at the Umeda Campus in Kita-ku, Osaka City, and in 2021, reorganized the Kobe Mita Campus (KSC) in Sanda City, Hyogo Prefecture from the current 2 faculties to 5 faculties, and became a private faculty of science. The university has announced a policy to establish a new department of physics and space, which is rare.Of these, the four newly established faculties of science will be notified to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 4.
Kwansei Gakuin, a school corporation, has a future plan formulated in 2018, with a view to 150, the 2039th anniversary of its founding, and has set out to strengthen and enhance science.The reorganization of the Kobe Mita Campus (KSC) was planned to realize this concept, and the current Faculty of Policy Studies and the Faculty of Science and Technology are now two faculties, the Faculty of Policy Studies and the newly established Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Life and Environment, and the Faculty of Architecture. 2 faculties including.
The Faculty of Science will have a Department of Physics and Space, a Department of Mathematical Sciences, and a Department of Chemistry that will approach the mysteries of the universe and physics.In order to practice a cross-disciplinary curriculum, the Faculty of Engineering has introduced a course system and has four courses such as information engineering and electrical and electronic applied engineering.The Faculty of Life Sciences will have three departments, including the Department of Biochemistry, and the Faculty of Architecture will have a Department of Architecture.
In the new faculty, we will promote research on next-generation organic EL, energy semiconductors, artificial photosynthesis, net zero energy buildings, smart cities, etc., and develop human resources who can change global issues.At the same time, a cross-disciplinary type that transcends the boundaries of humanities and science, with the introduction of a major / minor system that allows students to study both fields between the courses of the Faculty of Engineering and between the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Policy Management, as well as the significant expansion of international programs including overseas studies. We will also focus on education and entrepreneurship development.
President Murata said, "KSC's new campus concept is" Be a Borderless Innovator. "We want each student to be an innovator and develop human resources who will transform society in the future."
