A Hotspot for Excellent Human Resources and Research Institutions
Strong Tendency Toward Working Locally A Hotspot for Excellent Human Resources and Research Institutions: 2 Key Points The job market is very locally oriented, with 80% of young graduates finding work ⑴High-quality Human Resources in Hokkaido. ⑵Experimental Institutions Provide Strong Support for Emerging Businesses ■Employment of New Graduates (Graduating March 2018) (Unit: people, ( ) indicates the percentage)
Category Graduates Job seekers Newly 1 High-quality Human Resources employed Within Hokkaido Outside Hokkaido High schools 49,576 7,634 7,509 6,896 （91.8） 613 （8.2）
Easily Attract the Outstanding Human Resources Implementation of Business Vocational schools 9,689 8,539 8,199 6,922 （84.4） 1,277 （15.6）
that Hold the Key to the Development of your Business Matching Schemes Technical colleges 702 434 434 149 （34.3） 285（65.7）
Hokkaido has an abundance of higher education institutions, with 28 graduate Joint company briefings and interview meetings are now held in numerous venues Junior colleges 2,399 1,996 1,919 1,800 （93.8） 119 （6.2） Hokkaido University (Sapporo) schools, 40 universities, 15 junior colleges, and 4 technical colleges. There are about throughout Hokkaido with the aim of increasing the opportunities for job seekers to ■Active Opening Rate Universities 18,986 14,978 14,206 8,578 （60.4） 5,628（39.6） 84,000 young graduates annually, including those from vocational and high schools. meet with potential employers. (All Industries/Raw Data) This young and energetic workforce is keen to make its mark in the world. For details, please visit the website shown below. Total 81,352 33,581 32,267 24,345 （75.4） 7,922（24.6） (x) 2.08 ■University student enrollment by specialization http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/kz/rkr/index.htm 2.10 2.01 (Unit: people) Total at the end of March 2018 (Source: Hokkaido Labor Bureau) (As of April 1st 2018) 1.81 Medicine and Dentistry 457 Others 635 ■Higher Education Institutions throughout Hokkaido *The figure for high school graduates is the number of graduates expected as of May 15, 2017. 1.80 1.61 Art 555 (As of April 2018) 1.50 1.50 Nursing 997 1.40 1.36 ◎Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus (National) 1.23 Pharmaceutical Humanities and 1.20 1.13 1.09 and Health Social Sciences 0.93 Total: ◎Health Sciences University of Hokkaido (Private) 0.88 1.11 1,700 Education 7,206 0.90 0.82 1.04 18,887 people 0.69 0.96 1,735 0.68 0.86 ◎Fuji Women's University Department of Human Life Studies (Private) Wakkanai 0.60 0.74 Science and 0.56 Engineering 0.57 Hokkaido ◎Otaru University of Commerce (National) 0.30 0.46 Agriculture and 3,832 0.41 Tokyo Fisheries Hokkaido Polytechnic College Nationwide 1,770 0.00 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (Source: Private Schools Division, Legal Affairs and Corporations Bureau, Department of General Affairs, Hokkaido Government) ◎Sapporo Gakuin University (Private) （H22） （H23） （H24） （H25） （H26） （H27） （H28） （H29） ◎Rakuno Gakuen University (Private) Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University (Private) (Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) ◎Hokkaido Information University (Private) Incentives for Highly Skilled Engineers ◎Hokusho University (Private) Takushoku University Hokkaido Junior College (Private) to Relocate to Hokkaido Hokusho University Junior College (Private) ■Average Graduate Starting Salary (2018) Nayoro City University (Public) (¥1000/month) ◎Hokkaido University (National) Nayoro Hokkaido Nationwide To encourage highly skilled engineers who were born in Hokkaido to return from major 250 ◎Hokkaido University of Education (National) ◎Tokyo University of Agriculture Department of Bioproduction (Private) cities such as Tokyo to their hometowns (known as the “U Turn”) and encourage people 210.1 ◎Sapporo Medical University (Public) 200.3 202.6 192.6 who were born outside Hokkaido to move here (known as the “I Turn”), a consultation ◎Hokkai Gakuen University (Private) 200 182.9 176.4 180.4 166.6 169.5 framework has been established in the Hokkaido Government, and information ◎Sapporo University (Private) 159.2 157.7 162.3 registration and intermediating services between recruiting companies and job seekers ◎Fuji Women's University (Private) Abashiri Fukagawa Asahikawa 150 are offered. Furthermore, in coordination with the Hokkaido Human Resource Promotion ◎Hokusei Gakuen University (Private) Kitami Council, a nation-wide PR strategy has been developed to attract skilled workers to ◎Hokkaido University of Science (Private) Tobetsu Takikawa 100 Hokkaido. 