Hokkaido University Integrated Report2022(Abridged version in English)

The Hokkaido University Financial Report will be published as the Hokkaido University Integrated Report from the 2022 edition.

History of Hokkaido University
Further Development toward the 150th Anniversary of Our Founding
The history of the University is described

To foster human resources conducive to the development of Hokkaido, the Sapporo Agriculturalon the following website.

College, the predecessor of Hokkaido University, was established in 1876 with the aim of being

https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/publications/hokkaido-university-guidebook/an institution of higher education comparable to universities in Europe and the United States.
Since then, with a frontier spirit that is a legacy of Dr. William S. Clark, Hokkaido University
has been leading the world and pioneering a new era as a core university in Japan.

(1868 – 1912)

Meiji Era

(1912 – 1926)

Taisho Era
Showa Era

(1926 – 1989)(1989 – 2019)

Heisei Era

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1876

Established as Sapporo Agricultural College

1918

Becomes Hokkaido Imperial University.

1907
1947

Becomes College of Agriculture,
Tohoku Imperial University

William S. Clark, the first
vice president of Sapporo
Agricultural College

Sapporo Agricultural College on its
opening day (August 14, 1876, theanniversary of the University’s founding)

Becomes Hokkaido University.

2004 Hokkaido University incorporates as a National University Corporation.
2005 The Research Center for Zoonosis Control

History of Hokkaido University(now the International Institute for Zoonosis Control) is established.

2007 The Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies is established.
2010 Professor Emeritus SUZUKI Akira is awarded
2018
Reiwa Era

(2019 – )

2021
2021
2021

the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The Institute for Chemical Reaction Design
and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD) is established.

Professor Emeritus SUZUKI
Akira receives the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry fordeveloping Suzuki– Miyaura
coupling.

The Institute for the Advancement of Sustainability is established.
The Sapporo Campus becomes part of the course for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Marathon.
Dr. Benjamin List, WPI-ICReDD Principal Investigatorand Specially Appointed Professor, is awarded
the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

2022 Ranked 10th in the world (1st in Japan)
in THE Impact Rankings 2022.

Specially Appointed Professor
Benjamin List receives the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry for developing
asymmetric organocatalysis

2026 150th anniversary of the founding of Hokkaido University.

The University will celebrate the 150th anniversaryfinancial perspective, we hope to achieve aof its foundation in 2026 during this mid-term goal

significant upward revision over and above theperiod. The major milestone of this anniversary

basic financial strengthening of the mid-term goal

provides an excellent opportunity for a broader

period.

understanding of the University’s visions, which are

Hokkaido University aims to be an unparalleledpresented on the following pages. Plans foruniversity with the message “Shining a light fromeducation, research, and social cooperation that will

Hokkaido upon the world.” Thank you for yourgain the understanding and support of many

continued understanding and support.

stakeholders will be prepared. With this, from a

A university that contributes
to resolving global issues

HOUKIN Kiyohiro
20th President of Hokkaido University

Born in Sapporo, 1954. Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Houkin graduated fromthe Hokkaido University School of Medicine in 1979, and has worked
as a neurosurgeon at Hokkaido University Hospital and other private
hospitals. He was appointed Director of Hokkaido University Hospital in2013, and has held his current position since October 2020.

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M e s s a g e f ro m t h e Pre s i d e n t

Hokkaido University
aims to be an
unparalleled university

Visions for Hokkaido University
Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals and Mid-Term Plan (FY 2022 – FY 2027)

Six visions for an unparalleled university

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visionEducation

The Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals and Mid-Term Plan started in 2022. Its six-year period will be
crucial to the future of the University, coinciding with the milestone 150th anniversary of our
founding.
The University has held thorough discussions on its visions for the end of the Fourth
Res
Period of Mid-Term Goals and has developed six visions to realize the FutureearchStrategy for the 150th Anniversary of Hokkaido University and to achieve its
mission as a national university. The Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals and
Mid-Term Plan were formulated as concrete measures to ensure theimplementation of these visions.
During the Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals, the University will also
strengthen its ties with the local communities and various organizations
while keeping an eye on the world and will strive to become anautonomous university that embodies the spirit of “thinking globally,
acting locally”—in other words, a new model of a comprehensive
community-based core university. To strengthen partnerships with diverseitorganizations and contribute to solving regional problems such as the need to
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decarbonize
society, the declining birthrate, demographic aging, depopulation,loCand industrial decline: These involve the very realization of the SDGs and are listed
as unique items in the core visions for the Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals, which aim
to make the University an unparalleled one.

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Visions for Hokkaido University

Six Visions for the Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals
visionResearch

Hokkaido University as a center of research leading
the world from the North

To become a point of origin for knowledge that flows from
Hokkaido to the world, the University will establish a system tolead the way in solving domestic and international problems andcreating innovations by improving basic research capabilities andpromoting applied research, such as the social implementation of・Establishment of a world-class research center・Recruitment and fostering of excellent young
researchers
Leadinginnovation that helps solve problems
・

research results.

visionEducation

Hokkaido University: leading the next generationof higher education

The University will reform its educational system, fromundergraduate through graduate school, starting with a review of theentrance examination system, in order to cultivate cross-cultural
understanding and international communication skills and to foster
advanced human resources with the ability to bring research results
to society, aiming for a next-generation higher education system that
also includes entrepreneurial education and recurrent education.

