Separate
VolumeNational Universities

14

Quarterly Report

2016by The Japan Association of National Universities (JANU)

Current Situation of National Universities in Japan
Constituent Members
Students
By course
Undergraduate
学士課程

By area

17.4 5.1

Master
修士課程

77.5

58.8

Doctor
博士課程
Professional
専門職課程

0%

6.5

34.7

68.6

6.6

36.1

4.4

59.5

20%

40%

国立
National

60%

公立
PublicNational
国立

31.6

68.4

Public
公立

36.0

64.0

24.8
75.7

私立
Private

80%

0%

100%

20%

私立
PrivateUndergraduate
2,556,062
445,668
129,618
1,980,776

MasterDoctor158,974
93,416
10,372
55,18660%

16,623
5,999
726
9,898

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “School Basic Survey 2015”
issued by MEXT

80%

(Unit: Persons)

Other areas

National

141,020

304,648

Public46,62782,991

Private1,499,165

481,611

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 Basic Survey 2015”
issued by MEXT

Master course and doctor course students atnational universities account for approx. 60% andapprox. 70% of the total respectively.

National universities provide university education across the nation.

Staff

Faculty(Unit: Persons)National, Public& Private

Female Faculty Headcount & Rate
▶ Headcount
FY2004 6,560 persons(Total: 60,897)↓Increase
FY2015 10,258 persons▶ RateFY2004 10.8%↓Increase
FY2015 15.9%

Full-time staff total

National

Total
233,260(179,521)

78,034(56,470)

Female48,786(29,177)

86,146(72,329)

27,229(24,039)

11,462(7,132)

9,341(10,308)

7,214(7,679)1,627(1,216)

128,940(86,290)

42,577(23,568)

35,347(20,390)

8,833(10,594)

1,014(1,184)350(439)

Clerical staff
Administration, accounting,personnel affairs, libraryservices, educational affairs,
etc.

(Total: 64,684)
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “School Basic Survey” (eachyear version) issued by MEXTTechnical andprofessional staff

Increase in the female headcount and rate
Young Faculty Headcount, Rate & Employment Situation▶ Rate of faculty under 35 years old
FY2004 13.4% (8,267 persons)↓Decrease
FY2013 9.8% (6,189 persons)

100%

Other
areas
その他の地域

Three metropolitan areas

Professional

73,87750,676
4,876
18,32540%

Three
metropolitan
三大都市圏
areas

(Unit: Persons)

Total
National
PublicPrivate24.3

Technical work, professional
work, etc.

▶ Fixed-term faculty
FY2007 52.9% (2,201 persons)↓Increase
FY2013 73.5% (3,066 persons)

Medical staff
Nurse- and assistant nurserelated work, etc.

Other staff

Affected faculty: RU11 faculty under 35 years old

Instructions on experiment,
practice, skills, etc.

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “School Teacher Statistical Survey” (FY2013)
issued by MEXT and “University Faculty Employment Situation Survey – Research Universities(RU11) Faculty Term and Employment Funds – Flash Report” issued by the National Institute of
Science and Technology Policy of MEXT

Note: The numbers in brackets show the figures for FY2005.
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “School Basic Survey” (FY2005
and FY2015) issued by MEXT

Decrease in the young faculty rate andincrease in the fixed-term faculty rate1

Increase in medical staff

Education
Main Distinctive Faculties Newly Established after Incorporation
New faculties to promoteinternationalization

New faculties to promote
regional revitalization

Akita University
2014

2004
Faculty of International
Resource Sciences
Yamaguchi University

2015

Faculty of Global
Science Studies
Chiba University

2016

2005

New multidisciplinary faculties

Tottori University

Wakayama University

Faculty of Regional
Sciences

Faculty of Tourism

Yamagata University

2008 University of the Ryukyus
Faculty of Tourism
Sciences and Industrial
Management

Faculty of Education, Art
and Science
Kochi University

2015

College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences

Nagasaki University

Faculty of Regional
Collaboration2014 School of Global
Humanities and Social
Sciences

