Kwansei Gakuin University notified the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on April 4, 2021 to open four faculties of science (Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Life and Environment, Faculty of Architecture) on the Kobe Mita Campus in April 4. ..The Faculty of Science and Technology will be reorganized and established, which will make the Kobe Mita Campus (KSC = Sanda City, Hyogo Prefecture) a five-faculty system consisting of a comprehensive policy faculty for liberal arts and four newly established faculties for science.
A modern society with many issues such as environmental and energy issues, health and welfare, poverty, disparity and discrimination.The United Nations has set SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and is proceeding with efforts to solve these issues, regardless of whether they are developed or developing countries.
The Kobe Mita Campus, which will be reorganized based on this social background, has set the SDGs Goal 7 “Sustainable Energy” as a priority research theme for the entire campus.The Faculty of Science will promote next-generation organic EL, the Faculty of Engineering will promote power electronics, the Faculty of Life and Environment will promote artificial photosynthesis, and the Faculty of Architecture will promote research such as smart cities.Furthermore, the Faculty of Policy Studies aims to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by utilizing the accumulated education and research results.
In terms of the curriculum, we have set up a "KSC subject group (tentative name)" consisting of basic subjects in the specialized fields of literary science, and have created a cross-disciplinary educational system that fosters a compound-eye perspective through learning that transcends the boundaries of literary science and academics. Establish.Furthermore, in addition to his own specialty, he will deepen his specialty by introducing a "multiple major" system to learn adjacent majors.
In addition, a plan to build accommodation facilities including student dormitories on the Kobe Sanda campus is underway as part of the improvement of the educational environment.We will induce innovation by inviting exchanges between liberal arts and science students and researchers from Japan and overseas.
