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Part 1   Higher Education to Support a Knowledge-Based Society Full of Creative Vitality - New Developments in Higher Education Reform
   Reference Higher Education Reform Q&A?

Incorporation of National Universities

Q1-1

From April 2004, national universities will become incorporated. What advantages will this have for students?

Q1-2

What will happen to tuition fees under the incorporation of national universities?

Q1-3

What will happen to the entrance examination schedule under the incorporation of national universities? Will it no longer be an integrated schedule, and will each university and faculty carry them out separately?

Q1-4

What will happen to entrance quotas for national universities from now on?

Q1-5

This time, national universities are being incorporated. In the future, will they be privatized?

Third-Party Evaluation

Q2

Recently, the phrase "evaluate university" is often heard, but what is its purpose? Who will evaluate the educational and research activities of universities and in what ways? Also, will the views of students currently attending the university actually be incorporated in the evaluations?

University Entrance Examinations

Q3

What improvements are being made for university entrant selection?

Q4

I heard that the university and professional training college entrance qualification systems have been amended recently. In what ways have they been amended?

University Education

Q5

What kinds of improvements are being made for university education?

Q6

What kinds of qualification (and qualification for examination) can one gain by graduating from a university or graduate school?

Graduate Law Schools

Q7-1

What is a graduate law school? I also often hear the term "professional graduate school." What is the relationship between the two?

Q7-2

How many graduate law school graduates will become legal professionals?

Professional Graduate Schools

Q8-1

What professional graduate schools are there besides graduate law schools?

Q8-2

Can graduates of a professional graduate school proceed to a doctorate course?

Private Universities

Q9

Will private university tuition fees not be lowered?

Q10

Are there any countermeasures for universities that have management difficulties?

Scholarships and Support for Students from Abroad

Q11

I heard that the Japan Scholarship Foundation and corporations involved with students from abroad will be integrated from the next fiscal year. What will happen to support for the scholarship system and students from abroad?

Medical, Dental and Pharmacological Related

Q12

What kinds of efforts are being made to cultivate good doctors and dentists?

Q13

I heard that faculties of pharmacology will become six-year programs. Is this true?

Admission of Adults

Q14

Universities and graduate schools should be easier places to learn for adults who want to develop their abilities.What kinds of systems are in place?

Colleges of Technology

Q15

Robot contests and programming contests are receiving attention for the high creativity and innovation of students of colleges of technology. What kind of school is a college of technology?


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