The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will use experts in the fields of science and technology to select ``International Universities for Excellence in Research,'' which will support universities expected to have world-class research capabilities by utilizing a fund of 10 trillion yen. He set up a panel of experts to review the proposals, and presented a plan to select them based on on-site inspections that will be held from autumn next year.

An “International University of Excellence” is a university supported by the government with a fund of 10 trillion yen in order to raise the level of research at the university and create technological innovation to solve social problems. We plan to select a few schools.



On the 2nd, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's University Research Capability Enhancement Committee showed the examination system and schedule when selecting from public recruitment.



The examination will be conducted by newly establishing an expert panel made up of experts involved in science and technology policy of the government and universities in Japan and overseas. and



The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology plans to solicit applications from universities in Japan from next month to March next year, after which they will be reviewed in stages.