Efforts of the Consortium of Universities in Kyoto October 25, 2018 The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto Kyoto, a City of Universities, a City of Students 1 About 40 Universities and 150,000 Students in Kyoto City (Equivalent to 10% of the Population) FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 Number of Universities 1,141 1,133 1,125 1,118 1,117 In Japan and Colleges Number of Students 3,007,132 2,992,063 2,992,891 3,002,084 3,014,892 Number of Universities 37 38 38 38 39 In Kyoto City and Colleges Number of Students 146,528 146,733 145,367 147,137 147,034 Number of Universities Ratio of Kyoto 3.2% 3.4% 3.4% 3.4% 3.5% and Colleges City in the whole of Japan Number of Students 4.9% 4.9% 4.9% 4.9% 4.9% Population of Kyoto City: Vitality of Kyoto approx. 1.47 M 2 10.0% 12.0% Percentage of students against the population is the top is the populationagainst of students Percentage 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% * As of As of May 201 * Sapporo City Sendai City 7 Saitama City Chiba City 5.8% Tokyo (23 wards) Yokohama City in Japan cities in large Kawasaki City Sagamihara City Niigata City Shizuoka City Hamamatsu City Nagoya City 10.0% Kyoto City Osaka City Sakai City Kobe City Okayama City Hiroshima City Kitakyushu City Fukuoka City Kumamoto City 3 Comparison of Age Population Percentages between Kyoto and Japan As of October 2016 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 73 79 85 91 97 Kyoto City Japan 4 Intensified Competition among Universities due to Decreasing Population of 18-year-olds 250 Trends in the 18-year-old Population and the Percentage of 60.0 Students Enrolling in Universities/Colleges, etc. in Japan 57.3 （％） （million people) Percentage of students enrolling in 205 universities/colleges (including high 54.8 school graduates of previous years, etc.) 200 50.0 Percentage of students enrolling in universities/colleges (right after high school) 150 18-year-old Population 40.0 120 100 Number of students enrolled in colleges Number of high school graduates 107 30.0 24 23 22 21 19 25 25 25 17 14 13 12 11 11 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 23 24 50 20.0 Number of students enrolled in universities 56 57 58 59 59 59 60 60 61 60 60 60 60 61 61 61 62 61 61 61 61 62 62 63 48 49 52 54 55 0 10.0 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (FY) 5 The Significance of Universities Located in Kyoto • Improves the city’s dignity as an academic research city • Industrial and economic effects • Accumulation and provision of excellent human resources • Improves educational power in the region • Promotion of culture, art, etc. • Regional revitalization in collaboration between students and communities Universities are an academic infrastructure which provide significant social functions to support communities. 6 Promoting the university policies in Kyoto City ahead of the other universities in Japan During the late 80’s, many universities had moved out from Kyoto City due to the Act concerning the Industry Restriction in the Built- up Area of the Metropolitan regions (abolished in 2002). After that, having a sense of crisis on the issue, Kyoto City reconfirmed the significance of being a city of universities while regarding the universities’ promotion as an important pillar of the city creation, and began to address the development of university policies ahead of the other universities in Japan. Topics Contents • Formulation of the Master Plan of Kyoto City [March] = Starting point of Kyoto City’s university policies 1985 - Establishing the Section “Enrichment of universities and academic institutions,” Start of the University Kyoto City needs to restrain the universities from moving out of the City, considering the fact that the number of people Policies of Kyoto City moving out is increasing due to the various constraints related to the improvement of their land or facilities. • Establishment of the University Issues Committee [November] 1993 • Formulation of the Daigaku-no-Machi Kyoto 21 Plan (City of Universities, Kyoto 21 Plan), a comprehensive vision of Formulation of Japan’s first the university policies formulated for the first time in Japan. vision for university policies • The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto, a pioneer organization of the university cooperation organizations in 1998 Japan was established by 45 national, public, and private universities, four economic organizations, and Kyoto City, as Establishment of Japan’s a predecessor of the Kyoto-University Center (established in 1994). first university cooperation • By taking advantage of the economy of scale from the university cooperation, the organization deploys various activities, organization such as Japan’s first credits exchange system and an internship system. It has become a model case of university cooperation in Japan and takes responsibility for the Secretariat of the All Japan Universities Consortium. • As base facilities of the Daigaku-no-machi Kyoto, Kyoto City built the Center in front of the Kyoto 2000 station with approx. 