National universities are also at a turning point in management
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of the Arts, Chiba University, and Hitotsubashi University have decided to raise tuition fees while the operating expenses subsidies to national universities have not increased.This is because of the sense of crisis that the environment for education and research may become worse as it is.On the other hand, what is expected as a new source of funds is donations obtained in collaboration with industry.
At Kyoto University, it operates Kansai TLO (Kansai TLO Co., Ltd.), which handles patents, and Kyoto iCAP (Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd.), an investment company, and has launched 29 university-launched venture companies with the investment it has attracted.Although we will give up one step to the University of Tokyo and Keio University, the number launched last year was the highest in Japan, and this year's THE University Impact Ranking * was 48th, ranking first in Japan.However, in order to further promote industry-academia collaboration and attract attention not only from Japan but also from overseas industries, I think it is necessary to change the mindset of the younger generation, including students, to create innovation.
* Ranking the degree of social contribution of universities through the framework of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
Accelerating overseas expansion and alliances with overseas
Recently, I think that the number of high school students who are starting to look not only at domestic universities but also at universities around the world is increasing, but I am skeptical about going to overseas universities quickly.Japanese universities are now quite international, and Kyoto University has about 170 overseas affiliated universities and 59 overseas bases, and has various systems in place for students to study abroad.
While increasing double degrees and joint degrees, after transitioning to a designated national university corporation, we have certified 11 locally operated "On-site Laboratories" jointly established with overseas universities and research institutes. The opening is progressing.Since the initial goal was five locations, I think this is because the international attention has increased during this period, and overseas universities have been paying attention as a partner.
In this development, we are looking at Germany and the United Kingdom in Europe, and the benchmark is Oxford University.In addition to the publishing office, we have created an external company that links the seeds of the university with the needs of the company and consults with the company, but Kyoto University also followed suit and established Kyoto University Original Co., Ltd. last year. bottom.I would like to develop human resources who can stand on the international stage, such as involving the knowledge of alumni who are active in the world, encouraging students to participate and cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit, and starting a venture at the earliest.
Of course, it does not downplay the government's recommendation of the United States.In addition to the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), it was also based in Washington, DC last year.It is an invitation from a female innovator from the Faculty of Engineering who has succeeded in drug discovery twice in the United States and has created an NGO called Halcyon Incubator here to raise various entrepreneurs.In June in Kyoto, she set up an incubation center called Phenixie Co., Ltd. by soliciting investment from companies near the university.It is aimed at young venture-oriented companies, but female students are paying attention to it as a successful star of the university in the United States.
Certainly, America is a place where ambitions for such people to grow, so it cannot be ignored.However, the conditions such as tuition fees and credits are too different for universities to interact with each other.At the Graduate School of Management, we started discussions with the Department of Tourism at Cornell University to conclude a double degree agreement, but the tuition fee for the other party is about 600 million yen per year.It took a long time to negotiate the non-collection of tuition fees.In the end, the other party prioritized the merits of students learning in the tourist city of Kyoto over cost, and reached a conclusion with a little assistance from Kyoto University (Kyoto University-Cornell University International Collaboration Course, opened in 2020). ..
The special entrance examination for the domestic market has already entered its fourth year, but as a student recruitment for overseas, the Yoshida College Office (KyotoiUP: International Faculty Program) was established two years ago, and the Japanese language proficiency mainly in ASEAN countries. It is open to foreign students who have the same skills or who have studied Japanese thoroughly for half a year and are now able to take the same lectures as Japanese students.Living expenses will be paid with tuition exemption for 4 years using external funds.Employees travel around the world, welcoming the most talented high school students who used to go to universities in the United Kingdom and the United States, and calling on them to play an active role in Japan and Japanese companies as highly-skilled foreign human resources in the future.There are 15 students enrolled this year.When I went to Taiwan and Thailand, I had the opportunity to talk to them, but there are also excellent high school students who are not as good as Japanese high school students, and I think it will be a good stimulus for Japanese students.Asia will become a big market and a center of innovation in the future, so the university wants to keep up with that trend.
Japanese universities are now changing their appearance like this.Rather than aiming directly at an overseas university, high school students will first settle down at a domestic university, absorb the knowledge they have built up so far, prepare their feet, and then expand overseas. I want you to know that.