・Graduate school reform
・Promotion of recurrent education
・Fostering internationally minded individuals
who can play active roles in the worldWhat are the six visions?
The six categories are: Research, Education, Collaboration,
Management, Data, and Finances. In each of them, specificambitious measures are being pursued, and by effectively linking
them, we aim to make our University one that contributes toresolving global issues and realizing the SDGs, thereby achieving a
breakthrough toward becoming an unparalleled university.

visionCollaboration

Collaborative efforts by Hokkaido University throughconnections and expansion

The University aims to dramatically advance social collaborationand play a role as a major player in social change toward building
an inclusive, decarbonized society through entrepreneurship andcommunity creation. Through human resource development and・Creation of leaders for regional revitalization
・Establishment of a collaborative system tosolve regional issues

the application of research results to regional issues, the University
will improve the productivity of regional industries, create jobs,
and drive cultural development.

Management

Hokkaido University, a solid management bodythat moves and works

ability to interact and act through the realization of high-quality
internal controls, the promotion of collaborative relationships
between faculty and staff, and the promotion of university-wide

・Realization of high-quality internal controls
・Increased motivation of faculty and staff
・Promotion of DX

motivation management via work-style reforms based on
DX-oriented initiatives.

visionData

A data-driven Hokkaido University

The University will reform itself to promote data-driven education,
research, and industry–academia collaboration and will develop its
strengths through the integration of academic fields, new academic

・Promotion of research based on IR data
・Improvement of the quality of educationby using IR for education

collaborations, and industry–academia partnerships.

visionFinances

Hokkaido University as a financial ecosystem forthe next generation

The University will bolster its finances by increasing its own
revenues, including managerial revenues, while passing on to thenext generation a financial foundation for stable, autonomous, andsustainable university operations through necessary selection andconcentration.

・Increase in own revenues, including
managerial revenues
・Necessary selection and concentrationof resources04
Visions for Hokkaido University

The University will establish a solid management system with the

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Research

Computational, Information,
and Experimental Sciences
Converge at International Center
to Develop Innovative Chemical Reactions

Synthetic robot also used by the List Group

Dr. List, a WPI-ICReDD Principal Investigator and a speciallyappointed professor, receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to

University Professor

Specially Appointed Professor Benjamin List of the

Principal Investigator and Specially Appointed
Professor, WPI-ICReDD

WPI-ICReDD and to Professor David MacMillan ofPrinceton University in the United States. Specially
Appointed Professor List received the prize for developing
asymmetric organocatalysis (2000), which he published on
while at the Scripps Research Institute in the United States.
Specially Appointed Professor List has participated in

Director and Professor, Max Planck Institutefor Coal Research, Germany
Professor Emeritus, University of Cologne,
Germany

Benjamin List

ICReDD since its inception. The List group is currently
conducting research to further develop organocatalytic
chemical

reactions.

Specially

Appointed

Assistant

Professor TSUJI Nobuya, who serves as a co-principal
investigator (Co-PI), says, “By combining conventional
experiments with new technologies, we may be able toexplore chemical reactions more efficiently and make evenmore interesting discoveries.” ICReDD works with themost outstanding researchers in the world to advanceworld-leading research in the field of chemistry.

Co-PI and Specially Appointed Professor,
WPI-ICReDD

TSUJI Nobuya

visionA young leader in information science,accelerating chemical reactions with machine learning

Re

Associate Professor Pavel Sidorov is a researcher in

be applied and cutting-edge machinery can also be used.

information science who works primarily with machine

Another major attraction is a culture that’s very supportive

learning to design new molecules, materials and chemicalof young researchers and respectful of ideas from thereactions.

field.” Associate Professor Sidorov has been leading his

Associate Professor Sidorov says of ICReDD: “I think it’s

own group as a Junior PI since February 2022 and is taking

rareexperimental,

on challenges in chemistry that are attracting global

computational, and information science researchers to beattention. High expectations are pinned on his futureable to collaborate under one roof. In the world ofactivities.

anywhere

in

the

world

for

chemistry, there’s a limit to what one researcher canaccomplish, and collaboration across different fields isessential. Here, world-class researchers exchange ideas,
and if there’s an area where you can make use of yoursearchWPI-ICReDD
Junior PI and Associate Professor

Pavel Sidorov

strengths, you can collaborate immediately. In addition to
the artificial force-induced reaction (AFIR) method
developed by Director MAEDA Satoshi of ICReDD for
predicting unknown reactions, state-of-the-art theory can

Establishment of the Akira Suzuki Awards for outstandingachievements in chemical reaction development

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ICReDD: recent developments

The Akira Suzuki Awards were established in 2021 and are named after

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Research

Professor SUZUKI Akira, the University’s first Nobel laureate in
Chemistry. The awards were established to commemorate Dr. Suzuki’s
90th birthday and to recognize the achievements of researchers in Japan andabroad who have made outstanding contributions to the development ofchemical reactions, thereby contributing to the advancement of science andtechnology.

