Separate Volume National Universities 15 Quarterly Report 2017 by The Japan Association of National Universities (JANU) Current Situation of National Universities in Japan Constituent Members Students By course (Unit: Persons) By area (Undergraduate) (Unit: Persons) 17.3% 5.1% 77.6% Undergraduate National国立 31.7% 68.3% 444,204 131,406 1,991,420 140,650 303,554 59.0% 6.6% 34.3% Master 93,940 10,522 54,652 公立 35.5% 64.5% Public 46,632 84,774 68.5% 6.6% 25.0% Doctor 50,561 4,853 18,437 75.8% 24.2% 37.4% 58.2% 私立 Professional 4.4% Private 1,510,277 481,143 6,223 733 9,667 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Three 三大都市圏 その他の地域Other areas National Public Private metropolitan areas Note: Total may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Note: The three metropolitan areas here include Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hyogo Prefecture. Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “School Basics Survey 2016” issued by MEXT Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “School Basics Survey 2016” issued by MEXT Master course and doctor course students at national universities account for approx. 60% and approx. 70% National universities provide university education of the total respectively. across the nation. Faculty Labor Cost of Managers and Staff Number of faculty at national universities (by gender) Total of salaries, compensations, etc. (Unit: 100M yen) (Unit: Persons) 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 (FY) (FY) 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 H19 9,362 89.2% 10.8% 2007 2004 [Value] [Value] 60,897 H272015 8,834 83.7% 16.3% 2016 [Value] [Value] 64,771 Salaries paid to part-time managers, staff, etc. Male Female (Unit: 100M yen) Note: Faculty numbers include only full-time faculty members. 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “School Basics Survey” (each year (FY) version) issued by MEXT H19 2,146 2007 Increase in the female headcount and rate Employment of faculty members under age 40 at national universities H272015 4,082 (Unit: Persons) 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 Note 1: National university corporations and Inter-University Research Institute Corporation (FY) Note 2: “Total of salaries, compensations, etc.” shows the total of compensations, salaries, 38.8% 61.2% bonuses, and allowances paid to full-time managers and staff. H19 17,667 2007 [Value] [Value] Note 3: “Salaries paid to part-time managers, staff, etc.” shows the total of salaries, allowances and retirement allowances paid to part-time managers and staff, temporary workers, etc. 62.9% 37.1% Note 4: Welfare expenses (total of legal welfare expenses and non-statutory welfare 2015H28 16,920 [Value] [Value] expenses) are not included. Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Compensation levels of managers 任期付きFixed-term Permanent任期無し and staff at national university corporations, etc.” (each year) issued by MEXT Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on MEXT surveys. Decrease in labor cost for full-time managers and staff, Decrease in the young faculty headcount and increase in increase in labor cost for part-time managers, staff, etc. the fixed-term faculty rate Education Main Distinctive Faculties Newly Established after Incorporation Niigata University Shimane University Tottori University College of Creative Studies (2017) Faculty of Human Sciences (2017) Faculty of Regional Sciences (2004) Yamagata University Ehime University Faculty of Education, Art and Science (2005) Faculty of Collaborative Akita University Regional Innovation (2016) Shinshu University Faculty of Economics and Faculty of International Resource Sciences (2014) University of the Ryukyus Law (2016) Faculty of Tourism Sciences and Utsunomiya University Industrial Management (2008) Faculty of Regional Design (2016) University of Fukui Yamaguchi University School of Global and University of Yamanashi Faculty of Global Science Community Studies (2016) Studies (2015) Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences (2012) Saga University Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Faculty of Art and Regional School of Language and Culture Studies / School Design (2016) of International and Area Studies (2012) Nagasaki University Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology School of Global Humanities and School of Marine Resources and Environmental Social Sciences (2014) Studies (2017) Yamaguchi University & Kagoshima Yokohama National University University College of Urban Sciences (2017) Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (2012) University of Miyazaki Chiba University Faculty of Regional Innovation (2016) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (2016) Oita University Wakayama University Nagoya University Faculty of Welfare and Health