Our Proposals

CHALLENGES

Increase of the Number of Students

• Improvement of access to higher education, regardless of regions, gender and so on
• Increase the number of international students

Improvement of the Quality of Intelligence

• Increase the number of Ph.D. holders
• To create the society where Ph.D. holders can exert their skills

Contribution to the Regional Revitalization

• To promote collaborations between universities and capitalize on characteristics of local communities
• To lead the regional revitalization by Industry-Academia-Local Government collaborations

Cultivation of Highly Skilled Professionals

• To cultivate highly skilled professionals for medical and primary-secondary education

Improvement of Research Capacities

• To prepare the environment for World-class research activities.
• To improve supports for young researchers

Enhancement of “The System of Japan’s National Universities”

• As the system Japan’s national universities, we promote various collaborations and restructure, and enhance functions of the all Japan’s national universities

TO DO for 2040 by 2035

Improvement of the “Summation of Japanese Intelligence”

• Adjustment of capacity of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
• Expansion of postgraduate programmes (Make the number of Ph.D. holders three times and produce 30,000 Ph.D. annually)
• Increase of the university enrollment rate (Elimination of regional differences, and enhance the diversity by promoting women, workers and others to enroll universities)
• Increase of the number of international students and make its rate 30%

Improvement of Reseach Capacities

• Improvement of the number of Top 10% journal to a 5% share and rank within the top 5
• Demand for sufficient grants, such as fundamental research expenses, Grants-Aid for Science Research called “KAKENHI”, from the national government and related institutions
• Expansion of supports for young researchers, and promotion of flowability and internationality
• Improvement of infrastructure for research activities, such as facilities, work environment, and support system

Contribution to Regional Revitalization

• Industry-Academia-Local Government collaborations
• Collaborations with local governmental universities and private universities
• Collaborations between national university hospitals and local governmental or local-private hospitals

 

2025.March	Announced “The Future Vision of Japan’s National Universities“
2024.August	Written request regarding the enhancement of a national-university-related budget in the FY2025 national budget and tax system reforms submitted to Mr. MORIYAMA Masahito, then MEXT Minister
2024.July	Revision of the “National University Corporation Governance Code”
2024.June	Announced the National Universities Global Leadership Action Plan (NUGLAP)̶To Demonstrate Leadership in Co-creation in the International Community̶
2024.June	Issued the JANU Statement “Toward a Brilliant Future for Japan”
2023.November	Issued the JANU President’s statement about the bill for partially amending the National University Corporation Act
2023.October	Issued the JANU President’s statement about the prevention of sexual violence, including sexual harassment, at national universities
2023.May	Offered the JANU President’s comment regarding the utilization of generative AI
2022.October	Publicized ”Regarding the Initiatives to Enhance Strengths and Characteristics of Regional Core and Distinctive Research Universities (Final Summary)―Seven Recommendations to Strengthen the Research Capabilities and International Competitiveness of Japanese Universities―“
2021.June	“Regarding the Ideal State of National University Corporations Toward the 4th Medium-Term Objective Period―18 Recommendations to Contribute to the Realization of a Resilient and Inclusive Society”
2018.January	Released “A Future Vision of National Universities in Higher Education (Final summary)”
2015.September	“Action Plans for the Future Vision of National Universities”