The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced a list of universities that applied for approval for opening in April 2018.Applications for new faculties and departments will be submitted at the end of March, and approval is scheduled for the end of August.
The total of 4 schools excluding the correspondence system is 7 faculties and 9 departments, and the enrollment capacity is 760.This time, two junior colleges (Sendai Akamon Junior College and Himeji University Junior College) and one graduate school (Shizenkan University) are also applying for new establishment.The public Nagano Prefectural Junior College will be abolished, and a four-year system will be established to establish the Nagano Prefectural University.
In recent years, the population decline has become more serious nationwide.Public universities are expected to play a role in retaining young people, and the applications from these two schools are said to reflect that.
Nagano Prefecture is a "public big rush", and three schools will be set up in just two years next year and next year (Nagano University will be publicized from private in 2, Suwa Tokyo University of Science will be publicized from private in 3) It's a plan.Together with the existing Nagano College of Nursing, it will have four public universities.
Regarding the established organizations, Nagano College of Nursing and Nagano Prefectural University are in Nagano Prefecture, Nagano University is in Ueda City, and Suwa Tokyo University of Science is in the Suwa area 6 municipalities (some office unions).Komatsu University is said to be a rare case in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which will be newly established due to the developmental reorganization of a private Komatsu Junior College, a vocational school, and Komatsu Nursing School.