Utsunomiya University

University of Fukui

Faculty of Regional
DesignEhime University

School of Global andCommunity Studies

Saga University

Faculty of Collaborative
Regional Innovation

2016

2016

Faculty of Art andRegional Design

Oita University
Faculty of Welfare and
Health Science

University of Miyazaki
Faculty of Regional
Innovation

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on each
university’s website

Promoting various, practical education in response to social needs

Educational Reform Activities
Implementing the GPA system(strict grade assessment)▶ No. of universities:

FY2008 51 universities↓Increase
FY2013 67 universities
Providing only English-basedclasses for graduation▶ No. of universities:

FY2008 1 university↓Increase
FY2013 6 universities
Note: These activities are for faculties.
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on“University Education Curriculum, etc. Reform Situation(outline)” (Sept. 10, 2015) issued by MEXT

High-content learning environment
to promote active learning(Unit: %)020

学生の自主学習のSelf-learningspace for
ためのスペース
students(learning（ラーニング
commons,etc.)
コモンズなど）「主体的な学習」を
TA andSA to
促すための授業を
encourage proactive
サポートするlearning toTA・SA
supportclasses40

Universities that provide career
education in their courses (Unit: %)

60

80
0

85

90

47.6
39.2
40.5

国立
National

44.2
27.0
32.1

公立
Public88.9

Private
私立

95.2

64.6
43.4
48.2

無線LANなどのWireless LAN設備
andother equipment

National
国立

Public
公立

95

98.8

Private私立

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Survey
on University Curriculum to Promote Proactive Learning”(FY2013) issued by the Japan Association for Educational
Development and the Benesse Educational Research andDevelopment InstituteNote: Excluding graduate universities
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU
based on “University Education Curriculum, etc.
Reform Situation (outline)” (Sept. 10, 2015)
issued by MEXT

National universities actively provide advanced, high-quality education.
2

100

Research
No. 1 Local National University in Each Special Field
that Has Been Awarded the Largest Number of Grantsin-Aid for Scientific Research Projects
University

Field

University

Field

University of Fukui

Childhood science (childhood
environment science)

Hamamatsu University
School of Medicine

Psychiatric science

Name
Hideki Yukawa

Field
Physics

Educational Background
Affiliation at the Time of the Award
Kyoto University
Kyoto University / Columbia University

Sin-Itiro Tomonaga

Physics

Kyoto University

Tokyo University of Education

1968

Yasunari Kawabata

Literature

The University of Tokyo1973

Leo Esaki

Physics

The University of Tokyo

Clothing life/ Dwelling life

1974
1981

Eisaku Sato
Kenichi Fukui

The University of Tokyo
Kyoto University

Wakayama University

Tourism

1987

Susumu Tonegawa

Peace
Chemistry
Physiology or
Medicine―
IBM Thomas J. Watson ResearchCenter―
Kyoto University

Kyoto University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Okayama University

Respiratory surgery

1994

Kenzaburo Oe

Literature

The University of Tokyo

Sports science

Education

2000

Hideki Shirakawa

Chemistry

Applied health science
Developmental mechanisms
and the body works

Sociology of education
Education on school subjects
and activities
Properties in chemicalengineering process/ Transfer
operation/ Unit operation
Surgical dentistry

2001

Ryoji Noyori
Masatoshi Koshiba
Koichi Tanaka

Chemistry
Physics
Chemistry

Tokyo Institute ofTechnology
Kyoto University
The University of Tokyo
Tohoku University

Makoto Kobayashi

Physics

Nagoya University

Toshihide Maskawa

Physics

Nagoya University

Yoichiro Nambu

Physics

The University of Tokyo

Chicago University

Osamu Shimomura
Akira Suzuki
Ei-ichi Negishi

Nagasaki University
Hokkaido University
The University of Tokyo

Boston University
Hokkaido University
Purdue University

Kobe University

Kyoto University

Isamu Akasaki
Hiroshi Amano

Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
Physiology or
Medicine
Physics
Physics