The awards ceremony of March 12, 2022

Further evolution is expected
construction of a new building

with

the

ICReDD is currently located in the Creative
Research Institute building on the University’s
North Campus, and the independent Northern
Campus Area Research Building No. 8 (theICReDD Building) is scheduled to be completed
in 2023. The experimental buildings of all thegroups will be gathered together, enabling
researchers to collaborate more closely than everbefore, which is expected to further promoteinterdisciplinary research.
For more information, please visit the website.
https://www.icredd.hokudai.ac.jp/

Open communication space at ICReDD

Looking at the World through the Studyof Peoples and Cultures
Unraveling the history of border regions influenced by diverse cultures
thesituation, differences in historical perceptions may not

Slavic–Eurasian Research Center at Hokkaido University

factor directly into the war, but I believe thatin April 2020. She says, “The literature is extensive, andunderstanding the characteristics of regional history will

there’s no better research and teaching environment forhelp prevent people from being carried away by extreme,

researchers in this field.”

dualistic ideas.”

Associate

Professor

AOSHIMA

Yoko

joinedAssociate Professor AOSHIMA specializes in the modern

Associate Professor,
Slavic–Eurasian Research Centerand contemporary history of Central and Eastern Europe
and Russia. In particular, her research focuses on

AOSHIMA Yoko

educational issues in the western border regions of theRussian Empire (e.g., Finland, the Baltic states, Poland,
Belarus, and Ukraine).
She says, “The deep history of each region creates thecontext in which contemporary events occur andconsciously or unconsciously forms part of the frameworkof people’s thinking and behavior. In the Ukrainian
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Slavic–Eurasian Research Center, a joint research center open to the world

Research

The Slavic–Eurasian Research Center is the only Joint

With an emphasis on the process of co-creation, the Center

Usage/Research Center in Japan for domestic andholds a number of symposiums and seminars to promoteinternational researchers who conduct comprehensive

the sharing of results and exchanges among researchers inresearch on the Slavic–Eurasian region (the former Soviet

Japan and overseas.

Union and Eastern Europe).

Slavic–Eurasian Research Center
https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/index-e.html

Slavic–Eurasian Research Center exhibition space
Hokkaido University Museum, 2F

visionConnecting silences and focusing on society’s blind spots

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Associate Professor ishihara mai of the Center for Ainu

issues while deepening her collaborations with overseas

and Indigenous Studies conducts research that closely

researchers.

involves minorities, drawing on her own experiences with

New publication

her Ainu origins. In her book Chinmoku no Jidenteki

Kigokasareru Senjumin/Josei/Kodomo

search(Symbolized Indigenous

Minzokushi (Silence: An Autoethnography), she describes

Peoples/Women/Children)

the pain of Ainu who have been forced to remain silent
about their origins and reveals the blind spots in Japanesesociety that form this background. Currently, under thetheme of “silent connections,” she has been energetically
visiting Fukushima, Minamata, Kansai, and elsewhere in
an attempt to see Japanese society three-dimensionally byconnecting the pain etched on the bodies of the people ineach region, despite the qualitative differences inbackgrounds.
She was also the first person in Japan to raise the issue of

Associate Professor
Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies

indigenous feminism and has cast a new perspective on
feminism by discussing the experiences of Ainu,
Okinawan, Korean, and other minority women in Japan, as

ishihara mai

opposed to the feminism that is traditionally discussed

Associate Professor ishihara uses all lowercase

from the viewpoint of majority women.

for her English name to signify that she is anindigenous feminist.

She was appointed as a full-time faculty member of the

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newly established Global Station for Indigenous Studies
and Cultural Diversity (GSI) in April 2021, taking on thechallenge of addressing yet-undiscovered international

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The Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies wasother countries. They also work with the Ainu

established in April 2007 as a shared facility

people of today in practical activities, such as(research facility) of the University.

passing on their culture, and provide expert advice

Full-time faculty members who specialize into the national government on Ainu policy

history,

promotion.

archaeology,

culturalanthropology,

museology, linguistics, and constitutional law areassigned to this Center to conduct research on the
Ainu people and the indigenous peoples of various

Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies
https://www.cais.hokudai.ac.jp/english/

Establishment of the Global Station
for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity (GSI)The Global Station for Indigenous Studies and Culturalresearchers from 10 countries including Japan (23 overseas

Diversity (GSI) was established in April 2021. It isunit members) are participating in the GSI, and theworking with indigenous communities, including theconstruction of an international indigenous research

Ainu, on international joint research focused on resolving

platform is underway.

issues related to indigenous peoples around the world andGlobal Station for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity

on clarifying the nature of cultural diversity. Currently,

https://gi-core.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/gsi/

ResearchCenter for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, the only research center
for Ainu and indigenous studies in Japan

Accelerating Graduate School Reform with
Fellowship Programs to Support Doctoral Students

visionEd

Establishment of a new institute to provide strong support for doctoral students
Doctoral students are the future of science, technology, anddoctoral students, by concentrating the resources it has

innovation in Japan, but in recent years, the number of students

accumulated as a comprehensive research university, which is one

entering doctoral programs and the percentage of graduates whoof the strengths of the University. In April 2022, the Institute for theenter such programs have been declining nationwide. Under these

Advancement of Graduate Education was newly established tocircumstances, the University is promoting graduate school

manage graduate education as a whole and resolve issues that arereforms to improve the research environment, especially for

difficult for individual faculties and schools.

