Kansai University

Division of Community &Business Partnerships◆

Aiming for community and business partnerships that
"integrate arts and sciences" as"a knowledge creation hub" of the university

Kansai University Division of Community & Business Partnerships
The Social Contribution Fostered by the Intellectual Resources ofKansai University-100th anniversary of GAKU-NO-JITSUGE(Harmony between Academia & Society),
entering a new phase of developmentThe Kansai University motto "GAKU-NO-JITSUGE (Harmony between Academia & Society) was proposed by
the General Trustee, Juntaro Yamaoka, who served as the 11th President (1922 to 1925) of the university. This
University motto has become the foundation of Kansai University's social contributions until now. The year 2022
will mark the 100th anniversary of the enactment of this monumental University motto. A university is not simply aseat of study in which one pursues truth through learning but is also a place that proposes an ideal vision ofsociety and provides what is needed to hopefully further develop ways of thinking that seek "Harmony between
Academia & Society, between Theory & Practice" as it should mediate between academia, industry, and thegovernment.
The Kansai University Division of Community & Business Partnerships is an organization that embodies "social
contribution," which is one of the university's important missions, based on the Kansai University motto"GAKU-NO-JITSUGE (Harmony between Academia & Society)." In the six centers established within the Divisionof Community & Business Partnerships: "Center for Business, Government & Universities," "Center forIntellectual Property," "Center for Community Collaboration," "Center for High School & University Partnerships,""Center for Innovation & Creativity," and the "Research Center for Naniwa-Osaka Studies," and "The
Organization for Education & Research Collaboration in Medical, Pharmaceutical & Engineering Sciences
between Kansai University & Osaka Medical & Pharmaceutical University," we are active as a hybrid interface
between Kansai University and society and as a leader of the mutual interaction between both sides so thatthe human and intellectual resources of Kansai University may facilitate the development of the diversifying
everyday world.
At Kansai University, various partnership projects are being pursued within the URA system under the Divisionof Community & Business Partnerships. The mission of the Division of Community & Business Partnerships is tomake the diverse partnerships that Kansai University has built so far with the government, local municipalities,
companies, communities, schools, and various organizations more effective while also searching for and building
new connections. What can Kansai University do to contribute to the sustainable development of the global
society? In order that the community and business partnership activities of the university may become a driving
force that creates new forms of innovation in society, we will continue to strive to become a place for the "creation
and application of knowledge" at Kansai University.

Kansai University Vice President
Dean, Division of Community &Business Partnerships(Professor, Faculty of Environmentaland Urban Engineering)

Hideki Yamamoto

Kansai University Community & Business Partnerships Basic Policies

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Through the integration of the intellectual resources of the university and the social resources outside of the university, we
will strategically and effectively promote the creation and application of new knowledge to contribute to the development ofJapanese society and industry.(Community and business partnerships in general)
By promoting partnerships with society including public institutions, local municipalities, and companies, we will nurture
human resources who can contribute to the development of society through practical educational research activities.
(Community and business partnerships in general)
We will contribute to economic revitalization and the resolution of various social issues by proactively connecting the resultsof the educational research activities of the university to the needs of local society and industry through partnerships withdomestic and overseas businesses and public organizations, etc. (Industry-academia-government partnerships)
We will contribute to the creation of new technologies and new industries by promoting the conversion of academic research
results into intellectual property and transferring said intellectual property rights to domestic and overseas companies, etc.
(Intellectual property)
As a place for partnerships with local communities, the intellectual and human resources possessed by the university andlocal communities will be utilized to contribute to the development of the university and local communities through therevitalization of educational research activities and their results. (Community collaboration)
Through the promotion of partnerships with boards of education, senior high schools, junior high schools, elementary
schools, kindergartens, special support schools, and other schools which share the mission of "nurturing the next
generation" and mutual human and intellectual exchanges, we will undertake further reciprocal enhancement of education
and research at the schools, institutions, and the university as well as improvement of educational activities and theeducational environment in local communities. (High school and university partnerships)

President

Organization
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Division for Promotion of
Educational Development
Division of Research
Development
Division of InternationalAﬀairsDivision of Community& Business Partnerships
Dean, Division of Community &Business Partnerships

Center for Business, Government & Universities
Director
the “Coordinator, Business, Government &Universities Partnerships”
Administrative staff
Industry, government
offices, etc.