Kyoto University
Nagoya University

Meijo University
Nagoya University

Shuji Nakamura

Physics

Takaaki Kajita

Physics
Physiology or
Medicine(Former) Human life

Library and information science
Nara Women's University/ Humanistic social informatics
Modeling and technologies forenvironmental conservation
and remediation

Hiroshima University

Literature in English
Human geography

Niigata University

Year
1949
1965

Web informatics/ Service
informatics

University of Tsukuba

Nobel Laureates

2002

2008

Economic statistics

Kagawa University

Embryonic/ Neonatal medicine

Special needs education

Ehime University

Environmental risk control andevaluation

Periodontology

Kyushu Institute ofTechnology

Learning support system

2010

Parasitology (including sanitary
zoology)

2012

Infectious disease medicine

2014

University of Toyama

Natural medicines

Japan Advanced Instituteof Science and Technology

Entertainment and gameinformatics

Nagasaki University

Note: Local national universities here refer to national universities, other than the former
seven imperial universities (Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, The University ofTokyo, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, and Kyushu University),
and universities located in the three metropolitan areas (Saitama Prefecture, Chiba
Prefecture, Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Osaka, Hyogo Prefecture, and Kyoto).

2015

Shinya Yamanaka

Satoshi Ōmura

Tokushima University University of California, Santa Barbara
Saitama University

The University of Tokyo

University of Yamanashi

Kitasato University

All Nobel laureates graduated fromnational universities.

Using their strong points and distinctive featuresto promote various research projects

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Allocation Situation(for newly adopted projects)
Total
National
PublicPrivateOther

No. of Adopted
Projects

99,47549,461
7,487
30,355
12,172

26,382
14,623
1,896
6,825
3,038

Adoption Rate

Nagoya University
The University of Tokyo
Shimadzu Corporation
High Energy Accelerator Research
Organization
Kyoto University / Kyoto Sangyo
University

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on Nobelprize.org (as of May 19,
2016)

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Allocation Results”(Sept. 16, 2015) issued by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

No. ofApplications―
University of Tsukuba(Unit: 1,000 yen)

Allocation Amount Allocation Amount Allocation AmountAmount Subscribed(Direct Expenditure) (Indirect Expenditure)(Total)26.5% 409,053,025
29.6% 245,197,393
25.3% 22,512,452
22.5% 84,237,601
25.0% 57,105,579

63,579,200
40,790,550
3,364,600
11,301,350
8,122,700

Allocation
Amount Rate

19,073,760 82,652,960
12,237,165 53,027,715
1,009,380 4,373,980
3,390,405 14,691,755
2,436,810 10,559,510

－
64.2%
5.3%
17.8%
12.8%

Note: The FY2015 scientific research grant is for research projects (newly adopted), except “special field research” and “encouragement research”.
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Allocation Results” (Sept. 16, 2015) issued by the Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science (JSPS)

Promotion of Joint Research with Local Companies, etc.
Top 30 Universities in Terms of Joint Research with Private Companies
National University
Public University
Private University
Three
Three
Three
Other
Other
Other
metropolitan areas
metropolitan areas
metropolitan areas
No. of Research Projects No. of
10
17
1
0
3
0
Research Grant Amount Universities
11
15
1
0
3
0

Top 30 Universities in Terms of Joint Research with Small and Medium-sized Companies

No. of Universities

National University
Public University
Private University
Three
Three metropolitan
Three metropolitan
Other
Other
Other
metropolitan areas
areas
areas
9
18
1
0
2
0

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 “FY2014 Universities, etc. Industry-Academia Collaboration” (revision on Dec. 25, 2015) issued by MEXT

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Industry-Academia Collaboration
No. of Joint Research Projects
Implemented and Amount Received

No. of Contracted Research Projects
Implemented and Amount Received(Unit: Million yen)

(Unit: Projects)