A driving force for reform: fellowship programs
The fellowship programs are the driving force
behind our graduate school reforms. Eligible
doctoral students will receive a scholarshipequivalent to living expenses and support for
research and other expenses, allowing them to
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The University’s main fellowship programs
Hokkaido University-Hitachi Joint Cooperative Support Program for Education and Research
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
Hokkaido University Ambitious Doctoral Fellowship program
Hokkaido University DX Doctoral Fellowship program

DX doctoral students who will lead Society 5.0

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Education

The Hokkaido University DX Doctoral Fellowship program, which began providing
support in December 2021, has received 467 out of the total 5,540 support slots
nationwide, among the most slots of any university. The program is open to appropriately
selected doctoral students in the humanities and the sciences.
In addition to providing incentive grants and research funding, this program focuses on
assisting career development and giving nurturing content, and it aims to improveresearch based on students’ free ideas and independent research skills by providing aplace for them to pursue ambitious integrated research. As one of these efforts, theRegional Future Society SOUZOU Project – From Imagination to Creation started inThree doctoral students, the members of the first team
to be selected for the Regional Future Society SOUZOU
Project: from left, Mr. MATSUOKA, Mr. MORITA (theproject representative), and Mr. YAMAZAKI. They are
working on smart agriculture in the Laboratory of Vehicle
Robotics at the Graduate School of Agriculture.

April 2022 based at EZOHUB SAPPORO.
Hokkaido University DX Doctoral Fellowship portal site
https://sites.google.com/eis.hokudai.ac.jp/dxphd-fellow/

EZOHUB SAPPORO,a base where key players in Hokkaido’s future can gather and connect

uc ationvisionToward an Inclusive Campus Where Everyone
Can Learn and Work Without BarriersStatement on the Promotion of Diversity & Inclusion
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Aiming to create a diverse and inclusive environment
In December 2021, the University issued the Statement on
the Promotion of Diversity & Inclusion and pledged torealize a university environment where no one is left
behind, where the dignity of all members is protected, andwhere each individual takes pride in and respects eachother, regardless of race, nationality, color, language,
ethnicity,

origin,religion,

creed,

gender,sexualorientation, gender identity, life events, age, disability,
appearance, physical features, lifestyle, or any otherpersonal attributes. With this statement as a starting point
for many faculty members to recognize the current
situation, all members—faculty, staff, students—are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXoKYKDmJZM
The full text of Hokkaido University’s Statement on the Promotion ofDiversity & Inclusion is available on the University’s website at the link below.
https://diversity.synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp/en/

Management

required to think about issues and to solve them.

Video promoting the Statement on the Promotion of Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity at Hokkaido University as I see it

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To promote diversity and inclusion as a University-wide

divisions have been established: the Environmental

endeavor, the University established the Office of

Improvement Promotion Division, to raise awareness andDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion on April 1, 2022. This

improve the environment, the Female Researcher

independent new organization falls under the direct control

Development Support Division, to foster female researcherof the President and replaces the previous Promotion

leaders and provide research support, and the Education

Office of Research Environment for Diversity at thePromotion Division, to provide diversity education forCenter for Advanced Human Resource Education andstudents and encourage doctoral advancement.

Development. As the pillars of the initiative, three

Collaboration with other universities and companies
The University, in collaboration with Muroran Institute ofTechnology, Obihiro University of Agriculture andSystem for implementation by partner institutions

Hokkaido Diversity Research Environment Promotion Network

Veterinary Medicine, Kitami Institute of Technology,
Amino Up Co., Ltd., and Nitto Denko Corporation, hasestablished the Hokkaido Diversity Research Environment

Representative institution:

Muroran Instituteof Technology

Promotion Council. As the representative organization ofthis Council, the University is promoting the developmentof a research environment that takes into account work-life

Advisory Board

Hokkaido University

Hokkaido Diversity Research
Environment Promotion Councilbalance, fostering female researcher and engineer leaders,and supporting the establishment of career paths for the
next generation of female researchers.

Kitami Instituteof Technology

Amino Up Co., Ltd.

