The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has decided to establish a new fund worth hundreds of billions of yen to support universities and colleges of technology that are working to strengthen the development of science and technology human resources who will lead growth fields such as digital and decarbonization. .
As each country accelerates its investment in new growth fields such as digital technology and decarbonization, it has been pointed out that there are fewer highly specialized science and engineering personnel in Japan compared to other countries, and that Japan should accelerate its development. increase.
For this reason, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has decided to establish a new fund worth hundreds of billions of yen to support universities and colleges of technology that are working to develop human resources in science and technology.
Specifically, it is envisioned that support will be provided over several years for the initial costs of reorganizing faculties and departments into growth fields, as well as for the immediate operating costs. direction is adjusted.
In addition, in order to respond to the digitization of society as a whole, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will temporarily increase the number of students in information-related departments at national universities, and will support efforts by industry, government, and academia to secure private-sector researchers as teachers. etc., are being considered.