International activities of Hokkaido University
Session3: Regional Development
May 20, 2018

Toyoharu NAWA
President, Hokkaido UniversityOverview of Hokkaido University

Prestige

World class research

World class education

Established in 1876 as
Sapporo Agricultural College

Research-intensive
university with 22 research
institutes.

12 faculties and 21 graduate
schools cover almost all areas

One of the 13 Top Global
University Projects by the
Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology
Organizer of the project“Human Resource
Development Platform forJapan-Russia Economic
Cooperation and Personnel
Exchange”

Member of RU11, the 11
major research universitiesin Japan.

Overall highest satisfaction
ratings of all Japanese
universities (according toNikkei Paper Survey)

Emeritus Professor Akira
Suzuki received the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry

Data
Total Students: 18,000(12,000 undergraduates and 6,000 graduates)

Total Staff: 4,000(2,000 academic staff, 1,000 technical staff, 1,000 administrative staff)

8 university-wide MOUs and 41 department-wide MOUs with Russian
academic institutions.

1Internationalization Strategy
Hokkaido University’s
Internationalization Strategy
Contributing towards the resolution of global issues
Fostering leaders contributing to the resolution of global issues through thetransformation of Hokkaido University into an initiator of collaborations with the world.
Examples of researchdisciplines in which
Hokkaido University excels
Japan’s only research
institute specializing in
natural science in thecryosphere
Japan’s largest numberof researchers who
participate in national
research projects onthe Arctic Circle
Japan’s only and theworld’s leading SlavicEurasian ResearchCenter
Published journals
that lead research inthe world.

Increase of international
exchanges in disciplines inwhich the university excels

SummerInstituteInviting 100 top
researchers fromaround the world
every year

Learning
Satellite

Course provided at 60locations around theworld every year by
Hokkaido University
faculty members toresolve local issues

These two types of efforts acceleratecross-disciplinary, industry-university
and international collaborations.

Practical solutions of issues
through research, educationand social contribution
Contributing
towards theresolution of
global issues

Highercitationfrequency
Increaseof
joint
research
projects

Developmentof strengths

Research
exchange

Creation ofnew
strengths
Improved
namerecognition

Educational
exchange

Socialcontribution

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East Russia - Japan Expert Education Program (RJE3 Program)PurposePractical training

To produce experts who can playleading roles in sustainable developmentin the Far East and the Arctic Circle

Environment
Observation Training

Internationalarchaeological fieldschool

Yakutsk in Russia

Rebun Island, Hokkaido

Cold RegionDevelopment
Technology Training
Sapporo, Hokkaido

Conservation Ecology
Fieldwork for
Humanities
Sapporo and Shiretoko

5 major issues
・Environmental Assessment
・Cultural Diversity
・Soil and Productivity
・Regional Resource Development
・Disaster Prevention Management

5 Russian partner universities
NorthEastern
FederalUniversity

Irkutsk
StateUniversity

SakhalinStateUniversity
PacificNationalUniversity

Hokkaido
University

Far Eastern
FederalUniversity3Research Activities of Arctic Research Center
Contribute to Sustainable Use and Conservation of the Arctic Region
Sustainable Use of the Northern Sea Route⚫ Remote sensing of sea ice & ship track⚫ Feasible navigation in icy waters⚫ Assessing social, environmental, andeconomic risks.
⚫ Assessing feasible business scenarios⚫ Visualization of research results

Sustainability of Society & Ecosystem under the
Rapidly Changing Environment⚫ Interaction between Vegetation & Permafrost⚫ Analysis of Social-Ecosystem Interaction⚫ Belmont Forum CRA (Collaborative Research Action)“Carbon Budget of Ecosystems and Cities & Villages on
Permafrost in Eastern Russian Arctic”

Japan-Russia JointResearch Lab.
⚫ Free rent research space& infrastructure eachother⚫ Collect academic data &information on AcademicIndustry Collaboration⚫ Arrange summer & wintercourse in Yakutsk⚫ Currently one (withFEFU) is established &another (with NArFU) is
under constructingБольшое спасибо!
C2.jpgWe really look forward to promoting
further international collaborations
with Russian institutions.