- Support for the education reform of national, public and private universities

 MEXT supports a variety of efforts to reform universities in a competitive environment through national, public and private universities, with the objective of invigorating higher education and encouraging excellent education and research activities which utilize each university’s individuality and particular characteristics.

 In addition, MEXT provides information on these initiatives to society at large through a web site and forums.

- Improvement of graduate education

 Graduate education fosters the creative human resources that will bring about a knowledge-based society. It is vital to raise the quality of graduate education in Japan and increase its international recognition and reliability.

 MEXT provides organizational and systemic support for graduate education. It is actively working to form graduate schools into education and research centers that meet the highest international standards.