2,234 people have found work through the U-I Turn employment program Tokai University Sapporo Campus (Private) ◎Sapporo International University (Private) between May 1990, when the consultation service was established, and January 2019. Ishikari ◎Tenshi College (Private) Otaru Iwamizawa 50 Ebetsu ●Consultation Services ◎Sapporo City University (Public) Sapporo “U-I Turn Support Desk” (Employment and Labor Section, Labor Policies Bureau, ◎Hokkaido School of Commerce (Private) Kitahiroshima Eniwa Otofuke 0 Department of Economic Affairs, Hokkaido Government) Sapporo Otani University (Private) Chitose Kushiro UniversitiesTechnical/ High schools UniversitiesTechnical/ High schools ◎Health Sciences University of Hokkaido School of Psychological Science (Private) Junior colleges Junior colleges TEL：011-251-3896 Obihiro Men Women Sapporo University of Health Sciences (Private) ◎Kitami Institute of Technology (National) For details, please visit the website shown below. Tomakomai (Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) Japan Health Care College (Private) Oshamambe ◎Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing (Private) http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/kz/jzi/ui-turn/index.htm Hokusei Gakuen University Junior College (Private) Muroran Junior College of Sapporo Otani University (Private) Helping Companies Find Personnel Hokkaido University of Science Junior College (Private) ■General Workers' Basic Salary (2018) Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College (Private) (¥1000/month) Koen Gakuen Women's Junior College (Private) 400.0 Job Cafe Hokkaido, Hokkaido Government’s support service for young job seekers and Hakodate 380.4 ◎Hokkaido University of Education Kushiro Campus (National) Young Hello Work Sapporo, a branch of a national service, are offered jointly at the Sapporo International University Junior College (Private) Kushiro Public University (Public) 350.0 Sapporo University Junior College (Private) Tomakomai Komazawa University (Private) 322.4 329.1 Hokkaido Young Persons' Employment Support Center (nicknamed Miraippo) to provide Kushiro Junior College (Public) an all-in-one employment support system. In addition to providing job seekers with National Institute of Technology, Tomakomai College (National) 300.0 286.7 Tokyo University of Science Faculty of National Institute of Technology, Kushiro College (National) 270.3 282.2 career advice, Job Cafe Hokkaido helps companies to find and retain personnel by Industrial Science and Technology（Private） ◎Hokkaido Bunkyo University (Private) 250.0 holding industry seminars, workplace tours and job fairs with multiple companies to Japan Health Care College Department of Rehabilitation (Private) ◎Asahikawa Medical University (National) deepen job seekers' understanding of industries and workplaces. In addition to Sapporo, ◎Muroran Institute of Technology (National) ◎Hokkaido University of Education Asahikawa Campus (National) 200.0 Job Cafe Hokkaido has bases in Hakodate, ◎Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Private) ◎Asahikawa University (Private) 150.0 Asahikawa, Kushiro, Obihiro and Kitami. A ◎Hokkaido University of Education Hakodate Campus (National) *Public as of April 2019 Asahikawa University Junior College (Private) Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation (Private) National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College (National) total of 39,504 people have used the service ◎Hokkaido University Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences (National) 100.0 ◎Future University Hakodate (Public) as of FY 2017, with 6,399 people finding work. Dohto University (Private) Hakodate University (Private) 50.0 ●Inquiries Hakodate Junior College (Private) Obihiro Otani Junior College (Private) 0.0 Job Cafe Hokkaido Hakodate Otani College (Private) Hokkaido MiyagiTokyo Aichi Osaka Fukuoka TEL：011-209-4510 National Institute of Technology, Hakodate College (National) ◎Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (National) Kokugakuin University Hokkaido Junior College (Private) (Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Note: ◎ indicates universities with a graduate school. (Source: Private Schools Division, Legal Affairs and CorporationsCorporation Bureau, Department of General Affairs, Hokkaido Government)
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The Hokkaido Research Organization Supports Many Companies through Public Testing and Research Institutes and Industrial Support Institutes Research and Technical Guidance Provide Strong Support for Emerging Businesses
The Hokkaido Research Organization is an integrated research institute formed in 2010 by merging 22 Hokkaido testing and research institutes. Involved in a wide range of A system to support collaboration between businesses and Hokkaido’ s main universities has resulted in an increase in joint research projects in recent years. In addition, public industrial fields, the institute uses its collective strength to carry out multidisciplinary research and technical support in order to meet your various needs. testing and research institutions are continuing research and development in a broad range of areas. Hokkaido is well-equipped for industry-academia cooperation, with a proven Agricultural Research Industrial Technology track record. Collaborations between companies and national and public universities here have produced Japan's fifth-highest number of rights such as patents resulting from Department Research Department industry-academia cooperation. Hokkaido also has the seventh highest number of joint studies and the sixth highest number of consigned studies. Agricultural Experiment Station Forestry Research Institute Wakkanai Fisheries Research Institute Industrial Research Institute Dairy Farming Research Center Food Processing Research Center ■ Main National and Public Universities, Public Testing and Research Institutes and Industrial Support Institutes *Excluding Hokkaido Research Organization