On October 2020, 10, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced that it would designate the University of Tsukuba and Tokyo Medical and Dental University as designated national university corporations.

 University of Tsukuba and Tokyo Medical and Dental University will be designated following the seven schools of Tohoku University, Tokyo University, Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagoya University, Osaka University, and Hitotsubashi University.The examination was conducted by a system of 7 people including foreign committee members, and was decided after a written examination, a hearing examination, and a site visit.The designation of Kyushu University, which was also applied for, was postponed.

 Under the strong leadership of the President, the University of Tsukuba was praised for its vision of becoming a university that conducts world-class education and research as a "true comprehensive university" that solves global issues.
As a concrete measure, we will increase the number of foreign students to 30% and hire young faculty members on a scale of 900.Thorough tutorial education for 1,600 students and 1,600 faculty members.In addition, the B2A (Business to Academia) Research Institute will be established, which is integrated with the research departments of companies for the social implementation of research results.Furthermore, we will promote the growth of university-launched ventures through overseas bases, aiming to triple the cumulative number of startups (3) and double the spin-out raise (500 billion yen).

 Tokyo Medical and Dental University was praised for its concept of "realizing" total health care "for the earth and humankind across generations," which was set as the only comprehensive medical university as a national university.
Toward the realization, we will work on the realization of the concept through the construction of a training system for the world-leading Clinician Scientist and the formation of a global research center that realizes "total healthcare" that integrates the medical and oral science fields.In addition, the achievement targets are Top 50 in the medical field of the QS World University Rankings (Top 2019 in 100, 3rd in Japan) and Top 1 in the field of dentistry (Top 2019 in 10, 1st in Japan).

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Designation of designated national university corporation in the 4th medium-term target period

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