Center for Intellectual Property
Director
the “Coordinator, Business, Government &Universities Partnerships(Manager of Intellectual Property)”
Administrative staff

Collaboration

Center for Community Collaboration
Director
Vice Director
Community Collaboration Manager
Administrative staff

Collaboration

Local communities,municipalities, etc.

Center for High School & University Partnerships
Director
Vice Director
Administrative staff

Boards of education,

Collaboration senior high schools, etc.

Center for Innovation & Creativity
Director
Vice Director
University Research Administrator (Startup Advisor)
Administrative staff

Industry andCollaboration financial institutions, etc.

Research Center for Naniwa-Osaka Studies
Director
Vice Director
Researchers
Administrative staff

Local communities andCollaboration research institutions, etc.

The organization for Education & Research Collaboration in
Medical, Pharmaceutical & Engineering Sciences between
Kansai University & Osaka Medical & Pharmaceutical University

Director
Divisional Director
Researchers
Administrative staff

GAKU-NO-JITSUGE(Harmony between Academia & Society)Kansai University advocated the slogan of"GAKU-NO-JITSUGE (Harmony between
Academia & Society)" as the university's
educational philosophy in 1922. That educational

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philosophy consisted of the "Harmony between
Academia & Society, between Theory & Practice,""Cultivation of a Global Spirit," "Focus on Foreign
Language Learning," and "Physical Education."
After that, it was established as the University
motto.

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Collaboration

Municipalities,
local communities,
and research institutions, etc.

The organization for Education & Research Collaboration in
Medical, Pharmaceutical & Engineering Sciences between
Kansai University & Osaka Medical & Pharmaceutical University establishedCenter for Innovation & Creativity,
Research Center for Naniwa-Osaka Studies established
Division of Community & Business Partnerships established
Division of Community & Business Partnerships Headquarters established
The institute was reorganized as the Organization for Research &Development of Innovative Science & Technology (ORDIST)
Strengthened the industry and academia collaboration system
Institute of Industrial Technology establishedStarted activities as the pioneer of industry and academia cooperation
Faculty of Engineering established
Promoted to university status (old system)
Advocated GAKU-NO-JITSUGE (Harmony between Academia & Society)Kansai Law School establishedCenter for Business,
Government & Universities

Center for Intellectual Property

Contact point for matching resources totechnology issues

Site for promoting the"intellectual creation cycle"

The Center for Business, Government & Universities strives to put
return the research results to society.
"GAKU-NO-JITSUGE (Harmony between Academia & Society)" into
practice through which to leverage and give back the research results
to society, and promote collaboration between business, academia,
and the government.
We offer a diverse Menu of business, government, and university
partnerships to accommodate with inquiries from companies, etc.,
regarding partnerships, so feel free to contact us for a consultation.

The Center for Intellectual Property creates a strategy for promoting
the creation, protection, and application of intellectual property for the
purpose of generating intellectual property, contributing to society
through the application of academic research results created by the
research activities of the faculty, and supporting the development of
academic research.
The Coordinator for Business, Government and University
Partnerships acts as an intermediary between the university andcompany in regard to technology transfer across a wide range of fields.

■ Menu of business, government, and■ Intellectual property management

university partnerships

Companies and other external institutions indicate their needs and research
themes which are then matched to on-campus research organizations andresearchers under the lead of the Center for Business, Government &Universities.
Regardless of whether or not involving confidential information, the process
starts from a technology consultation, and we have an extensive menu which
includes joint research, commissioned research, academic guidance, testing andanalysis, and technology transfer, etc.

■ Industry-academia-government partnershipand technology transfer flow

Please first inquire by email at sangakukan-mm＠ml.kandai.jp.
At the Center for Business, Government & Universities, we assign the"Coordinator, Business, Government and University Partnerships" to propose thebest matching of company needs with university resources.
When seeking consultation regarding a partnership, please provide us with thename of your company, affiliation, name of the person in charge, contact
information, your issue or what you wish to resolve, desired
business-government-university partnership menu option, name of the university
researcher, and the desired field of partnership.

Inventions that are discovered through university research activities are subject
to patent application, the acquisition of rights, and comprehensive maintenanceand management to put the "intellectual creation cycle" into practice as amember of the knowledge-based society.