3,456(Unit: Million yen)

10,00070,00014,0001,774 1,845

15,000964
10,000

743

639

914

1,012

12,71060,000

2,062

1,470
1,341

12,2892,625

No. of Contracted Research Projects Implemented

2,344

1,121

1,165 1,200

1,192

1,278

50,00040,000585

432
30,000347

Amount Received

No. of Joint Research Projects Implemented

3,093

20,0005,000

10,00000
H16’04 H17’05 H18’06 H19’07 H20’08 H21’09 H22’10 H23’11 H24’12 H25’13 H26’14 (FY)

国立等 etc.
National,

公立等etc.
Public,

私立等 etc.
Private,11,7068,000

11,227

8,000
4,175

3,917

4,249

4,000

0

10,000

9,682

8,668

6,000

全体
Total

621

495

459 405

6,000

3,757

3,732

451

490

457

423

3,889

3,519

3,847
3,872

4,158

456

3,968

4,000

690

582

2,000
0

’04 H17’05 H18’06 H19’07 H20’08 H21’09 H22’10 H23’11 H24’12 H25’13 H26’14 (FY)
H16
National, etc.
国立等

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Universities, etc. IndustryAcademia Collaboration Situation” (each FY version) issued by the Science andTechnology Policy Bureau, MEXT

10,543
9,765

2,000

12,00011,066

11,32911,528Public, etc.
公立等

Private, etc.
私立等

Total
全体

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Universities, etc. IndustryAcademia Collaboration Situation” (each FY version) issued by the Science andTechnology Policy Bureau, MEXT

The amount received has been stagnant
in recent years.

The number of join research projects implemented
and the amount received are increasing.

Donations Received by National(Unit: Million yen)
Universities, etc.

No. of Patents Held by National
Universities, etc.
(Unit: Patents)

90,00020,00017,254
81,795

14,527

15,00080,00075,91010,94270,70970,00010,000

7,481

6,833

5,000

67,80866,030

2,879

2,570
2,100
885 973

1,290 1,845

’07
H19

’09
H21

0

50,000’08
H2070,66960,000

4,125
3,294

74,962

63,100

5,483

4,759

78,96877,44875,837

’10
H22

’11
H23

’12
H24

’13
H25

’14
H26

Domestic
国内’04 H17’05 H18’06 H19’07 H20’08 H21’09 H22’10 H23’11 H24’12 H25’13 H26
’14
H16
(FY)

(FY)

Overseas
外国

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Universities, etc. IndustryAcademia Collaboration Situation” (each FY version) issued by the Science andTechnology Policy Bureau, MEXT

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Universities, etc. IndustryAcademia Collaboration Situation” (each FY version) issued by the Science andTechnology Policy Bureau, MEXT

The amount of donations received
increased after incorporation, but it has
been stagnant in recent years.

The number of patents held in Japan andabroad is increasing every year.

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Amount Received(Unit: Projects)
20,000Internationalization
Rate of International Students
Undergraduate

International Student Housing Situation

Graduate

国立大学等が設置する留学
Accommodations
for international
students
生宿舎 provided by national
universities, etc.
Dormitories
for students provided by
国立大学等が設置する一般
national
学生寮universities, etc.

10,991

International(29.7%)
students atnational
universities,
etc.:
37,016 persons
2,341(100%)

16.3% 2.6%
33.9%
81.1%

Insufficient housing to receive international
students

4.4%
National
国立universities(6.3%)

23,684(64.0%)

61.7%

Privateaccommodations, apartments, etc.
民間宿舎・アパート等
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU
based on “FY2015 International Student
Enrollment Survey Results” (Mar. 2016) issued
by the Japan Student Services Organization(JASSO)

Public
公立
universities

Private私立
universities

Undergraduate(Unit: Persons)No. of Overseas Sites

Graduate(Unit: Sites)

National

11,02425,532Public

1,737

1,812

Private54,711

14,052

350

316
288

300
250

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “FY2015 International
Student Enrollment Survey Results” (Mar. 2016) issued by the Japan Student
Services Organization (JASSO)

200

International graduate students at national
universities account for approx. 60% of the total.

