A bill to amend the National University Corporation Law, which includes strengthening the authority of the president selection meeting and integrating national university corporations, was passed by the House of Councilors following the House of Representatives and passed.It will come into effect on April 2022, 4, except for the preparatory actions for the integration of national university corporations.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the new law will add indicators regarding the implementation status of targets as items to be stated in the medium-term plan in terms of planning, while abolishing the annual plan and annual evaluation.
In terms of the organization of national university corporations, the name of the president selection meeting will be changed to "President Selection / Inspection Meeting" so that the president can be requested to report on the status of job execution, and the president cannot be added to the members of the meeting. Strengthen the authority in terms of observation, such as.The selection meeting for the director of the inter-university research institute is similar to that of the university.
In the auditor system, the number of auditors of corporations that set up multiple universities will be increased according to the number of schools, and at least one of the auditors will be full-time.The auditor will report to the president's selection and inspection meeting if the president commits any misconduct or violation of laws and regulations.
In terms of investment, all national university corporations are allowed to invest in research result utilization businesses that have been limited to designated national university corporations, and it is possible to invest in businesses that manage educational and research facilities and promote the use of facilities. do.The designated national university corporations are allowed to invest in venture companies originating from universities.
Regarding the integration of national university corporations, Otaru University of Commerce and Kitami Institute of Technology in Hokkaido will be integrated into Obihiro Livestock University, and Nara Education University in Nara Prefecture will be integrated into Nara Women's University.Preparatory actions for the integration can be carried out before the enforcement of the new law.