Chapter 2. Improvement and Expansion of the Basis of Scientific Research
3 Training and Securing of Researchers
2 Career Selection of Young Researchers and Their Research Environments
In 1990 the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture conducted
a survey among young researchers on the factors influencing the selection of
their careers and research environments. The result of this survey found that
while an increasingly high ratio of students seeking master's degrees desire
to enter the private sector, many of those seeking doctor's degrees still intend
to become university teachers. Graduate students have come to regard the university
as inferior to private companies in terms of research environments and economic
benefits. It is feared that this belief may affect measures for training and
securing university researchers.
Table 9 Number of University Teachers by Type of Position
(1990)
Table 10 Employment Situation of New Doctor's Degree Holders
by Field (1990)
Table 11 Main Features of the JSPS Fellowship Program for
Young Japanese Researchers
Table 12 Changes in the Number of Awardees and the Rate
of Fellowships of the JSPS Fellowship Program for Young Japanese Researchers
Chart 11 Reasons Given by Those Who Completed a Master's
Course for Taking a Job without Proceeding to a Doctor's Course
Chart 12 Reasons Given by Young Researchers for Taking
a Job in Private Companies
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Promotion of Scientific Research
