The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Job-type Research Internship Promotion Committee (Chairman: Kazuhito Hashimoto, Chairman of the National Institute for Materials Science) has put together a draft implementation policy for job-type research internships.The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology formulates a concrete policy based on the draft policy, which is defined as a long-term and paid research internship for graduate students who have a basic background in research execution.
According to the Ministry of Education, the draft implementation policy is a job-type research internship.
・ For graduate students who have a basic background in research execution
・ Long-term (2 months or more) and paid research internship
・ Implemented as a credit course in the regular curriculum
-Define such as, and establish a matching support organization under the promotion council composed of universities and companies to promote the business.
The purpose is to establish a research internship that is promoted as part of graduate school education in society, and to match the employment style suitable for the new era and the learning provided in higher education.Students can expand their career potential, companies can hire talented students, and universities have the advantage of improving the quality of their curriculum and graduates.
In 2021, it is positioned as a trial, and it will not be a regular course at the graduate school, and it will proceed as far as the company can do without incurring costs to the secretariat. It will start in earnest in 2022, and in 2030, it has set a target value that 30-40% of doctoral students will experience, excluding adult students.
