List of articles on admission capacity sufficiency rate

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology consults the Central Council for Education to promote university consolidation and reduction

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology consulted the Central Council for Education on the future of higher education, as the number of 18-year-olds in Japan is expected to decrease significantly due to the rapid decline in the birthrate.Currently, 10 […]

53.3% of private universities are below capacity, and 92.0% of private junior colleges are below capacity

 On August 2023, 8, the Japan Private School Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation announced trends in private school and junior college enrollment applications for 30. […]

Enrollment capacity shortage at private universities hits record high of 47.5%, expanding in rural areas

 According to a survey by the Japan Private School Promotion and Mutual Aid Agency, 2022% of private universities have fewer students than their capacity in 47.5 […]

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology proposes a regulation that does not allow new departments to be established at universities with a capacity of less than 5%

 A revision of the approval criteria of the notification of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, which states that universities with faculties whose number of students is less than 5% of the admission capacity will not be allowed to establish new faculties or increase the number of students […]