Science (2016) Faculty of Tourism (2008) School of Informatics (2017) Shiga University Kochi University Tokushima University Faculty of Data Science (2017) Faculty of Regional Collaboration (2015) Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry (2016) Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on materials provided by MEXT Development of Educational Environment Educational Reform Activities Number of students per full-time teacher Number of library books per student Implementing the GPA system (strict grade assessment) (Unit: Persons) (Unit: books) (Unit: Universities) 200.0 73 25.0 165.3 80 19.9 152.0 20.0 60 150.0 60 51 15.0 11.3 93.7 9.4 100.0 10.0 40 50.0 5.0 20 0.0 0.0 0 National国立 Public公立 Private私立 National国立 Public公立 Private私立 Source: Created by the Secretariat of Note: Number of students/Number of (full-time) 2008H20 H232011 H262014 (FY) JANU based on the FY2016 Fact- faculty finding Survey of Academic Information Note: Only undergraduate courses Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based Infrastructure (March 2017) conducted Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “FY2014 University Education on “School Basics Survey 2016” issued by MEXT by MEXT Curriculum, etc. Reform Situation (outline)” (December 2016) issued by MEXT Types of available electronic journals per national university Universities where over 50% full-time teachers participate in FD (Unit: Types of journals) 50.0% 47.6% 15,000 36.5% 40.0% 29.1% 31.0% 10,000 30.0% その他 5,238 Other 4,169 20.0% 2,136 出版社 5,000 Publisher 5,132 5,414 5,008 10.0% 0 0.0% 2007H19 2011H23 2015H27 (FY) H232011 2012H24 2013H25 2014H26 (FY) Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on the Fact-finding Survey of Academic Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “FY2014 University Information Infrastructure (each FY) conducted by MEXT Education Curriculum, etc. Reform Situation (outline)” (December 2016) issued by Note: “Other” electronic journals show the number of e-journals purchased from service vendors that MEXT collect and offer e-journals from many publishers. National universities actively provide advanced, high-quality education. Research No. 1 Local National University in Each Field that Has Been Awarded the Nobel Laureates Largest Number of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Affiliation at the Time of the Year Name Field Educational Background Award University Field University Field Kyoto University / Columbia 1949 Hideki Yukawa Physics Kyoto University (Former) Agricultural engineering / Nara Women's (Former) Human life University Ibaraki University Rural planning University Clothing life/ Dwelling life 1965 Shin-Itiro Tomonaga Physics Kyoto University Tokyo University of Education Web informatics/ Service 1968 Yasunari Kawabata Literature The University of Tokyo ― informatics Wakayama IBM Thomas J. Watson Tourism 1973 Leo Esaki Physics The University of Tokyo Library and information science / University Research Center Humanistic social informatics 1974 Eisaku Sato Peace The University of Tokyo ― Modeling and technologies for (Former) Phytopathology 1981 Kenichi Fukui Chemistry Kyoto University Kyoto University environmental conservation and Okayama remediation Physiology or Massachusetts Institute of University Respiratory surgery 1987 Susumu Tonegawa Kyoto University Sports science Medicine Technology University of Developmental mechanisms and 1994 Kenzaburo Oe Literature The University of Tokyo ― Tsukuba Education the body works Tokyo Institute of 2000 Hideki Shirakawa Chemistry University of Tsukuba Applied health science Sociology of education Technology Education on school Human geography 2001 Ryoji Noyori Chemistry Kyoto University Nagoya University subjects and activities Hiroshima Masatoshi Koshiba Physics The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Economic statistics Surgical dentistry 2002 University Properties in chemical Koichi Tanaka Chemistry Tohoku University Shimadzu Corporation engineering process/ High Energy Accelerator Special needs education Makoto Kobayashi Physics Nagoya University Transfer operation/ Unit Research Organization operation Toshihide Maskawa Physics Nagoya University Kyoto Sangyo University Nagaoka University Environmental technology / 2008 (Former) Carcinogens of Technology Environmental load reduction Yoichiro Nambu Physics The University of Tokyo Chicago University Yamaguchi Shinshu University (Former) Human life Pathological inspection Osamu Shimomura Chemistry Nagasaki University Boston University University Kanazawa Kagawa Embryonic/ Neonatal Akira Suzuki Chemistry Hokkaido University Hokkaido University (Former) Carcinogens 2010 University University medicine Ei-ichi Negishi Chemistry The University of Tokyo Purdue University Childhood science (childhood Environmental risk control University