Teruo Fujii, the new president of the University of Tokyo, who took office last month, held a press conference for the first time after taking office, increasing the number of companies involved in the university through entrepreneurship education, and saying that diversity is important, the ratio of female students staying at about 20% Showed the idea of improving.
President Teruo Fujii of the University of Tokyo took office last month, but since he was infected with the new coronavirus and was being treated, he held a press conference for the first time after taking office on the 17th and announced his future plans.
Among them, we would like to focus on entrepreneurship education and create start-up companies that can play an active role in the world, and we would like to increase the current situation of about 400 companies involved in the launch of the University of Tokyo to 700 by 2030. And showed the goal.
On the other hand, regarding the low proportion of female students, he said, "It is very important at the university to have diverse people gather to discuss and work on problem solving, and it is indispensable if you are aiming for heights in academia." "The number of female students enrolled this year was the highest ever, and the ratio was 21%, but I think that it is still insufficient. I would like to consider concrete measures so that I can increase it in the future."
In addition, based on the experience of being infected with the new coronavirus, "Even if you are very careful, you may not know where you were infected as a result. I felt it was important to do it. "
Regarding university classes, he said that two-thirds are currently online, and he said, "It is difficult to resume full-scale face-to-face classes due to the situation of the mutant virus, but I want to maintain the status quo."