Ornamental Plants and Animal Research Center Vegetables Research Center The Food Processing Research Category Name Location Main Support for Private Companies Ornamental Plants and Food Processing Center works to reinforce cooperation Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration, Hokkaido Joint research with companies and promotion of use of intellectual property in academia (Research fields: Life sciences, information and National and Sapporo Vegetables Research Center Research Center Kamikawa Agricultural with universities and national research Public University communications, environment, nanotechnology, materials, etc.) Experiment Station institutes and undertakes research and Universities Center for Cooperative Research and Development, Muroran Institute of Joint research with companies (Research fields: Materials, environment, energy, construction, social infrastructure, information, sensitivity, Muroran Eight agricultural and livestock Environmental Science development into industrial technology Technology production systems, device engineering, measurement, control, aeronautics, electricity, electronics, communication, biotechnology, etc.) research facilities are actively pursuing Research Center and food production. The center also Joint research with companies (Research fields: Measurement, agricultural machinery, biotechnology, civil engineering, information and Center for Regional Community, Kitami Institute of Technology Kitami new research into stockbreeding, crop Kitami Agricultural provides practical support for the communications, electricity, electronics, materials, etc.) cultivation technologies, livestock Geological Survey Experiment Station commercialization and implementation Center for Industry-University Collaboration, Obihiro University of Joint research with companies (Research fields: Livestock farming, crop farming, food, veterinary fields, biotechnology, agricultural Obihiro welfare, feeding technologies, and of Hokkaido of such technologies to companies Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine machinery, agricultural civil engineering, agricultural economics, environment, etc.) food safety and biotechnology. within Hokkaido through technical Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Department, Center for Joint research base for industry-academic-government cooperation (construction of "knowledge cycle structure" through industrial Otaru Industrial Research consultations and dispatching Glocal Strategy, Otaru University of Commerce promotion projects, active business support, open research seminars, etc.) specialized staff to assist on-site. Institute Center for Advanced Research and Education, Asahikawa Medical Fisheries Research Asahikawa Provision of information on academic intellectual property to companies, support for industry-academic-government cooperation, etc. Department University Central Fisheries Collaboration Center for Community and Industry, Sapporo Medical Fisheries Research Institute Research Institute Sapporo Joint research between industry, academia and government (joint research using academic resources, transfer of intellectual property, etc.) Abashiri Fisheries Research Institute University Seven fisheries research facilities are Collaborative Research Center, Sapporo City University Sapporo Cooperation and joint research with companies and the local community pursuing research into the promotion of Hokkaido Research Northern Hokkaido Regional Research Institute, Nayoro City University Nayoro Joint research between industry, academia and government (joint research using academic resources, transfer of intellectual property, etc.) managing energy and natural resources Organization, Center for University-Society Relations and Collaboration, Future Hakodate Joint research, technology transfer and promotion of intellectual property activities between industry, academia and government in the fishing industry, and the supply Head Office Dairy Farming Research Center University Hakodate and advanced use of safe marine Center for joint research between industry, academia and government (enlivenment plans, etc. to resolve local issues and promote future Research Center for Regional Economics, Kushiro Public University Kushiro products. The facilities also undertake Kushiro Fisheries Research Institute improvements to communities) research and development for the Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Regions Sapporo Research and technical consultation on civil engineering technologies for cold regions conservation of the ecology and National Northern Regional Building Research Institute Research National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Sapporo Joint research between industry, academia and government (Research fields: Biotechnology, energy, etc.) biodiversity in Hokkaido, and disseminate and Hokkaido Center the results of this research through Development National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) various means including direct guidance. Forest Products Research Institute Agency Sapporo On-site instruction for joint research and dissemination of technology with farmers, companies, etc. Central Agricultural Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Experiment Station Animal Research Center Sapporo Joint research and social contributions