Miyazaki University Industry-Academia-Regional Collaboration Center (Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture) and Kinki University Liaison Center (Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) signed a partnership agreement on September 2016, 9, and a signing ceremony was held at Miyazaki University.This is the first time for both universities to conclude a collaboration agreement specializing in industry-academia collaboration with other universities.It is expected that various efforts will be actively carried out beyond the boundaries between national universities and private universities.
In recent years, activities that contribute to regional revitalization through industry-academia collaboration have been attracting attention, but university research is highly specialized, and there are many cases where it is difficult to match with consultations and joint research received from industry.Miyazaki University and Kinki University are planning to share information on corporate needs and research seeds by concluding a collaboration agreement specializing in industry-academia collaboration fields, and to increase opportunities for matching such as joint research and technology transfer with each other.
Also, in Miyazaki, where the agriculture, forestry and livestock industry is thriving, and Higashi-Osaka, which is a manufacturing town, each other collaborates with the local industry of the other party, cultivates joint research in new fields, and contributes to regional revitalization. It aims to.