(Unit: Agreements)
11,000
9,000

277

9,515
8,549
7,465 7,847

7,000

230

’09
H21

No. of International
Exchange Agreements

’11
H23

’12
H24

’13
H25

5,000

’09
H21

’11
H23

’12
H24

’13
H25

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Survey Results on Interuniversity Exchange Agreements with International Universities and Overseas
Sites” (each year) issued by MEXT

Various activities for internationalization are increasing.

Rate of Japanese Students Studying Abroad(Unit: Persons)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

No. of Non-Japanese Teachersat National Universities

3,000

100%

2,574

H20
’08

31.9

2.8

65.3

2,500

63.2

2,000

2,329

Increase

H27
’15

33.6

3.3
National
国立universities

Public
公立
universities

1,997

Private私立
universities

1,500

Note: The numbers of Japanese students studying abroad are for overseas study programs
under agreements.
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “International Student Survey” issued by
the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)

1,770
1,474

1,503

1,551

H16
’04

H18
’06

H20
’08

1,000

The rate of Japanese students of national
universities studying abroad is increasing.

500

No. of Japanese Students of National
Universities Studying Abroad(Unit: Persons)

1 year or more Less than 1 year
Undergraduate
506
13,626
Graduate
206
6,077
Total
712
19,703

Total
14,132
6,283
20,415

0
H22
’10

H24
’12

H26
’14

H27
’15

Note: The figures here are for full-time teachers.
(FY)
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “School Basic Survey”(each year) issued by MEXT

The number of non-Japanese full-timeteachers is increasing every year.

Note: The figures above are actual numbers in FY2014. The numbers of Japanese students
studying abroad here include those not under agreements.
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “The 3rd Follow-up Survey Results on the
Further Promotion of Educational Internationalization at National Universities” (Mar. 2016)
issued by JANU

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World University Rankings
World University Rankings (1) – Overall

World University Rankings (2) – Overall

THE (Times Higher Education), UK

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Country, etc.

2015-2016

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

California Institute of Technology
University of Oxford
Stanford University
University of Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Princeton University

United States
United Kingdom
United States
United Kingdom
United States
United States
United States

1

Harvard University

United States

2

Stanford University

United States

3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

4

University of California, Berkeley

United States

5

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

6

Princeton University

United States

7

California Institute of Technology

United States

8

Imperial College London

United Kingdom

8Columbia University

United States

9

University of Chicago

United States

10

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

2015-2016

University

University

Country, etc.

10

ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology Zurich
University of Chicago

United States

21

The University of Tokyo

26

National University of Singapore

Singapore

26

Kyoto University

Japan

42
43
44
47
82
88
201-250
201-250251-300

Peking University
The University of Tokyo
The University of Hong Kong
Tsinghua University
Seoul National University
Kyoto University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tohoku University
Osaka University

China
Japan
Hong Kong
China
South Korea
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan

44

The University of Melbourne

Australia

77

Nagoya University

Japan

85

Osaka UniversityJapan

101-150Peking University

101-150

Seoul National University

101-150

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China

101-150

Tohoku UniversityJapan

101-150

Tsinghua University

China

9

Switzerland

Japan

China
South Korea

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Academic Ranking ofWorld Universities 2015”

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “Times Higher Education World
University Rankings 2015-16”

Four Japanese universities ranked in the world top 100.

Two Japanese universities ranked in the world top 100.