through research results with foresters, companies, etc. Forest Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization Department Salmon and Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Tokachi Agricultural Experiment Station Sapporo Joint research and commercialization of institutes' intellectual property with fisheries, companies, etc. Forestry Research Institute Freshwater Fisheries Research and Education Agency Research Institute Forest Products Research Institute Building Research Environmental and Geological Hokkaido Hokkaido Industrial Technology Center Hakodate Testing, research, and technological training into seafood processing, biotechnology, industrial materials, and mechatronics Department Research Department prefectural Hokkaido Okhotsk Area Regional Food Processing Technology Center Kitami Testing, research and technical training for food processing that corresponds to local needs Mariculture Fisheries Research and development are undertaken Northern Regional Building Environmental Science Research Center Hokkaido Tokachi Area Regional Food Processing Technology Center Obihiro Testing, research and technical training for food processing that corresponds to local needs Donan Agricultural Research Institute with the aim of encouraging forestation that Research Institute Safety evaluation of drinking water, food, etc., measurement of radioactive substances, analysis of bacteria, viruses, etc., collection and Geological Survey of Hokkaido Hokkaido Institute of Public Health Sapporo is adapted to the natural characteristics of Experiment Station analysis of information on infections for anti-infection measures Hokkaido, enhancement of forestry and The Northern Regional Building Research Institute The Geological Survey of Hokkaido undertakes Municipal Asahikawa Industrial Technology Center Asahikawa Research, development, and technical training for machinery and metals green environments, promotion of recycling Hakodate Fisheries undertakes research and development into creating research and development into regional Kitami Industrial Technology Center Kitami Technical training and product development training for machinery and metals, furniture, joinery, and woodcrafts of forest resources, and support for wood Research Institute a comfortable living environment that has the environmental conservation and global Tomakomai Industrial Technology Center Tomakomai Technical training and Research and Development support for materials, processing and mechatronics related industries. The results of this minimum impact on the environment, and provides environmental issues, biodiversity conservation, research and technical support are provided testing and research into sustainable construction the prevention of natural disasters such as Kushiro Industrial Technology Center Kushiro Technical support for machinery, metals, woodcrafts, environmental energy, chemicals, electronics, information and communications, etc. to government institutions, forest owners, and town planning, as well as technical support to Muroran Advancement Center of Industrial Technology and earthquakes and volcanoes, and the Others Muroran Technical development and training for machinery and metals, electronic control, and software and private enterprises. house-building and construction related industries. development of underground mineral resources. Management TOKACHI REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER Obihiro Technical support for machinery, metals and woodcrafts Hokkaido Branch, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Support for expansion of sales routes of small and medium enterprises, overseas expansion, business continuity, human resource Sapporo Regional Innovation, Japan development, business expansion, development of new products, business revitalization, strengthening of management foundations, etc. Number of Patents, etc. Main Results Support for expansion of sales routes of small and medium enterprises, overseas expansion, business continuity, human resource Hokkaido Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Fund Support Center Sapporo development, business expansion, development of new products, business revitalization, strengthening of management foundations, etc. (as of March 31, 2018) Crop development field Development of Emimaru, a New Species of Northern Advanced Center for Science and Technology Sapporo Support through coordination of commercialization activities by companies Various forms of support for companies involved in development of new products or technologies or expansion into new fields in northern Wet-Field Rice for Cultivation by Direct Seeding Asahikawa Industry Research Center Asahikawa Number of Hokkaido (Kamikawa, Rumoi and Soya areas) Number of licensing Main items Direct seeding of rice is now possible across a wider Asahikawa Food Industry Support Center Asahikawa Support for development of new products, testing and analysis for companies in Asahikawa and surrounding area rights*1 agreements*2 area of Hokkaido thanks to the development of a new Hokkaido Intelligent Network Terminal Sapporo Consultation for product development, technology development and research and development by companies Lactobacillus plantarum HOKKAIDO (new lactobacillus)
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