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OUTLINE OF GUNMAUNIVERSITY 2019 Break your boundaries, go global from Gunma Gunma University Offi cial HP Facebook LINE Instagram Twitter YouTube Gunma University Public Relations Offi ce & International Offi ce 4-2 Aramaki, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8510 JAPAN URL http://www.gunma-u.ac.jp/english/index-e2.html Publication October 2019 Index Message from President 1 Special Reports GU Topic 01 Establishment of the Center for Mathematical Modeling and 2 Data Science and the Center for Food Science and Wellness GU Topic 02 Center for Research on Adoption of NextGen 3 Transportation Systems GU Topic 03 Global Frontier Leader (GFL) Program 4 GU Topic 04 Mayudama Plan: Advanced—Innovation through a 5 network of female researchers Academic Programs Undergraduate Programs 6-7 Graduate Programs 8-14 Organizations for Advanced Research and Education GU Data 2019 15 資料編 Student Enrollment 16-17 International Exchange Agreements 18ー19 Number of International Students 20 Academic Calendar, Campus Access Map 21 認証評価認定マーク 平成28年3月24日認定 独立行政法人大学評価・学位授与機構(現:大学改革支援・学位授与機構)による平成27 年度実施の大学機関別認証評価において、「本学は、大学設置基準をはじめ関係法令に適合し、 大学評価・学位授与機構が定める大学評価基準を満たしている」と評価されました。 GUNMA UNIVERSITY 49 Index Message from President 1 Special Reports GU Topic 01 Establishment of the Center for Mathematical Modeling and 2 Data Science and the Center for Food Science and Wellness GU Topic 02 Center for Research on Adoption of NextGen 3 Transportation Systems GU Topic 03 Global Frontier Leader (GFL) Program 4 Hiroshi Hiratsuka GU Topic 04 Mayudama Plan: Advanced—Innovation through a 5 President of Gunma University network of female researchers Academic Programs Undergraduate Programs 6-7 Graduate Programs 8-14 Organizations for Advanced Research and Education Gunma University strives to become a pioneer for the and the education of team medical care, considering that 21st Century through intellectual creations which value multi-occupational collaboration is essential to provide GU Data 2019 15 traditions and take advantage of cooperation with the safe medical care. The School of Science and 資料編 Student Enrollment 16-17 people of our area to achieve world-leading outcomes. Technology, a pioneer of the Global Frontier Leader Gunma University originates from the Training Center International Exchange Agreements 18ー19 (GFL) Course for development of the next-gen leaders for Elementary School Teachers founded in 1873, Kiryu incorporated in all faculties, develops engineers and Number of International Students 20 Higher Dyeing and Weaving Vocational School founded researchers who are capable of playing a key role for the Academic Calendar, Campus Access Map 21 in 1915, and Maebashi Medical College found in 1943. future of the world. We established the Faculty of Social and Information As one of world-class features of Gunma University, Studies in 1993. Through its history, Gunma University there is a “cancer treatment” utilizing the heavy ion has been providing an intellectual foundation for the radiotherapy facility installed at Showa Campus as a area as an institution of higher education by innovating joint business with the government of Gunma Prefecture. itself to respond to ever changing social needs over the It is the second oldest facility at a university hospital in ages of Meiji, Taisho, Showa, and Heisei. the world, and is the only one in Japan. Since the Now, Gunma University tries to achieve further treatment started in 2010, about 3,400 cancer patients advancement based on this history and tradition. We have received the treatment, and further development is made a reform of the management system of the expected. university in 2014 to cope with changes in the modern In 2014, the Initiative for Advanced Research was society quickly and adequately. Especially, the established to propel the advancement of two medical foundation of the“Institute for Education and Research” groups: Integrated Oncology Research with heavy ion was one of the highlights in the reform. Under this therapy as a core, and Endocrinology, Metabolism and Institute, regarding the assignment of the teaching staff, Signal Research. We aim that it will become a truly which is the essential resource for the university, the global epicenter for medical research by establishing traditional concept that its activities had been limited to overseas laboratories and inviting capable researchers each faculty was revised. And the organization of the there. And it is expected that this movement will teaching staff was unified. All teaching staff belongs to stimulate the Institute for Molecular and Cellular this unified organization without any sort of partition, Regulation and the Graduate School of Medicine to and individual teachers are dispatched from the Institute strengthen