Chapter 2. Improvement and Expansion of the Basis of Scientific Research
5 Promotion of University-Industry Research Cooperation
Recently, universities are increasingly expected to meet diverse
expectations and demands from various social sectors concerning the solutions
for practical problems. It is important for universities to respond adequately
to these social demands as far as possible, while, of course, retaining their
initiative and their original mission of scientific research. In their cooperation
with industry, universities make use of their accumulated achievements and research
abilities, and by doing so, they are able to make contributions to society on
one hand, and to obtain useful stimuli for their research activities on the other.
From such viewpoints, universities make efforts to engage in cooperative research
with industry according to their specific goals.