Topics
List- Tamagawa University Faculty of Engineering holds "Special Lecture & Workshop to Experience the Fun of Digital Manufacturing" as a high school-university collaboration project
- Saitama Institute of Technology opens "Clean Energy Technology Development Center" to promote research and development on global environmental issues
- Seinan Jogakuin University Junior College decides to stop recruiting students from 2025
- Kanazawa Seiryo University, Children's Department Inoue Seminar students hold science workshop classes at elementary schools
- Lutheran Gakuin University decides to suspend student recruitment from 2025 onwards
Research results
List- Scallop shells from industrial waste reduce drug-resistant bacteria in farm compost, Rakuno Gakuen University
- When brown bears eat cicada larvae, tree growth decreases, research conducted by Kochi University and the University of Tokyo
- Kagoshima University elucidates the neural circuit that controls itch and pain in opposite directions
- Kaito Toyama, a fourth-year student in the Department of Contemporary Sociology at Edogawa University, received the Encouragement Award in the general category of the 4nd Tokutaro Sakurai Award.
- Joint research on technology inheritance between Chiba University, Sumida Ward, and two printing companies receives the Printing Society Encouragement Award
Local creation
List- 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
- Co-Creation HUB Kyoto Consortium, an 8-story above-ground innovation hub in front of Kyoto Station, scheduled for completion in 2027
Industry-academia collaboration
List- Joint research on technology inheritance between Chiba University, Sumida Ward, and two printing companies receives the Printing Society Encouragement Award
- Co-Creation HUB Kyoto Consortium, an 8-story above-ground innovation hub in front of Kyoto Station, scheduled for completion in 2027
- Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and House Foods make it easy to reduce salt with “salt taste repellency” that dislikes salty taste
- Tohoku University, University of Tokyo, and Menicon begin joint research on new contact lens materials
- Amount of research funds received by universities will increase by 2022% in 6.8, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology survey
entrance exam
List- Kyoto University will establish a new "female recruitment slot" in the special entrance examinations for the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering (excluding the Department of Architecture) from the 2026 entrance examination
- Shintaro Yamada D&I Foundation announces 2024 survey on the status of “female quotas” in science and engineering faculties
- ``Course model for examinees in the smartphone age'' released Studyplus Trend Research Institute: Universities recognition and information gathering channels shift to digital
- For the first time, more than 4% of medical students are female, perhaps due to unfair discrimination correction?
- In the 61st 18-year-old opinion survey on education, 6% were in favor of free university, and more than half were in favor of increasing online universities.
Careers
List- Meijo University has the highest pass rate in the country for the second consecutive year in the national pharmacist exam
- Kio University achieves 2024% pass rate for 2 national physical therapist examination for second consecutive year
- Let’s cross “boundaries” to find “connection” FY5 COC+R National Symposium Report
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology survey reveals that 17% of postdocs were able to find employment as university teachers etc.
- 110% distribution to Hitotsubashi University, public support to law school