The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has submitted to the Council of Experts that there is a delay in the number of Japanese students sent out for graduation only in English classes and mutual acquisition of credits with foreign universities due to the internationalization of national universities promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. I found out from the materials I did.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is advancing reforms, saying that it is necessary to further internationalize national universities in order to produce excellent human resources who can play an active role in the world as the socio-economic digital transformation progresses.
As of April 2020, the international collaborative education program (joint degree) system with foreign universities has been established, including Kyoto University Graduate School and Heidelberg University in Germany, Nagoya University Graduate School and Adelaide University in Australia, Nagasaki University Graduate School and London University in the United Kingdom. Has 4 achievements.However, with the exception of Ritsumeikan University's Faculty of International Relations and American University, all efforts are being made at national university graduate schools.
The diversification of academic backgrounds is gradually expanding, with the number of national universities that set admission times other than April increasing to about half at the undergraduate level and about 4% at the graduate school stage.Most of the semesters are two semesters, but four semesters and year-round systems have also expanded.
However, mutual credit acquisition (double degree) with foreign universities has been flat for several years, and the number of students sent by Japanese universities is overwhelmingly smaller than that of students accepted from foreign universities.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology "Reform Status of Educational Content at Universities (29)", 76% of national universities offer classes in English at the undergraduate level and 88% at the graduate school level, but only classes in English. The number of faculties that can be graduated at is 8 faculties at 16 universities such as the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo and the Faculty of Humanities at Yamagata University, and the number of graduate schools that can be completed is only 55 at 160 universities.
reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Document 2 Internationalization of National Universities (PDF)
Reform status of educational content at universities in 29 (Overview) (PDF)
