Press briefing to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the school-University Journal Online

Azabu University

　Azabu University celebrated its 2020th anniversary as a school on September 10, 130.To commemorate this, the "Azabu Veterinary School, 12th Anniversary Press Briefing Session" was held on December 17, the same year.

　At the briefing session, which began with a greeting by President Masao Asari, Associate Professor Masafumi Sekimoto of the Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, who is an assistant to the President, introduced the "Azabu Future Project 130".This project aims to strengthen human resource development for the Society 5.0 era, centered on Azabu University's educational philosophy of "One Health for Global Symbiosis," and has five reforms centered on the promotion of data science education common to all universities. Will be implemented in sequence.

　Already in January 2020, by promoting data science education in addition to the specialized knowledge education that we have cultivated so far, we will develop "human resources who will lead the era" who can utilize that knowledge and information (data). Reform XNUMX: "Promotion of data science education" was announced.In February of the same year, by establishing a group of courses common to the entire university, "Earth Symbiotic Education Courses," reform XNUMX: "Azabu" aims to evolve distinctive education with the theme of "people, animals, and the environment." "Promotion of education that makes the most of the characteristics of the university" was announced.At this briefing session, the details of the remaining three reforms were announced.