Cooperating
institutions(non-affiliated institutions)

Obihiro Universityof Agriculture andVeterinary Medicine

Nitto Denko
Corporation

D & I Pro m o t i o n

Establishment of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Strengthening the System of Industry–Academia
Collaboration toward Becoming a University
That Makes Even Greater Regional Contributions
Formation of industry–academia–government co-creation centersto realize the ideal society of the futureLife Design Center for Mind and Body (project leader:Specially Appointed Professor YOSHINO Masanori),
together with Iwamizawa City, Sapporo City, Otaru City,birthrates by providing Japan’s first comprehensive

Increasing options for living by understanding of the mind and body
(Iwamizawa City → other areas)
Issue 1:
Life design for Mind and Body

Issue 2:Preconception care

Dataand Hokkaido, strives to reverse the trend of declining

Life Design Center for Mind and Body

preconception care starting in childhood to improve health
DigitalStudents space

literacy and gender understanding, with the aim ofRealization of a society where people can live happily as

Youth cohort

High school

Juniorhigh school

Data

Issue 3:
Health Index

Collaboration(project leader: Professor ISHII Kazuei) conducts researchand demonstration projects in Hokkaido, a base for foodsupply in Japan, as well as in Kyushu and other regions ofJapan that are blessed with renewable energy and thenapplies the results to regions of the world where population

Conversion of local
resources into energy,
and its use within
the community

SocialImplementation

Companies,
universities

Visualization of thecirculation of logistics,
energy, and value

A community where
value can be realized
through public
cooperation

EnergyLivestock/dairy
Biomass

issues at home and abroad and achieving a carbon-neutral
ICT/AIISHII Kazuei

Issue 4: Antenatal,
Prenatal, andPostnatal health

Carbon zero and Sustainable Energy and Food community

achievement of the SDGs goals while addressing social

Project Leader
Professor

Issue 5: Inclusive regionaland social systems

Next generation
development platform

growth is expected to increase, thereby contributing to thesociety.

eagChildhood

World’s first big-data analysisof mind and body

Future Human
Resource
Development
Center
(Iwamizawa)leReproduction
ChildrenP r e c o n c e pt i o n c a r e

YOSHINO Masanori

Carbon zero and Sustainable Energy and Food community

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Specially Appointed Professor

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Issue 3Issue 4Data

understanding mind and body.

BiologicalsamplesDevelopment and operationData

they are with others and can Increase options for living by

Dialogue= food and biomass

Centralized
Centralized/
externally dependent
External financial
outflow(especially energy)

Fisheries

Solar power

Geothermal

Logistics

Agriculture

Well being

Publicfacilities(shelters)

Wind power

Green LPG

Local
currency

Value(Community currency)

Distributed network
Local self-support
With COVID-19
Internal circulation
Energy × Food × DX × GX
of funds
through local production
for local consumption

vision

Hakodate Mariculture Project to nurture people,
create jobs, and develop the city
In recent years, the southern Hokkaido city of Hakodate
has experienced record low catches of squid andnon-farmed kelp, the mainstay catches, due to changes in
the marine environment and other factors. Against thisbackdrop, this project aims to realize a marine city ofColla b or ation

Hakodate Mariculture Project
Building a sustainable fishery and marine city with fish and algae
aquaculture at its core
Toward the establishment of aquaculture that contributes to regional
carbon neutrality

sustainable ﬁshery by creating new industries and creatingjobs for young people, with research on regional
carbon-neutral (RCN) aquaculture at its core.

SalmonfarmingSpecifically, the project intends to achieve regional carbon
neutrality in the aquaculture industry by combining the

Kelp farming
Regional Fisheries
Co-Creation Center

complete cultivation of king salmon, a first for Japan, withthe complete cultivation of kelp and by using seaweedfarming and natural seaweed to absorb the CO2 emitted byfish farming, thereby realizing an aquaculture industry of
low environmental impact and high profitability, instead ofa fishing industry that depends on extracting natural
resources.
In implementing the project, the Regional Fisheries

Human resources development
program“CREEN”
C: Creative&Cooperative
R: Realistic
E: Entrepreneurial&Energetic
E: ECO
N: Naturalized
Developing an
attractive city

Co-Creation Center, a satellite of the Society Region
Campustostrengthenindustry–academia–region

collaboration by matching the industrial needs of the

Nurturing people
Creating jobs

School of
Fisheries Sciences

region and businesses with the research seeds ofuniversities and other research institutions. In addition, the12development program “CREEN” to educate young people
who can contribute to the Hakodate area.
of Regional Industries and Universities (Cabinet Office).

Mariculture = underwater aquaculture“Mari” is derived from the Latin word for “sea” and “culture” from “cultivation,” meaning
aquafarming, cultivation, culture, and more.

Sustainable beef cattle farming:
HOKUDAI Shorthorn
At the Shizunai Livestock Farm of the Field Science
Center for Northern Biosphere, research on livestock
production systems, mainly grazing, is conducted on a vast
470-ha tract of land. All of the approximately 150 head ofbeef cattle raised here are Japanese Shorthorn (Wagyu).
Cattle manure is returned as fertilizer to grassland and feed
fields, minimizing the amount of manure brought in fromHOKUDAI Shorthorn products

outside the ranch and creating a land-use livestock
production system that is also animal welfare-friendly.
The Japanese Shorthorn produced at the Shizunai
Livestock Farm was named “HOKUDAI Shorthorn” in thehope that the cattle raised in this way would encourage
consumers to think about livestock breeding and theenvironment, and sales began in 2021 under the Hokkaido
University brand name.