World University Rankings (3) – By Subject
QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Limited), UK▶ Chemistry2015-2016
University
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
University of California, Berkeley
3
University of Cambridge
7
National University of Singapore
8
The University of Tokyo
9
California Institute of Technology
14
Kyoto University
16
Peking University
17
Tsinghua University
21
Tokyo Institute of Technology
25
Osaka University
29
National Taiwan University
34
Tohoku University▶ Physics & Astronomy

Country, etc.
United States
United States
United Kingdom
SingaporeJapan
United States
Japan
China
China
Japan
Japan
TaiwanJapan

2015-2016
1
2
3
8
18
19
25
30
30
35
38
44
47

Country, etc.
United States
United States
United States
Japan
Singapore
Japan
Japan
China
China
Japan
Japan
Australia
Taiwan▶ Statistics & Operational Research▶ Economics & Econometrics
2015-2016
University
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
Harvard University
3
Stanford University
18
National University of Singapore
31
The University of Tokyo
37
The University of Hong Kong

University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Stanford University
The University of Tokyo
National University of Singapore
Kyoto University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Peking University
Tsinghua University
Tohoku University
Osaka University
The University of Melbourne
National Taiwan University

2015-2016
University
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Country, etc.
United States
United States
United States
SingaporeJapan
Hong Kong

Country, etc.
United States

2

Stanford University

United States

3

Harvard University

United States

8

National University of Singapore

Singapore

19

The University of Tokyo

Japan

23

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “QS World University
Rankings by Subject 2016”

Japanese universities are leading the world not only in science subjects, including chemistry, physics, andastronomy, but also in social science subjects, including economics and management engineering.

6

National University Hospitals
20,000No. of Surgeries

Total No. of New Inpatients

Total No. of Outpatients(Unit: 1,000 persons)(Unit: 1,000 persons)(Unit: Cases)

800

16,957 17,434
15,426 16,199 16,396

15,000600

10,000

400

5,000

200

0

0

’04 H17’05 H18’06 H19’07 H20’08 H21’09 H22’10 H23’11 H24’12 H25’13 H26’14H16

431 460

489 513580 597 611

530 543 565

628

285,222
279,829
269,902262,648
256,180
248,022239,948

300,000
280,000
260,000
240,000
220,000
200,000
180,000’06 H19’07 H20’08 H21’09 H22’10 H23’11 H24’12 H25’13 H26’14
H18’04 H17’05 H18’06 H19’07 H20’08 H21’09 H22’10 H23’11 H24’12 H25’13 H26
’14
H16

(FY)

(FY)

(FY)

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on JANU’s workshop documents

No. of Hospitals Providing Support
for Cancer Treatment

No. of Organ Transplants
316(20.1%)
284(18.1%)

930(59.2%)

23(46.9%)

21(42.9%)

国立
National
公立
PublicPrivate
私立
Other
その他

National
国立
Public
公立
Private私立

1(2.0%)

42(2.7%)
Note: Based on the survey by the Japan Organ Transplant Network (total between Feb. 28, 1999 andDec. 22, 2015)
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on JANU’s workshop documents

4(8.2%)

その他
Other

Note: Based on the survey by MHLW (as of Apr. 1, 2015)
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on JANU’s workshop documents

National university hospitals specified for providing support forcancer treatment account for more than 40% of the total.

National university hospitals perform approx. 60% of
total organ transplants.

Financial Situation of National University Hospitals [except medical and dental schools]

Ordinary Expenditure Statistics

Ordinary Revenue Statistics(Unit: 100M yen)

(Unit: 100M yen)

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,0000

12,000

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,00012,000

(FY)

(FY)

H22
’10

1,400

8,489

481 10,370

H23
’11

1,365

8,880

508 10,753

10,710H24’12 1,226

9,314

577 11,117

391 11,224

H25’13 1,201

9,652

667 11,520’14 1,305
409 11,745 H26

9,925

708 11,938

H22’10 126

5,470

H23
’11

159

5,771

3,985

392 10,307

H24
’12

179

6,029

4,123

379

H25
’13

189

6,376

H26
’14

203

6,656

Education &教育研究経費Research

411 9,813

3,806

4,268
4,477
Medical care
診療経費

Labor
人件費

Operational grant
運営費交付金収益

Other
その他

University hospital
附属病院収益revenue

Other
その他

Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “FY2014 Financial Results of National University
Corporations, etc.” issued by MEXT

Medical care expenditure has an increasing share of total ordinary expenditure in response to increasing needs for
medical care, etc. National university hospital revenue has an increasing share of total ordinary revenue.

