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Executive Summary:
Nagoya University Proposal to Become a Designated National University

The youngest of the former imperial universities, Nagoya University was founded

In this application for the status of a Designated National University, we describein 1939. It is located in the Greater Nagoya Region of central Japan, the country’s

our vision for Nagoya University. Based on the NU MIRAI 2020 plan, and taking

manufacturing belt. Our history as a comprehensive university is shortest among theadvantage of our strengths, we will:seven former imperial universities and we are also the smallest. Our free and open
academic culture has been the springboard for many remarkable research

Set up research hubs to lead their respective fields;

achievements. This is due to Nagoya University’s collegial atmosphere which has

Train Ph.D. graduates to play leading roles in advancing ournurtured a number of outstanding contributors to society. Among our alumni, forknowledge-based society;instance, are some of Japan's most prominent industrial leaders. From current and

Make the campus environment more international;

former faculty, we also can name recipients of six Nobel Prizes since 2001. Further,

Develop a comprehensive management network within ten years to

we lead other universities in engaging with the countries of Asia. We are also

support and promote transfer of fundamental research success into

working hard to support our female faculty and staff.

technical achievement;

Encourage innovation in collaboration with industry.

As stated in the NU MIRAI 2020 policy document, Nagoya University’s central
medium-term goal is to rise to the rank of an elite research university. This will

To achieve these aims, we want to manage our university based on the principle ofallow us to contribute to the peaceful co-existence and sustainable development ofshared governance; create a positive cycle for generating revenue to strengthen oursociety. We are reforming our management so we can better develop talented

finances; and establish a multi-campus system. Nagoya University aims to join thepeople who will lead the next generation. To stimulate innovation and contribute to

global elite of research universities through the following seven points.

the search for truth, our faculty members pursue groundbreaking research.

Training outstanding doctoral researchers
to lead our knowledge-based society

Becoming an elite research university that produces
world-leading research
Building on the track record displayed by our Nobel Prize winners,Nagoya University will establish new research hubs (Stage III research).
These will be modeled on our successful Institute for Transformative
Bio-Molecules (ITbM) WPI research center and the KobayashiMaskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI).
To develop such research hubs, we recognize the importance ofencouraging young researchers and founding new academic fields. To
meet these needs,we plan to provide multitier support optimized for
different research achievements. This includes Stage I support foryoung researchers and Stage II support for training next-generation
research leaders. These efforts will include interdisciplinary
studies linking researchers in different schools within theuniversity, including the humanities and social sciences,
so they underpin future society.

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Training PhDs is our core mission. We will build on our track record ofsuccess in the Leading Graduate School Programs and the Institutefor Promotion of Doctoral Education. We aim to train our PhDs inthree core skills:• the capacity to address new challenges in research;• the capacity to communicate with an international audience; and• the capacity to connect with society.
We will provide interdisciplinary education by collaborating withresearch hubs; developing international networks by expanding ourjoint degree programs; and training students in transferable skills.
At the same time, we will promote a new approach topostgraduate education involving close collaboration
between industry and university called the Sharing
Education Initiative. Financial support for Ph.D.
students will increase using a special fund, and career
paths for graduate students will be promoted.

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Creating an international campus that attracts
people from around the world,and developing overseas outreach
Nagoya University aims to increase our intake of international students
to 3,200 in ten years. We will also expand opportunities for Japanese
students to enroll in English-Taught courses offered in our G30 international programs. Also, we aim to increase the proportion of students
who experience study or training abroad to 70 percent. The recently
established Applied Social System Institute of Asia (ASIA) is aplatform that facilitates research cooperation with scholars throughoutAsia to solve problems of a global scale. Nagoya University
will benefit from greater international cooperation byincreasing faculty and student awareness of global issues.
A more international campus will also help attract
students, faculty and administrative staff from theglobal talent pool.

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Developing synergies outside of academia
Nagoya University aims to take advantage of its location in one of theworld’s premiere manufacturing belts. We will increase the responsibilities of URAs, along with unifying management of research andtechnical support for innovation creation, training personnel, andcontributing more to industry. By encouraging industry, university
and government to cooperate, we are setting up education programs
that take full advantage of cross-sector cooperation. We will form
research and development centers for “open innovation.”
New research labs and a center for collaborative industryacademia research will introduce a true organizational
partnership. Last, we plan to bolster support for entrepreneurship education and university-based start-up
companies.

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Presidential Leadership and a Flexible Systemfor Proposing, Debating, and Enacting Policies through Shared Governance
The university will appoint a provost responsible for education and research under the university president. Under shared governance,
the board of trustees and those leading each school can share responsibilities. The Office of Institutional Research will also fulfill thefollowing roles:• Summarizing information about university management and collecting information from students and othermembers of the community,• Proposing measures based on data analysis,• Training personnel as future managers.
We wish to design and manage Nagoya University so it can respond to political, economic and social change. Importantly, wewill continue to strengthen policies promoting gender equality. For the future, we must also nurture faculty who can become
administrators through university design workshops. Enhancing training of faculty and staff is essential for developing auniversity that serves society’s needs.

Strengthening our financial basis through apositive cycle of management resources
Nagoya University contributes to Japan’s economic
growth by creating knowledge and developing humanresources. This attracts management resources which
we can then invest in creating more knowledge anddeveloping more human resources in a positive cycle.
To support this, further deregulation is necessary so we
can diversify our sources of revenue and continue ourdrive for greater efficiency. Nagoya University
seeks to increase its budget size 1.4 times,or, by 40 billion yen.

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Creation of Positive Cycle for Continuous
Development with the New Multicampus System
Nagoya University plans to remove institutional barriers with our partner
universities and establish a new regional multi-campus system. Member
universities in this group will preserve their autonomy. But each willcontribute to the organization by strengthening education and researchfunctions. Our hope is that the strengthened education and researchfunctions will contribute to world peace and sustainable development.
Greater economies of scale will make it easier for theacquisition of external funds, strengthen international
competitiveness and form one of the world’s leading
national university organizations.

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Asiaandthe WorldNew Regional
Multi-campus
SystemNagoya University

world-class research university
Education

SharedGovernanceManagement
resource
diversiﬁcation

SocietyUniversity‒
outstanding research
IndustryandCollaboration
Industry

Institute for Doctoral Education to train students in 3 core skills: ability to take on ground-breaking
research, international communication proficiency, ability to use research skills to the benefitof society Dynamic state-of-the-art interdisciplinary education that works intandem with multi-tiered research system

International

Further development of Joint Degree Programs (JDPs)
Increase the number of international
students and faculty through expanding and developing programs taught in English
Working in Asia to solve the world’s problems through the activities of the AppliedSocial System Institute of Asia (ASIA)

Research

Continuous production of world-class research sustained by a multi-tiered system in three stages.
Stage 1: Recruitment and support of outstanding young researchers
Stage 2: Development of the next-generation research hubs
Stage 3: Construction of world-leading research hubs