Pastured during the summer months

Collaboration

center aims to develop and implement the human resources

This project is supported by The Project on the Promotion

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Emergence Department, was established on the HakodateAI robots equipped with 5G

Muroran Marine Station

Hokkaido University × SDGs
A New Beginning and Expanding Initiatives
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SDGs

Ranked 10th in the World (1st in Japan)
in THE Impact Rankings 2022 and 1stin the World for “SDG 2. Zero Hunger”
Times Higher Education, a UK-based higher education magazine,
released THE Impact Rankings 2022 on April 27, 2022. The THE
Impact Rankings assess universities’ contributions to achieving theUnited Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hokkaido
University has become the first university in Japan to be ranked
within the top 10 in the overall global ranking, out of the 1524
universities that entered the ranking, and 1st in the world in the
category of SDG 2: Zero Hunger.
Out of the 17 SDG targets, the University was ranked within the
global top 100 in the following categories; SDG 2: Zero Hunger(1st), SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals (12th), SDG 14: Life
Below Water (17th), SDG 15: Life on Land (18th), SDG 9:
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (43rd), SDG 16: Peace,
Justice and Strong Institutions (61st), and SDG 6: Clean Water and

THE Impact Rankings 2022 overall ranking(Japanese universities in the top 300)
Ranking
10＝19

Last year’s ranking

University

101- 200

Hokkaido University

101- 200

Kyoto University

101- 200

101- 200

Hiroshima University

101- 200

201- 300

Keio University

101- 200

301- 400

Kobe University

101- 200

101- 200

Tohoku University

101- 200

101- 200

University of Tsukuba
Kumamoto University

201- 300

401- 600

Sanitation (92nd).

201- 300—

Kyushu University

Founded in 1876 as the Sapporo Agricultural College, the university

201- 300

201- 300

Nagoya University

201- 300

101- 200

Okayama University

201- 300

201- 300

Osaka University

201- 300

201- 300

Ritsumeikan University

201- 300

301- 400

Waseda University

has had strengths in food production, field science, andenvironmental sciences since its inception. Also, the university was
the first National University to address sustainability by developinga Campus Master Plan in 1996, and it has made a number ofprogressive efforts toward SDGs since then, culminating in theestablishment of the Institute for the Advancement of Sustainability
last year. This remarkable result of the ranking is a recognition of
the University’s longstanding efforts to achieve the SDGs.

THE Impact Rankings 2022 | Times Higher Education

Hokkaido University × SDGs: Introducing University initiatives for the SDGs
The Hokkaido University × SDGs website, which provides
information on the University’s SDG-related initiatives
from time to time, features interviews with faculty andstudents on their respective perspectives on the SDGs.
The Faculty of Fisheries Sciences started offering Fish of
the Month (FoM) educational content on marine life in
September 2021, aiming to contribute to achieving the
SDGs

and

improvingfood

resource

production

technologies.
Fish of the Month（FoM）

Hokkaido University × SDGs

https://edu.fish.hokudai.ac.jp/fom/https://sdgs.hokudai.ac.jp/en/

Seminar co-hosted with the Hokkaido Government,
and exchanges with an Agricultural High School
On February 17, 2022, the SDGs × Hokkaido
Seminar 2022 was held jointly with the Hokkaido
attracting

participants

online.

approximately
Associate300

Pe r f o r m a n c e

Government,

Professor

KOBAYASHI Kuniyuki of the Research Facultyof Agriculture gave a keynote speech titled “Rural

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Development and SDGs,” which was followed bySDGs

an introduction of the University’s SDG initiatives
by Professor KATO Satoru of the Institute for the
Advancement of Sustainability. Then, Hokkaido
Asahikawa Agricultural High School outlined its
research and study of organically grown flowers.
The seminar concluded with a presentation from

Associate Professor KOBAYASHI gives a speech titled“Rural Development and SDGs”

the Hokkaido Government on the progress of theSDGs in the prefecture.

HSI Team OMOTENASHI: Students createa place for students around the world to connect
HSI Team OMOTENASHI is an HSI -accredited student
volunteer organization that has planned and managed various
international exchange events since FY 2021. In August 2021, theteam organized the Hokkaido University Visual Tour as an HSI
exchange event, and a student-guided campus tour was made open
to the public. The team also organized the SDGs Challenge
Competition 2021, an online English presentation contest in
October 2021. This event was held to provide an opportunity forstudents from around the world to interact and exchange theirdiverse ideas with each other.
Hokkaido Summer Institute: one of the University’s international program inviting
world leading researchers, and the largest summer school in Japan.

HSI Team OMOTENASHI, organizer of the Hokkaido University Visual Tour

Hokkaido University’s
International Strategy for 2040

Four pillars, two directions, and three visions for the future
In December 2021, amidst a major transformation in the nature of

The first direction is a shift from the quantitative expansion ofinternational exchanges, Hokkaido University formulated Global

education and research to an emphasis on quality. The second

Vision 2040, which outlines the direction that the University

direction is the promotion of an international strategy for theshould take from an international perspective for the mid and long

digitalization of education. Under these two directions, four strategic

term, up to the year 2040.

target goals were established and specific initiatives were formulated.

This international strategy sets three future visions which the

The international strategy is a road map to further enhance theUniversity aims to pursue towards the year 2040 and presented twointernationalization of education and research at the University. It is

directions for realizing these visions.

expected that this strategy will be utilized for the advancement of the
University that contributes to resolution of global issues in along-term.

