PART II Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 6. Promoting Scientific Research
Section 7. Scientific Research in Cooperation with Society
Universities make an important contribution to society by responding to the needs of industry and other sectors. In addition, lively interaction between universities and society is significant from the viewpoint of stimulating research. This is reflected in the efforts of universities to cooperate and coordinate with society under a variety of cooperative-research systems.