Tokyo Institute of Technology has released Financial Report 2020, which details the history of measures against new coronavirus infection and changes in the educational environment due to the increase in tuition fees.He said that he will devote all his energy to supporting students suffering from the corona sickness, and that the increase in tuition fees has been effective in enhancing educational facilities and promoting internationalization.

 According to the Tokyo Institute of Technology, in January 2020, when there were signs of the spread of infection in the new corona countermeasures, a warning headquarters was set up, and in April, a countermeasures headquarters headed by President Kazuya Masu was set up to promote infection prevention measures. ..

 Furthermore, in June, President Masu talked to each student, saying, "We will not give up students due to the financial difficulties of Corona," and "Rebuild a research style that is competitive with Corona." I have presented and put into practice my promises.

 2019年4月以降の学士課程、2019年9月以降の大学院課程の授業料を年額53万5,800円から63万5,400円に値上げした結果、教育関係予算が2018年度の19.5億円から2019年度に2.5億円増の22億円になった。
Taking advantage of this, in internationalization, the number of courses offered in English has increased by 254 to 1,388, and the number of foreign faculty members has also increased by 14 to 269.In terms of the educational environment, we not only renovated 21 lecture rooms, but also renewed facilities such as an indoor playground.

 For financial support for students, we expanded the tuition exemption limit and established a university-specific loan-type scholarship system.At the same time, it has introduced a benefit-type scholarship system to prevent students from giving up their studies due to financial difficulties.

reference:[Tokyo Institute of Technology] Published "Financial Report 2020"

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