1.5 times the capacity to survive the competition between universities, etc.

　Although the declining birthrate has not stopped, we want to give more students learning options, and we are warming up our ambitious plan to increase the number of students by 10 times in the next 1.5 years.If it is realized, it will be a great force to stabilize the management of the academy.We have been increasing the number of applicants for the ninth consecutive year while many universities struggle to recruit students.In addition to this, if we can provide a new academic field for science aspirants and female students who have rarely chosen our university, we believe that it will not be so difficult to become a large-scale university.Some of the students from the two high schools that are located next to each other are aspiring to science, so I would like to continue to consider the more required faculty structure.

　Regarding campus capacity, we believe that we will be able to respond more flexibly with the further progress of digital transformation.For each lesson, we will properly determine whether it is suitable for online or face-to-face, or whether a hybrid of face-to-face and online is good, and establish a form suitable for each lesson content.This will enable effective use of the campus.This leads to further improvement of the quality of the lessons, and is two birds with one stone.Until now, there have been classes that "want to take but cannot take" due to the capacity of the classroom, and if that continues, there is a risk that students will be less motivated. In the "post-corona" era, we should give top priority to creating a system that allows students to fully learn what they want to learn, such as real and online, or a hybrid thereof, according to the needs of individual students.

Established Faculty of Letters and Faculty of International Studies in April 2022

　Based on this perspective, the Faculty of International Liberal Arts will be reorganized in April 2022 to open the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of International Studies.As for the Faculty of Letters, you may hear the voice "Why is the Faculty of Letters now?", But learning the old is important for doing new things, and it does not change at any time.Looking back, the university started in 4 with two faculties, the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Economics.In addition, it is important that the academic system of literature has been completed in a long tradition.If you think of studying at university as "learning the contents of a field" rather than "learning a certain academic system", from my own experience, literary research seems to be backed by a long tradition. The way.I believe that struggling with a highly complete academic system will definitely help you to complete another academic discipline in your long life and to overcome various challenges.

　Regarding the Faculty of International Studies, there is already the Faculty of International Liberal Arts, and there is also the Department of International Japanese Studies, which is the core of the Faculty of Letters this time, but this time we will completely reorganize it and aim for a completely new faculty.The purpose of developing global human resources remains the same, but the approach will change significantly.Speaking English is just one skill of global human resources, and the important thing is how to connect it with existing disciplines and redefine it in a way that is useful to society.With a view to post-corona, we will spare no effort to build relationships with study abroad destinations where you can get high-quality learning that allows you to experience the real thing.I am looking forward to the day when they can talk about their own culture to their heart's content and talk about world issues such as the SDGs.We hope that the two new faculties will exert synergistic effects and become leading faculties in the next era.
　

Message to examinees

　In an era of rapid change, what you learned in college makes it difficult to live a better life afterwards.What is important in this situation is not only "learning the content" but also "learning the method".Not only will you learn about management and literature, but you will also learn how to use the methods you have learned in other fields, or to make a leap forward, but also to solve new problems that you will encounter in your future work.If you compare how to use the library, it is not just a place to read books, but a place to learn how to search various books and use materials.If you continue the latter, you will not be in trouble if you cannot find the book (information) you are looking for.You just have to search and find the right book (information) again.

　In addition, from now on, it is necessary to have a background in data science in the humanities as well.In some cases, it may be necessary to combine your expertise with IT.University education needs constant reforms accordingly.We would like to support everyone who continues to learn for a lifetime with advanced ICT education and education DX in preparation for an era of rapid change and an unpredictable society.