7Financial Situation
Budgets (National University Corporation Operational Grants)
0

2,000

4,000

H16
’04
H20
’08
H24
’12
H27
’15

6,000

8,000

10,000741 581

9,785
9,427

Ordinary operational grant
一般運営費交付金790 308

H28
’16

9,304

1,000 63 999
795

0

2,000

912

4,000

6,000

Basic cost
基幹経費

8,000

Function enhancement cost
機能強化経費12,415
11,813

11,366
10,945958

Special factor operational grant
特殊要因運営費交付金

University hospital operational grant
附属病院運営費交付金

9,113

14,000

1,305

1,288

9,192
Special operational grant
特別運営費交付金(Unit: 100M yen)

12,000920

10,945

10,00012,00014,000Special factor operational grant
特殊要因運営費交付金

Note 1: The figures above do not include special account budgets for disaster restoration. (Special account budgets for disaster restoration: 5.7B yen for FY2012, 1.1B yen for FY2013, 700M
yen for FY2014, and 400M yen for FY2015) Note 2: The university hospital operational grant is nil since FY2013. Note 3: The budget for FY2015 shows the figures after budget revision.
Note 4: The budget for FY2016 beyond is for a three-term budget, which is shown here by dividing the basic operational grant into the basic cost and the function enhancement cost.
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “National University Corporation Operational Grant Plan (90 Corporations Including Inter-University Research InstituteCorporations” (each FY version) issued by MEXT

Financial Results (Ordinary Revenue)
0

5,000

10,000(Unit: 100M yen)

15,00020,00025,00030,00035,000(FY)

11,654（47.7％）

’04
H16

6,245
（25.5％）

University hospital revenue

Operational grant

10,828（35.3％）

H26’14

3,560 1,936 1,059（14.6％） （7.9％）（4.3％） 24,454
Tuition Competitive Other
revenue funds, etc.

9,939
（32.4％）

3,407（11.1％）

4,272
2,256
（13.9％） （7.3％）

30,702

Note: Competitive funds, etc. for FY2004 show the total amount of subsidies, contracted research revenue, donations, research institution revenue, and other revenues. Competitive
funds etc. for FY2014 show the total amount of subsidies, contracted research revenue, donations, and research-related revenue.
Source: Created by the Secretariat of JANU based on “FY2004 Financial Statements of National University Corporations” and “FY2014 Financial Results, etc. of National University
Corporations, etc.” issued by MEXT

Operational grant and tuition revenue have decreasing shares of total ordinary revenue. University
hospital revenue from medical fees, etc. has increased (but the earning rate has decreased due to theconsumption tax hike). The amount of competitive funds, etc. has also increased.

Financial Results (Ordinary Expenditure)
0
(FY)

H16
’04

1,039
（4.4％）
2,332（9.9％）

Education Research

H26
’14

5,000
7,235
（30.6％）

10,0001,082（4.6％）

Medical care (include labor
Costs in university hospitals)

1,832 3,449（6.0％） （11.3％）

15,00010,098（42.7％）

25,0002,067（6.8％）

30,00035,0001,836（7.8％） 23,622

Labor (exclude
university hospitals)

Contracted
research, etc.

11,143（36.7％）(Unit: 100M yen)

20,000Generaladministration

10,082（33.2％）

1,830
30,403（6.0％）

Source: Created by JANU based on “FY2004 Financial Statements of National University Corporations” and “FY2014 Financial Results, etc. of National University
Corporations, etc.” issued by MEXT

Medical care costs account for an increasing share of total ordinary expenditure in response toincreasing needs for medical care at university hospitals, but labor cost has been reduced bypersonnel cuts and administration cost has been reduced by energy saving, etc.
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