■ Intellectual property internship activities
At the Center for Intellectual Property, we conduct intellectual property internshipactivities for the purpose of nurturing human resources who respect intellectual
property created by themselves and others, possess the spirit and abilities tocontribute to academic and social development, and can play an active role invarious fields.
In addition, we also collaborate with external institutions to focus on producing
human resources who embody the "Harmony between Academia & Society,between Theory & Practice."▼ For more details about the Center for Business, Government & Universities and the Center for Intellectual Property,
please see our web site

Kansai University research andtechnology topic compilation

Each topic is listed by category on our web site.
Please see our web site.

Center for Community Collaboration
Comprehensive contact point for partnerships
with local communities and municipalities

Center for High School &University Partnerships
Promoting the nurturing of the next generation ofhuman resources through visiting lectures andopen classes, etc.

The Center for Community Collaboration plays a role as a liaison forcollaboration with local communities while also accumulatingknow-how regarding community collaboration and striving to put
collaboration activities into effect.
Moreover, the Center hosts diverse and distinctive public lectures andseminars both on and off campus so that the university's educational
research activities may broadly contribute to society.

The Center for High School & University Partnerships sets the goal of"nurturing the next generation of human resources" as one of theimportant missions of the university and promotes collaboration withboards of education, senior high schools, junior high schools,
elementary schools, kindergartens, special support schools, and otherschools which share the same mission while undertaking various highschool and university partnership projects.

■ Expanding problem-solving community■ Expanding high school and university

Through education research activities, we promote the expansion of collaboration
activities which aim to resolve the issues of local municipalities, etc. while alsobuilding a system to provide various forms of support to germinate, continue, andexpand community collaboration activities at the university.

Through various programs that allow students to experience university studies
such as the "Kansai University Exposure to Knowledge" visiting lecture program,"Kansai University Learning From Lectures" lecture experience program, and the"Kansai University Experience Research" public lecture program and otherprograms, we stimulate the interests and curiosities of high school students withrespect to various disciplines to increase their desire for academic learning andresearch and connect that to an increased awareness of career-path selection
and their future.

collaboration activities■ Encouragement prize for "young people

who are active in their local communities"

We have established an encouragement prize for "young people who are activein their local communities" for the purpose of honoring students for deep learningand substantially improving their abilities through community collaboration
activities with the goal of encouraging students to accumulate the kind ofexperience and knowledge which is born from challenges and failures in thefields, as well as to embody the university's motto of "GAKU-NO-JITSUGE(Harmony between Academia & Society)."■ Promoting lifelong learning utilizing intellectual
networks

partnership projects■ School internship program
The purpose of this program is to provide students of this university with
opportunities to assess their own aptitude and connect that to improving human
growth and social consciousness by broadly experiencing the actual daily work ofteachers and supporting educational activities, etc. at senior high schools, juniorhigh schools, elementary schools, kindergartens, special support schools, andother schools.

We provide places of learning according to the needs of participants such as the"Kansai University Osaka Culture Seminar" in Osaka and the "Kansai University
Asuka Mahoroba Lecture" in Tokyo.

▼ For more details about the Center for Community Collaboration,please see our web site

A pamphlet is posted on the web site.
Please see our web site.

Kansai University Center forCommunity Collaboration▼ For more details about the Center for High School & University
Partnerships, please see our web site

A pamphlet is posted on the web site.
Please see our web site.

Kansai University Center forHigh School & University Partnerships

Center for Innovation & Creativity
Center for creating innovations throughsupport for entrepreneurial ventures
and the integration of arts and sciences

The Center for Innovation & Creativity is located in the middle of
Senriyama Campus and is a site for developing innovation which
combines incubation functions and venture support functions.
The Center tackles business-government-university collaboration andjoint research with a view toward commercialization as well as thecreation of Univeresity Startups.

■ Support for research activities
In the experiment and research area, which is available for use 24 hours a day,
we are invigorating research and development based on free thinking andscientific knowledge and expanding joint development throughbusiness-government-university collaboration focusing on commercialization.

■ Support for Kansai University Startups
We provide rental offices that can be registered for business, unearth research
topics, and also support intellectual property strategies pertaining to businessexpansion aimed at the creation of Kansai University Startups. Moreover, weoperate the Kansai University funding support system for startups and provide
support through collaboration with on and off campus institutions.

■ Cultivating entrepreneurship"Inventiveness," "imagination," "initiative," "leadership," "decisiveness," "an eye
for the market," and other elements which are needed by entrepreneurs are also
required within companies.
At the Center, we conduct events for students in order to foster these qualities.

▼ For more details about the Center for Innovation & Creativity,
please see our web site

A pamphlet is posted on the web site.
Please see our web site.

