The University of Tokyo held a presidential selection meeting and elected Teruo Fujii, Vice President, as the next president to be the next president due to the expiration of the term of President Makoto Gonokami.The term of office will be six years from April 2021, 4 to March 1, 2027, and he will be the 3st president, but there are a series of doubts about the transparency of the selection process and the bias of the candidate's attributes. ..

 According to the University of Tokyo, Vice President Fujii was born in 1964 and is 56 years old.From the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo to the Graduate School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo, he has been the Vice President since 2018 after working as an assistant professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, a professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, and the director.Specializes in applied microfluidic systems.

 At the time of selection, the most influential person among the 1st candidates was not selected as the 2nd candidate, and despite the fact that the 1st candidate had a liberal arts graduate or a female, the attributes were biased. Six professors submitted a letter of inquiry to Chairman Hiroshi Komiyama of the presidential selection meeting, and 3 former director volunteers requested that the selection be suspended. Was submitted.

 The name of the second candidate was not announced outside the university, the number of second candidates was changed from "about 2" to "2-5", and only the minimum number of 3 was selected. However, there are voices of doubt.

 Chairman Komiyama announced a comment that "after careful deliberation in light of the required image of the president shown at the start of the selection, Vice President Fujii decided that it was suitable for the next president," but the election was made in the midst of doubts. The confusion is likely to end because it became.

reference:[The University of Tokyo] Teruo Fujii, Executive Vice President, elected as the next president

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