Management

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International Strategy “Hokkaido University Global Vision 2040” Outline【Aspirations of Hokkaido University for the Year 2040】

International Strategy

1. To be a driving force in contributing to the resolution of global issues through partnership and collaboration with people
from diverse countries, regions and organizations, and in creating a thriving future society.
2. To be recognized as an unparalleled university by contributing to the achievement of sustainability with originality andexcellence through global education and research in diverse fields grounded in the history of the founding of theuniversity, its unique development, and geographic characteristics.
3. To achieve an equitable and inclusive campus internationalization in which diverse students, researchers, and faculty/staff
members thrive and excel.

Shift from “Quantitative Expansion” to“Emphasis on Quality” in Education and Research

Advance International Strategy
for Digitalization of Education

Four Pillars of Strategic Target Goals
Vitalizing Brain
Circulation

Students &Faculty with
Cultural Fluidity

Enhancing HR
Development andResearch Capabilities
Through a Virtuous
Cycle of Knowledge

Promoting Appealing
International
Collaborative
Co-Learning
Environments

Pursuit of
Sustainability

Evolving
Management

Practical Contributions
in Areas of
Sustainability

Developing
Environment andOrganization to
Improve International
Adaptability

The international strategy of Hokkaido University for 2040 is available on the University’s website athttps://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/international-strategy-of-hokkaido-university-toward-the-year-2040/

visionHokkaido University’s
Data Strategy

Data

Enhancing IR functions related to education, research and administration
In FY 2017, to centralize data analysis resources at thedivisions work closely together to collect and analyze data

University and strengthen their structure, the activities ofand are steadily promoting data analysis that contributes toInstitutional Research (IR) for education were integrated

the formulation of the University’s management strategy

into the Office of Institutional Research, resulting in thewhile demonstrating the synergistic effect of integrating

current two-division structure: “Corporate Strategy Analysis

two IR divisions.

Division” and “Higher Education Research Division”. The

Example of data utilization by the Office of Institutional Research
Before this accreditation, the Office of Institutional Research

University serves as the representative institution, was recognizedprovided its analytical tools that are related to interdisciplinary

as a Regional Bio-community in the formation of bio-communities

research areas to the Executive Office for Research Strategy, which

promoted by the Cabinet Office.

led to the Regional Bio-community Concept.

Management

In June 2021, the Hokkaido Prime Bio-community, in which the16First place in Japan

Civil engineeringresearch area

Research area A

Red line

Research area B

Second place in Japan
Research area A

Computer andagriculturalresearch areapink line

Research area B

Food scienceand nutritional research area
Biotechnology
and microbiology research area
Visualization of interdisciplinary research areas using an international database of scientific papers

Publication of data on university activities outside the university
The information collected and analyzed by the Office of

Hokkaido University Business Intelligence, for theInstitutional Research is compiled as the Hokkaido Fact

purpose of fostering a common understanding of theBook, which provides various data on education, research,

University’s current status and issues among stakeholders

and administrative operations and is made available on theand other parties concerned.

University’s website as interactive visualization data by

Data Strategy

Information science
research area

The number of
Hokkaido university’s research
publications related to the respective
research areas of A and B:

FY 2021 Hokkaido University Financial Highlights
National university corporations prepare annual financial statements, clarify their financial and operational status, and submit these to the
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for approval. The main financial statements are outlined here.

Balance sheet (B/S) University assets, etc. on the closing date (March 31)
Liabilities
Land,
buildings,
machinery,
etc.

Cash,
deposits,
securities,
etc.

Fixed assets

258.7

92.1

Liabilities

Loans payable
Contra-accounts
for assets, etc.

billion yen

billion yen

Current assets

37.3

203.9

billion yen

billion yen

billion yen

258.5

billion yen

Net assets

91.7

Fixed assets

Current assets

Capital stock
Capital surplus
Earned surplus

Net assets

207.9

41.1

billion yen

billion yen

FY 2020

FY 2021In FY 2021, assets increased by 3.6 billion yen due to an increase in cash and deposits, including time deposits,
and the acquisition of securities.

Profit-and-loss statement (P/L)

Operation status of the university in
one business year (April 1 to March 31)

Finances

Ordinary
expenses17
Financial Information

96.6

billion yen

Ordinary
expensesbillion yen

billion yen

Extraordinary loss

99.3

Current gross income

2.1 billion yen

0.5 billion yen

Current gross income

Extraordinary profit, etc.

0

107.6

billion yen

Extraordinary loss

0.4 billion yen

Ordinary
revenue

102.9

Ordinary
revenue

5.9 billion yen

billion yen

FY 2020Extraordinary profit, etc.

1.7 billion yen

FY 2021In FY 2021, ordinary expenses increased by 6.3 billion yen due to an increase in personnel expenses, including
an increase in retirement allowance payments. However, ordinary revenues increased by 8.4 billion yen from theprevious year due to an increase in the amount of contract research and grants received. As a result, the current
gross income increased by 3.8 billion yen to 5.9 billion yen.
Each amount is rounded down to the nearest unit, so totals may not agree.

