Business Overview
This project has been held since 2010 as a study group for university executives, including the presidents of member schools.
In the meantime, SD became mandatory due to the revision of the Standards for the Establishment of Universities in April 2017, and while university executives are required to provide training not only for FD but also for university management in general, the name of this project was changed to “University Executive School” in 2018, and it is being implemented on themes related to university management in general.
Outline of the event
For the 16th time, we have invited Mr. Hideki Takami, Director of the Higher Education Policy Office, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, to give a lecture titled “The Future Vision of Improving Japan’s ‘Total Sum of Knowledge’ ~Rebuilding the Higher Education System~”.
Those who attend the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, Board of Directors, and General Meeting of Members will be asked to attend the lecture at the venue.
In addition, those who are interested in this workshop can continue to listen to the lecture online as in last year, so please apply as follows.
- schedule
- Saturday, June 21, 2025 11:30~12:45
- meeting place
- Online (Zoom)
- sponsorship
- University Consortium Kyoto
- target
- Universities and junior colleges, executive-level faculty and staff, people from higher education institutions who are interested in the theme, etc.
- Participation Fee
- Faculty and staff of member universities and junior colleges: Free of charge
For those other than the above: 1,000 yen (advance transfer required)
After completing the application, we will send you an invoice for the participation fee by email.
If it is difficult to make a transfer by the transfer deadline, please inform the secretariat of the transfer date in advance.
【Transfer deadline】June 16 (Mon)
* We apologize for the inconvenience, but please bear the transfer fee. - Application Period
- Tuesday, May 13, 2025 10:00 a.m. ~ Thursday, June 12, 2025 5:00 p.m.
- substance
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theme The Future Vision of Improving Japan’s “Total Sum of Knowledge” ~Restructuring of the Higher Education System~ summary Amid the rapidly declining birthrate, the number of university enrollments, which currently stands at about 630,000, is expected to decline significantly to 590,000 in 2035 and 460,000 in 2040. As the situation in the world and in Japan changes drastically, how is it necessary to rebuild the higher education system in the future? This section focuses on the points of the discussions at the Central Council of Education and the draft report “The Future Vision of Improving Japan’s ‘Total Sum of Knowledge.'” lecturer Hideki Takami
Director, Higher Education Policy Office, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyAfter joining the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in April 2002, he was involved in the work of making schools earthquake-resistant and anti-aging, textbook certification and adoption, high school education reform, university reform, and secretary to the Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, before working as Deputy Director of Education at the Okayama Prefectural Agency of Education for two years from April 2019. After that, he served as a Planning Officer at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Promotion Headquarters Secretariat of the Cabinet Secretariat and a Planning Officer at the Cabinet Secretariat’s Council for the Future of Education before assuming his current position in September 2023.
Implementation Report
The University Consortium Kyoto held the “2025 University Executive Seminar” on Saturday, June 21, 2025.
This was the 16th such seminar, which has been held as part of hierarchical faculty development training. Starting in 2022, the seminar was held in a hybrid format, with in-person attendance by executives and online attendance by the general public, allowing faculty and staff interested in the topic to attend online. Applications for the online seminar have increased year by year, with a total of 106 participants this year, including in-person and online. The lecture
provided an explanation and commentary on the “Sum of Knowledge” report issued by the Central Council for Education in February of this year, covering its background, content, and subsequent developments. The term
“sum of knowledge” was chosen not to reflect the need to reduce the overall size of universities in light of the declining birthrate, but to increase Japan’s sum of knowledge in order to enrich and develop Japanese society. The lecture also explained that future higher education policy will be driven by three objectives: improving quality, optimizing scale, and ensuring access.
Following the report, progress has been made in concrete efforts, including the establishment of subcommittees, on four themes: improving the quality of education (the word “improvement” was used to emphasize the perspective of raising the quality of universities), strengthening the functions of national university corporations, the future of private universities, and promoting regional universities. It was also mentioned that the Quality Improvement Subcommittee’s working group is currently discussing the first review of the accreditation system in 20 years.
The lecture concluded with the announcement that the government will implement this report in the future by presenting a policy package with budgetary measures and a 10-year process by around summer, further promoting higher education policy.
The subsequent Q&A session also saw lively exchange of opinions, making this a meaningful workshop.
Inquiries
University Consortium Kyoto FD Project
TEL 075-353-9163 FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji, Shimo-ku, Kyoto, Campus Plaza Kyoto
* Reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00 ~ 17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)
