Topics
List- Teikyo Heisei University will move the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Sports to campus in 2027; Chiharadai campus will be completely renovated
- Soka Women's Junior College announces suspension of recruitment after 2026, and Soka University will establish a Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (tentative name: establishment plan in progress)
- Osaka Seikei University establishes a new "special quota for women" and scholarships with approximately 205 million yen tuition fee reduction in the Faculty of Data Science starting from the 2025 entrance exam
- Recruiting participants for “Life is Tech Summer Camp 2024”, a programming/AI camp for junior high and high school students
- A total of 23 universities in Kyushu and Taiwan collaborate internationally in semiconductors, etc.
Research results
List- Antibiotic-resistant bacteria spread to Antarctica through migratory birds; University of Yamanashi and others warn of global spread
- Medical costs will decrease with the opening of a new railway station, estimated by Osaka Public University and others based on medical big data
- Just heating the culture solution by 3 degrees Celsius increases lettuce yield, research by the University of Tokyo and others
- Kumamoto University research team successfully develops a new drug that opens the way to a functional cure for hepatitis B
- Highly safe short-wave infrared fluorescent dye for medical applications developed by Hokkaido University and others
Local creation
List- Temple University Japan Campus signs comprehensive partnership agreement with Ehime Prefecture, following Nagasaki and Yamanashi Prefectures
- Five national universities in Shikoku jointly declare a research environment where women can thrive
- Let’s cross “boundaries” to find “connection” FY5 COC+R National Symposium Report
- Hokkaido, Sapporo City, Hokkaido University, Nitori extend collaboration agreement for IT human resource development
- Tokyo Pharmaceutical University signs agreement with Yamanashi Prefecture to train pharmacists, opening new Yamanashi slot
Industry-academia collaboration
List- Medical costs will decrease with the opening of a new railway station, estimated by Osaka Public University and others based on medical big data
- Tiger launches “Tiger Thermos My Bottle SDGs Project for School” to think about the environment through “My Bottle”
- Heart and blood vessel repair patch “Symphorium” wins Senken Gosen Prize runner-up prize Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
- Tohoku University and Nippon Koei develop technology to instantly predict urban building damage after an earthquake
- Joint research on technology inheritance between Chiba University, Sumida Ward, and two printing companies receives the Printing Society Encouragement Award
entrance exam
List- Osaka Seikei University establishes a new "special quota for women" and scholarships with approximately 205 million yen tuition fee reduction in the Faculty of Data Science starting from the 2025 entrance exam
- Fukushima University reorganizes the School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Engineering course and creates a new slot for women in science from 2025 entrance exam
- Saga University Faculty of Science and Engineering will open 2025 female slots for the 15 entrance exam
- Tokyo University of Science will establish a new comprehensive selection from the 2025 entrance exam, abolishing school recommendation selection (public recruitment system)
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki will offer “Miyazaki Prefecture employment quota” in school recommendation-based selection from 2025 entrance exam
Careers
List- U.S.-Japan Education Commission recruits scholars for the Fulbright Language Assistant (FLTA) Program Improve your English skills while teaching Japanese at an American university
- “Sophia Mirai Juku,” an online course exclusively for high school students, will begin in May with lectures by UN officials and other experts Sophia University
- Kwansei Gakuin University won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award and the Career Design Program Award chosen by students
- KDDI has significantly improved its ranking in the general science field Mynavi/Nikkei ``Ranking of popular companies for 2025 graduate students to work for''
- 17% of female students “do not want to start a family” Caritas conducts “survey on career plans and life plans” for 2024 graduates