10 billion yen. Establishment of the Town • The Center deploys various projects of the University Consortium Kyoto, and serves as a satellite Exchange Center (Campus lecture room of the universities. Plaza Kyoto) • Specified the University Consortium Kyoto as an administrator, Kyoto City spends the administrative fee of about 170 million yen per year. • A large event that is conducted by students from the planning to the management, and 2003 assisted by universities, business communities, local communities, and administrators as Start of the Kyoto All Kyoto. Intercollegiate Festa by All • In addition to the main Festa in October, various activities are deployed throughout the year. Kyoto • About 1,000 students participate every year, and more than 100,000 people visit the main Festa. 7 Towards the further development of Kyoto Creation of new industries and business projects in cooperation among Achievement of the No.1 child rearing environment in Japan, Kyoto industry, government, and academia Nursery admission rate: 46.5% (average rate of specified cities: 31.6%) Promotion of the Green innovation and the Life innovation Increase the number of children who entered nursery schools by Promotion of the content industry 4,600 in 8 years from FY2008 to FY2014, by increasing the number of Promotion of establishing new businesses in Kyoto City facilities. Fifteen cases were appointed in 2013; reached a record high for two Achieving the goal: the number of children on the waiting list to “Zero” consecutive years. As of April 2013: 94 children were waiting April 2014: Waiting Promotion of traditional industries children “Zero” (afterwards, “Zero” for 4 consecutive years till April 2017) Raise the quality of childcare to the top level in Japan. The pay level for private nursery school staff in FY2015: Kyoto City To be a tourism city admired by people around the world 4.31 million yen, about 1.4 times the national average (3.16 million yen) Kyoto City took the first place on the World’s Best List of the Universities’ relocation to the City and expansion of the campus Travel+Leisure, for the second year in a row (2014, 2015). in the City Number of tourists in 2013: 51.62 million people Universities began to relocate their campuses into the City and expand Number of foreign guests in 2013: 1.13 million people their campuses thanks to Kyoto City’s university policies and utilization Amount of tourism consumption in 2013: 700.2 billion yen plan of city-owned land. The number of students has been increasing even though the population is declining. Improvement of Kyoto City’s attractiveness and dignity In Kyoto City, the population has remained above the original Promotion of the Twin-metropolis Plan Promotion of a unique new landscape policy in Japan assumptions thanks to the promotion of the master plan Regulation of outdoor advertisements (matching more than 80% of them The population of Kyoto City was estimated to decrease to between 1.438 with the concept of the ordinance) and 1.442 million people (-2.2%) at the time of master plan formulation in Kyoto, a pedestrian-friendly town, giving priority to the use of public traffic FY2015. Actually, it decreased slightly to 1.469 million people (-0.4%) as services of January 2015. Sharing ratio of vehicles: 28.3% in 2000 24.3% (-4%) in 2010 According to the population survey, the number of people who move in Widening the sidewalks of Shijo-Dori, and reducing the number of the City began to exceed than those who move out since FY2011. driveways (4 2 lanes) 8 The Contrast of Changes in the Numbers of Students 160,000 Changes in the number of students in Kyoto City 147,034 140,000 120,986 120,000 100,000 元 ２ ３ ４ ５ ６ ７ ８ ９ １ １ １ １ １ １ １ １ １ １ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 ０ １ ２ ３ ４ ５ ６ ７ ８ ９ ０ １ ２ ３ ４ ５ ６ ７ ８ ９ 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年2011 年 年 年 年 年 年 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 * Aggregating the number of students of universities, graduate schools, and colleges, by location of the faculties and schools (as of May 1st of each year) Changes in the number of students in Japan 3,250,000 3,084,911 3,014,829 3,000,000 2,750,000 2,528,811 2,500,000 2,250,000 2,000,000 元 ２ ３ ４ ５ ６ ７ ８ ９ １ １ １ １ １ １ １ １ １ １ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ ２ 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 年 ０ １ ２ ３ ４ ５ ６ ７ ８ ９ ０ １ ２ ３ ４ ５ ６ ７ ８ ９ 2011 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 年1998 年1999 年2000 年2001 年2002 年2003 年2004 年2005 年2006 年2007 年2008 年2009 年2010 年 年2012 年2013 年2014 年2015 年2016 年2017 9 Universities’ relocation to the City and expansion of the campus in the City Increase of the number Fiscal year University name Outline of students in the City The School of Theology and the Faculty of Social Studies were relocated from Kyotanabe City to Doshisha University About 1,000 students the Imadegawa Campus.