As the 18-year-old population declines and the management of private universities becomes more difficult, Kobe Yamate University and Kansai University of International Studies have decided to integrate in April 2020 by utilizing the new system for university integration of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.Kobe Yamate University, a college of technology, will transfer its faculty to become the Kobe Yamate Campus of Kansai University of International Studies, and Kobe Yamate Gakuen, which operates Kobe Yamate University, and Hamana Gakuin, which operates Kansai University of International Studies, will also merge.
According to Kobe Yamate University and others, the two corporations began discussions in search of building a cooperative relationship with a view to junior high school and high school from 2018, and decided to integrate the university through a three-party discussion including the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.It is said that the reason was that the junior high school run by Kobe Yamate Gakuen began to affect the management, such as less than one-fifth of the capacity.The new school corporation name will be Hamana Yamate Gakuin.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has revised the system so that faculties can be transferred between private universities, and notified school corporations nationwide.Kobe Yamate University and Kansai University of International Studies raised their hands, and Kobe Yamate University, which has only the Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies, transferred the faculty to Kansai University of International Studies and was reborn as the Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies of Kansai University of International Studies.
Kansai University of International Studies was opened in 1998 and has its headquarters in Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture, and five faculties of health care, international communication, education, management, and human science on two campuses, Miki City and Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture.With the integration, some faculties are considering moving to the Kobe Yamate Campus.Kobe Yamate University opened in 2 in Chuo-ku, Kobe.Initially it started as a women's university, but since 5 it has shifted to co-education.
