The "Regional Creation Human Resources Education Program ENGINE" that Kanazawa University will carry out in collaboration with Shinshu University and Toyama University will soon start in earnest.
The ENGINE program was adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's "University-based Regional Creation Human Resources Education Program Construction Project". The aim is to foster top leader human resources with breakthrough power and to retain young people in the Hokuriku and Shinshu regions.Kanazawa University will develop a program to develop human resources who will contribute to the sustainable development of the region from the perspective of tourism and town development, making use of the local resources of Ishikawa where the university is located, such as rich culture, history and natural environment.
The educational program consists of three phases and specialized accredited subjects.In the literacy strengthening phase, you will learn the basic skills for understanding knowledge, and in the career development phase, you will learn the process of thinking about the meaning of work and achieving self-actualization through the profession.Then, in the phase of strengthening practical skills, we will implement a problem-solving internship based on the real problems of the company.Courses related to tourism and community development will be assigned to specialized certified courses.In addition, taking advantage of the cooperation system of the three universities, we will hold workshops by connecting the three universities online, and jointly hold exchange-type career development events "Great Work" and "Work".Students who meet the prescribed requirements will be issued a certificate (certificate of completion) jointly named by the presidents of the three universities of Kanazawa, Shinshu, and Toyama.
After the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, Ishikawa Prefecture suffered a rush of tourists from the Tokyo metropolitan area and a rapid increase in foreign tourists visiting Japan, but the situation changed completely due to the Corona disaster.In addition to popular tourism resources such as the history and culture of Kaga Hyakumangoku and marine products of the Sea of Japan, Ishikawa has many local resources such as traditional culture, industry, and nature that are rooted in various places. Whether to utilize it will be an issue for regional revitalization.
Koetsu Yamazaki, President of Kanazawa University, said, "We will foster human resources who have immediate stress on social change through education that integrates literacy through industry-academia-government collaboration. I want to do it. "
