A National University Corporation ( 国立大学法人 , Kokuritsu Daigaku Hōjin ) is a corporate body (legal entity) established under the provisions of the National University Corporation Act (2003) for the purpose of establishing a national university in Japan .
6-489: As part of promoting the reform of Japanese universities, all Japanese national universities has been incorporated as a National University Corporation since 2004. In 2018, National University Corporation Gifu University and National University Corporation Nagoya University integrated the new " Tokai National Higher Education and Research System ", which became the first case of a Corporation owning two universities. The scope of business of National University Corporations
12-647: Is stipulated as follows by Article 22 of the National University Corporation Act . At the 190th National Diet in 2016, the National University Corporation Act was amended and the Designated National University ( 指定国立大学法人 ) corporation system was enacted. The goal of Designated National University is to further improve the level of education and research in Japan. The selected national universities must have
18-546: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology . University names which shifted are "graduate university" ( 大学院大学 , daigakuin daigaku ) . In April 2017, an amendment to the National University Corporation Act enabled the classification of national university corporations as “Designated National University Corporations”, with the stated aims of significantly improving
24-558: The 2019 fiscal year , the number of national universities, 86, is unchanged, while the number of public universities increased to 93 and private universities increased to 607 compared with 2013. In 2004, the national university system underwent partial privatization. Since 2004, each national university has been incorporated as a National University Corporation ( 国立大学法人 , kokuritsu daigaku hōjin ) and given limited autonomy in its operations. Faculty and staff are no longer government employees ( 国家公務員 , kokka kōmuin ) working for
30-448: The highest level of education and research capabilities in Japan, and will be able to enjoy more government subsidies and more free use of funds (including larger professors salary range) in order to help attract world-class researchers. The application requirements are: Due to the above-mentioned strict conditions, only 10 of the 86 national universities in Japan have become the Designated National University by 2021. In addition, among
36-606: The seven imperial universities that were considered the best national universities, only Hokkaido University did not become Designated National University. List of national universities in Japan As of 2013, there were 86 national universities ( 国立大学 , kokuritsu daigaku ) , 90 public universities and 606 private universities in Japan . National universities tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities. As of
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