September 9th 2020
To All Students,Class for the Fall Semester
Takanori Ueda
President of the University of Fukui
I expect that all of you are spending your student life and working hard on yourstudies, despite having various anxieties under the severe situation of COVID-19.
As for the class policy for the fall semester, it has already been announced on July
8th and August 28th. The second wave of COVID-19, which peaked in July and August,is still not over, and Fukui prefecture’s own warning about the spread of the infection
is still in effect as of now. Under these circumstances, I am sure that you must beconcerned about the class implementation for the fall semester. Therefore, I would
like to reiterate to confirm the class policy for the fall semester. Although theuniversity has a policy of basically conducting remote classes in the fall semester, it
does not mean that all classes will be conducted online. Rather, we will offer face-toface classes when necessary or possible at the university’s and each school’sdiscretion.
The class policies of each school for the fall semester are as follows;
1. School of Education
Regarding experiments, practical training and seminars, some classes have been
conducted face-to-face since the spring semester, while taking care to prevent
infection. In the fall semester, face-to-face classes will be conducted as forexperiments, practical training and seminars when necessary. Regarding lectures,
they will be conducted face-to-face when necessary if sufficient infection prevention
measures can be taken. For freshmen, face-to-face guidance is scheduled before
classes for the fall semester start.
2. School of Medical Sciences
With sufficient measures against infection in place, classes will be conducted asmuch as possible in the lecture room, and distance lectures will also be offered. For
more details, please see the message from the Dean of the School of Medical Sciences
on September 7th, "School of Medical Sciences; Class Policy for the Fall Semester"
below.
(School of Medical Sciences; Class Policy for the Fall Semester)
https://www.med.u-fukui.ac.jp/wpcontent/uploads/2020/04/koukizyugyou_20200907.pdf

3. School of Engineering
For students currently living outside Fukui, the school is asking them to move to
Fukui in time for the fall semester. In the fall semester, the school plans to offer faceto-face classes for experiments or practical training, as well as some lectures andseminars that cannot or should not be offered online. For more details, please see
the message from the Dean of the School of Engineering on August 31st, “School andGraduate School of Engineering; Class Policy for the Fall Semester".
(School and Graduate School of Engineering; Class Policy for the Fall Semester)
https://www.u-fukui.ac.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/koukijyugyounituiteR2.8.31.pdf
4. School of Global and Community Studies
As for some classes that have the character of training or practice, such as ProjectBased Learning (PBL) or graduation research subjects, the school plans to partly
offer face-to-face classes. When conducting these classes, every possible measure toprevent infection will be given, taking into account the educational effects of theclasses as well as the regional infection situation. For more details, please see themessage from the Dean of the School of Global and Community Studies on
September 2nd, “Classes for the Fall Semester of the School of Global and Community
Studies” posted on the Student Portal.
As mentioned above, with sufficient anti-infection measures in place, some face-toface classes will be conducted at each school in addition to remote classes. If you haveany questions or concerns, please contact the address below. As for extracurricular
activities, for which sports’ trips or competitions are currently restricted, we areconsidering easing the restrictions for the fall semester, as long as sufficientconsideration for the infection risks should be given.
Although many cases of COVID-19 in Japan are currently milder than those inEurope or the U.S., there are still cases of severe disease even among young people,
and a certain number of cases with serious complications and sequelae are expectedto occur. Based on this, the University of Fukui will continue to place the highest
priority on the health of our students. Thanks to the cooperation of students, there
have been no cases of infection as of now. We would like to ask for your further
cooperation for the time being.

[Contact Information]*Bunkyo Campus (Schools of Education, Engineering, and Global and Community
Studies, United Graduate School of Professional Development ofTeachers, Graduate Schools of Engineering and Global andCommunity Studies)
Educational Division Section for General Education
TEL: 0776-27-8600
E-mail: kyoumu-soumu@ml.u-fukui.ac.jp*Matsuoka Campus (School and Graduate School of Medical Sciences)
Academic Affairs Division for Matsuoka Campus Section for the School of MedicalSciences
TEL: 0776-61-8266, 8244
E-mail: g-mtgakumu@ad.u-fukui.ac.jp