their performance further. to different faculties and departments to exercise their In addition, we founded the Center for Research on roles such as education, research and social contribution. Adoption of NextGen Transportation Systems in Under the circumstance, each faculty provides highly December 2016 with a view to promoting research on a professional education to utilize the expertise with new transportation system that utilizes a fully flexible and appropriate staff assignment. The Faculty of autonomous automated driving technology. We built a Education encourages the improvement of the Graduate research facility in Aramaki Campus in 2018 to actively School of Education to develop human resources who contribute to solving issues of the local community in will grow to lead education in areas where the number cooperation with local companies and local of children declines. The Faculty of Social and governments. Information Studies aims to develop human resources Summarizing all new movements above, Gunma who are capable of identifying issues in the advanced University promotes the enhancement of the university’s 認証評価認定マーク 平成28年3月24日認定 information society and suggesting solutions to the issues functions based on its strength, develops superior with scientific thinking, practical独立行政法人大学評価・学位授与機構(現:大学改革支援・学位授与機構)による平成27 information processing, activities in the fields of education, research, medicine and data collection/analysis.年度実施の大学機関別認証評価において、「本学は、大学設置基準をはじめ関係法令に適合し、 The Faculty of Medicine and social contribution based on intellectual creation, promotes the development大学評価・学位授与機構が定める大学評価基準を満たしている」と評価されました。 of high-level medical respects the relationship with people in the area, and professions by focusing on participation-based education continuously strives to become a world-class university. GUNMAGUNMA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY 149 GU Topic GU Topic 01 E stablishment of the Center for Mathematical Modeling and Data Science and the Center for Food Science and Wellness (Center for Mathematical Modeling and Data Science) (Center for Food Science and Wellness) To realize a super-smart society To promote local industries and to extend healthy life expectancy As innovative basic technologies that support the Fourth Industrial Revolution and so called super-smart In response to the growing health awareness among society (Society 5.0), such as AI, Big Data, IoT and people in recent years, the food industry is shifting its data utilization technologies (e.g., statistical methods), eye to“health and beauty,” and interest in adding high are increasingly becoming the keys to economic values to products through evidence-based development, the development of talents with assessments of food functionality is growing. strengths in fields such as data science and The Center was established in December 2017 to carry out education and research by collaborating with information security is an urgent issue. The use of data local governments and industries by making use of our (information) is essential in all industries and data university’s functions that contribute to education/ utilization literacy is required for all professions. research concerning food and health, and the The Center was established in December 2017 to promotion of local resources across broad areas in the carry out education and research concerning arts and sciences, including analytical functions related mathematical data science and information to food safety and reliability, prevention/development mathematics that use actual data—the core strengths functions related to lifestyle-related illness, education/ of our university—with the ultimate goal of realizing a research functions related to food development/ super-smart society (Society 5.0). Through advanced processing/production technologies, and collaboration among the Information Mathematics Unit, education/research functions related to food the Data Science Unit, and the Medical Information education, health awareness and branding. The Center Unit in undertaking education and research, the Center contributes to the promotion of local industries and the develops human resources with the mathematical extension of healthy life expectancy by strengthening thinking that is necessary for playing active, practical the local contributions our university has been making roles in society, carries out development and research through evidence-based development of high- functionality food products that use produce produced on education techniques that use ICT, and undertakes in the prefecture, branding, advanced use of food practical research using actual data (including Big residues, and the promotion of exports. Data), among other activities. 01 2 GUNMA UNIVERSITY GU Topic GU Topic 02 C enter for Research on Adoption of NextGen Transportation