Changes in operating subsidy income

Changes in revenues from grants for operating expences

The subsidy for operating expenses granted by the national

100
million yen
500

government has been reduced by 8.3 billion yen compared tofiscal 2004, when the University was first incorporated.

450

Therefore, it is necessary to improve management efficiency

400

and take measures to increase own revenues from external funds
and other sources.
The amount of money for each fiscal year is that received during the year anddoes not correspond to the operating subsidy income on the profit-and-loss
statement, which is recorded according to the progress of operations, nordoes the amount correspond to the operating subsidy income on thefinancial report, including the amount carried over from the previous year.

Decr ease
449
65

384

250
200

2004

n y e n (a p p

360

388
23

49

49

54

53

314

311

310

2016

2017

2018

364

350
300

of 8.3 billio

370

rox. 18%)
358

366

43

51

317

315

315

2019

2020

2021

General operating grants (2004 – 2015) Core operating grants (2016 –)Special and other expenses (2004 – 2015) Functional enhancement and other expenses (2016 –)Disaster recovery expenses

English page of the financial statements

visionhttps://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/
2022/12/FY2021-Financial-Statements.pdf

Fin

ances

Acquisition of external funds
The Hokudai Research & Business Park provides a favorable
research and business environment through collaboration among
Hokkaido

University,thenational

government,

local

governments, and industry, aiming to promote cutting-edge
research and development, develop new technologies and

FY 2027
Joint researchrevenue target:
3.2 billion yen

Changes in external funding income
100
million yen.2 billion ye
Incr ease of 8

180

products utilizing intellectual property owned by universities and160

other institutions, and create venture companies and new

140

industries. This activity has been developed to revitalize the120

economy and industry and to increase the scale of companies

100

through joint research with companies in Hokkaido.

80

There are plans to conduct strategic marketing to companies in

60

72
6
51

the Tokyo metropolitan area for the development of large-scale

40

37

joint research and to actively attract major corporations and20

venture companies to the North Campus and its environs by0taking advantage of its geographical location.

14
13
16

71

62

144
15
13

146
14
13

21

19

23

68

72

68

139
14
11

154
14
15
22

78

23

26

24

25

25

28

25

2004

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Donations

By promoting these measures, the University aims to achieve a

125
14
10
13

138

4%)
n (app rox. 11

Contract researchContract projects

Joint research

Indirect expenses (Grants‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research)joint research revenue target of 3.2 billion yen, which is one of
the goals of the Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals and Mid-Term
Plan.

Hospital is making various management efforts, such as reducing

300

67

250
200

expenses by switching to generic drugs and reviewing assets

150(e.g., medical equipment) and increasing revenues by raising the

100

number of surgeries and increasing the bed occupancy rate.

50
0

74

282

74
294

76

306

76

315

70
315

31

2004

326

60
50
40
30

29

2016

29

2017

29

2018

28

2019

Number of inpatients

26

2020

As the situation surrounding national universities becomes more severe, such as the reduction ofsubsidies for operating expenses, Hokkaido University needs your support to continue operating
the university independently and to make a bigger contribution to society.

Scholarship for Nitobe College Students
The foundation provided a non-repayable benefit-type scholarship with the aim of encouraging students of the Nitobe
College Honors Program for Graduate Students to further develop their advanced expertise and their ability to utilize it.
able to get a Scuba Diving License using a partof the funds and this will aid me in getting bettersamples for my research and kickstarting mycareer. Once again, I am grateful to the sponsors
for this opportunity and will do anything I can inorder to promote Nitobe College so thatstudents will continue to have this opportunity inthe future as well. (Rajagopal，Ranjani)

25
2021

Number of outpatients

Initiatives of the Hokkaido University Frontier Foundation

I would like to thank the respected Frontier
Foundation sponsors from the bottom of myheart for selecting me as a recipient for the
Nitobe Scholarship. After receiving thescholarship, my quality of life has improved
considerably and I have been able to allocate
more time to towards my classes and careerinstead of focusing on my part-time job. I was

80
70

200

Revenue from the hospital

Voice ofgratitude

73

20
10
0

18
Financial Information

While steadily fulfilling its mission, Hokkaido University

350

10,000peopleFinances

Changes in Hokkaido University
Hospital revenue

Increase of 12.6 billion yen from FY 2004

100
million yen

The Trillium ﬂower is symbolic of Hokkaido University
and used as its ofﬁcial logo. In this design, the ﬂower
symbolizes ʻʻhumanʼʼ by combining intelligence,individuality, and diversity. The overlapping elegant
lines of the ﬂowers represent human relationships andknowledge. The ﬂowersʼ silhouettes reﬂect academic
and contemporary values, suitable for Hokkaido
University.

Hokkaido University Integrated Report 2022
(Abridged version in English)
Published by: Finance Management Section, Budget Division,
Finance Department, Hokkaido University
Address: Kita 8, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808, Japan
Tel.: +81-(0)11-706-3991
E-mail: zaikan@ﬁnance.hokudai.ac.jp
Published: December 2022
This English integrated report is also available on the website.

https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/publications/integrated-report/