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Part Promotion of Scientific Research

Currently there are three systems set up to facilitate cooperation between universities and industry. In order to correspond to various demands from the private sector, the first system was instituted in 1983 at national universities. It brings together researchers from both sectors to conduct joint research on common subjects and on equal footing with each other. The scale of this cooperation has been enlarged year by year.

The second system of research cooperation with industry is the so-called "contract research" under which researchers in national universities conduct, as their official duties, the research commissioned by industrial firms and other external bodies. The number of contract projects and the sum of contract deposits are both increasing yearly.

The third system is the so-called "contract teachers" which provide researchers and engineers in industry with the opportunity to conduct graduate-level research in national universities to enhance their research abilities. The number of participants in this system also increases every year.