Kansai University Center for
Innovation & Creativity

Research Center for
Naniwa-Osaka Studies
Disseminating the results of the"Osaka Studies" nationally and globally

The Research Center for Naniwa-Osaka Studies inherited theextensive track record in community research and community
collaboration built up from the time when it was the "Research Centerfor Cityscape and Cultural Heritage of Osaka" as academic assets andformed the "community research hub centering on Osaka."
The Center verifies and unearths deliverables with a high level ofacademic value which has been accumulated through past research
results and other extensive academic resources of the university andbroadly disseminates information regarding "Naniwa Osaka" to society.

■ Support for research activities
We are equipped with a support system which enables management of valuable
historical materials and research deliverables including intellectual property andeffective dissemination to the media, as well as a support system in terms ofphysical infrastructure such as project research laboratories, joint researchlaboratories, seminar rooms, exhibition rooms, special repositories, and meetingrooms.

■ Establishing diverse research teams
The Center Director or Vice Director can set up the permanent "core researchteam" which serves as the principal researchers, a "public research team" whichis composed of on and off campus researchers with full-time faculty members of
the university serving as the principal researchers, and a "special research team"which uses external funding while promoting center projects.

■ Publication of the "Kansai University
Naniwa Osaka Research" Bulletin

A bulletin is published about once a year in which people with experienceengaging in research activities at the center, full-time faculty members of theuniversity, or persons who have been recommended by full-time faculty members
can contribute articles. This is an academic journal which also has a review
system.

▼ For more details about the Research Center for
Naniwa-Osaka Studies, please see our web site

A pamphlet is posted on the web site.
Please see our web site.

Kansai University Research Center
for Naniwa-Osaka Studies

The Organization for Education & Research
Collaboration in Medical, Pharmaceutical &Engineering Sciences
Pursuing human understanding from themolecular level to society throughmedical, pharmaceutical,
and engineering collaboration

The Organization for Education & Research Collaboration in Medical,
Pharmaceutical & Engineering Sciences between Kansai University &Osaka Medical & Pharmaceutical University was selected as a Ministryof Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology project andestablished during the 2009 academic year. When the project ended in
the 2019 academic year, the same organization was established withineach university so that they may closely collaborate and continue
activities in all aspects of education, research, and social contribution.

■ Interactive lectures
In order for students studying medicine (including nursing), engineering, andpharmaceutical sciences to understand different fields, the organization carries
out interactive lectures with credit transfer using a "TV meeting system" for somesubjects established at each university.

■ Collaboration on research aspects

As a knowledge creationhub, we strive to give
intellectual resources
back to society andeffectively utilize such
resources.
By developing the next
generation of humanresources, we aim tocontribute to society in
far-reaching ways.
The objective of the Division of Community & Business
Partnerships is to contribute to society in a general sense
through the promotion of business, government, anduniversity partnership projects, the creation, protection,and use of intellectual property, community collaboration,high school and university partnership projects, andsimilar pursuits.
The division consists of six centers and one organization,and the division serves as an interface between Kansai
University and society to ensure that the University's
human and intellectual resources are useful fordeveloping the real world while also facilitating interaction
between them.

The "Meeting for Engineering, Medicine, and Pharmacology Collaboration,"
which promoted joint research between the universities from the 2011 academic
year, was internalized as a research division of the organization from the 2019academic year. The division holds "research seminars" and "researchpresentations" to continue exploring and sharing research topics and promoting
exchanges between researchers.

■ Elementary and secondary education inscience support

To encourage a broad interest in the sciences, we conduct visiting lectures
focused on experiencing science experiments (at elementary schools in
Takatsuki city) and “independent research project competitions” (for elementaryand junior high school students in Takatsuki city).

▼ For more details about The Organization for Education &Research Collaboration in Medical, Pharmaceutical &Engineering Sciences, please see our web site

▼ For more details about each center and organization,please see our web site.

https://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/renkei/
A pamphlet is posted on the web site.
Please see our web site.
Kansai University The Organization
for Education & Research Collaborationin Medical, Pharmaceutical & Engineering
Sciences

Kansai University Community &Business Partnerships

Center for Business,
Government & Universities
Center for Intellectual Property

Center for
Innovation & Creativity
Center for Community
Collaboration
Center for High School &University Partnerships
The Organization for
Education & Research
Collaboration in Medical,
Pharmaceutical &Engineering Sciences

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e-mail: naniwa-osaka@ml.kandai.jp

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