Message from the president

　Our university was founded in the Heisei era by Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine and Tokyo University of Fisheries.15Years10The university was established as Japan's only comprehensive maritime university responsible for education and research in the ocean, maritime, and fisheries fields.This year included our university.10The national universities of the group were integrated, 100 The merger of two universities with a long history spanning more than XNUMX years under a new name has attracted a lot of attention.
　Heisei half a year later16Years4In April, all national universities were incorporated, and a medium-term target period of six years was set.In accordance with the National University Corporation Law, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has established medium-term goals for business operations that national university corporations should achieve, and each national university corporation is required to create a medium-term plan to achieve these goals.Once the submitted mid-term plan is approved by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the basic expenses necessary for conducting educational and research activities in a stable and sustainable manner throughout the six-year mid-term goal period will be covered by the ``operating expense grant.'' will be allocated.On the other hand, because we became a corporation that receives a large amount of national funds, we have been subject to a "national university corporation evaluation" (hereinafter referred to as "corporate evaluation").Specific evaluations are conducted each fiscal year regarding the achievement status of operational and financial goals, and each fiscal year regarding the achievement status of educational and research goals.4year and6This will be carried out at the end of each year, and if the efforts and results are recognized in the final evaluation, the amount will be added to the next operating expenses grant as an ``evaluation reflection'' amount.Also, the Heisei era16Years4In April, a partial amendment to the School Education Act introduced the so-called "institutional certification evaluation."7within a year1It has also become compulsory to carry out the same.Against this background, our university has undertaken numerous educational reforms to date in order to respond to the public's demands for university education and research, and to improve the standards of higher education and academic research in our country and achieve balanced development. We have carried out organizational reforms.The following is a summary of our university's corporate evaluation results to date.20I would like to look back on the year.

　Heisei16The first1During the medium-term goals period, active efforts were made to revitalize the university in an autonomous and self-directed environment and to provide excellent education and distinctive research.On the other hand, management efforts were required to improve business efficiency, and the operating expense subsidy was reduced every year based on the ``efficiency coefficient,'' which aroused great debate at the time.
　Our university's corporate evaluation results for the first period show that we have carried out full-scale individual evaluations of faculty and administrative staff, and have comprehensively taken into consideration efforts to reflect this in their treatment, in order to achieve the ``goals for improving and increasing efficiency of business operations.'' It was rated as "excellent."In addition, the “Modern Educational Needs Addressing Support Program (Modern Educational Needs Addressing Support Program)GP)”, “Development of food distribution safety management education program (Heisei16XNUMX), ``Development of Maritime bob博彩公司_申博体育在线-投注*官网 Learning and Evaluation Program (Heisei17XNUMX), XNUMX Aquatic Environmental Literacy Education Promotion Program (Heisei19XNUMX projects have been adopted in XNUMX).18``Strengthening practical education in ocean observation and biological resource surveys'' was selected as part of the ``Attractive Graduate School Education'' initiative in XNUMX;19In fiscal XNUMX, we established a new food distribution safety management major in the master's program at graduate school aimed primarily at working adults, and the graduate school education reform support program ``Cultivation of advanced food professionals through the integration of research and practical work'' was adopted. ``Creation of strategic innovation in marine biotechnology'' was selected for the Science and Technology Promotion Coordination Fund ``Formation of an innovation creation center in advanced interdisciplinary fields'', which was recognized as an excellent point, and other initiatives include the establishment of a career guidance information office and the Efforts such as publishing an employment guidebook and obtaining competitive external funding in research areas such as logistics were also evaluated as excellent.Also, Heisei20The university was also highly praised for its establishment of a marine management policy major in the master's program in XNUMX, and for its active efforts in education, research, and social contribution that utilize the ocean.

　Heisei22During the second medium-term target period that began in fiscal XNUMX, emphasis was placed on implementing full-fledged reforms that take advantage of the advantages of incorporation.In particular, the latter three years were designated as a ``reform acceleration period,'' in which each university redefined its mission and was called upon to actively reform, including globalization, innovation creation, and strengthening human resource development.For this purpose, the ``efficiency coefficient,'' which uniformly reduces operating expenses grants, has been abolished, and the newly created ``university reform promotion coefficient'' has been created to generate financial resources and provide operating expenses to universities that proactively engage in reform. A system has been introduced to allocate increased grants.
　The university's corporate evaluation results for the second term show that the Faculty of Marine ScienceTOEICScore600The acquisition of points has been made a requirement for promotion to the fourth year, a new "Overseas Career Seminar" has been established, a Global Leadership Initiative Certification Course has been established in the Faculty of Marine Engineering, and the bob博彩公司_申博体育在线-投注*官网 translation of course subjects in the four majors in the master's program of the graduate school has been excellent. This initiative was highly evaluated.Also, Heisei 22 In XNUMX, ``Cultivation of highly specialized professionals in Japan, China, and Korea in the ocean'' was selected as ``Project to develop highly specialized professionals through university exchanges between Japan, China, and Korea, etc.'' Nurturing international course (JCKprogram), which continues to this day.In addition, we are improving the educational system for the establishment of new departments, promoting internships, promoting the tenure track system, ``Edokko No. XNUMX'', an unmanned deep-sea exploration vehicle development project through collaboration between industry, academia, and government, and providing support to overseas educational and research institutions. Improving efficiency and rationalization by dispatching researchers, reorganizing administrative organizations, etc., and establishing research administrators (IVR) Efforts to obtain external funds through placement were evaluated as excellent.Furthermore, in terms of ``goals related to improving and increasing efficiency of business operations,'' the establishment of a ``Faculty Staffing Strategy Council'' and centralization of the faculty organization into the ``Academic Research Institute'' resulted in ``highly strategic and ambitious goals and plans.'' ” was highly praised as an initiative.
　The Heisei era is the final year of the second medium-term target period.27In XNUMX, we announced the University's first medium- to long-term vision, "Vision 2027-To open up the future of the ocean-"2027(the final year of the XNUMXth mid-term target period) was formulated, and the direction we should aim for in the five areas of education, research, internationalization, social and regional cooperation, and management and administration was shared both inside and outside the university.

　Heisei28During the third medium-term target period that began in fiscal XNUMX, national universities were expected to have sustainable competitiveness and serve as ``engines of social change'' that generate high added value.Each university was categorized into three priority support frameworks: ``local contribution,'' ``specialized field,'' and ``excellence,'' and each university was promoted to strengthen its functions.Accordingly, the "University Reform Promotion Coefficient" introduced in the second period was changed to the "Functional Enhancement Promotion Coefficient", and the evaluation index independently determined by each university (KPI) will be allocated according to the priority support evaluation results.Furthermore, from FYXNUMX, midway through the medium-term target period, a so-called "common indicator evaluation," which is an "allocation based on performance centered on results," will be introduced, and a portion of operating expense grants will be distributed in a tilted manner based on relative evaluation. It happened.
　Special notes for the third term at our university include the Heisei era29One example is the establishment of the Faculty of Marine Resources and Environment in the academic year.This led to the establishment of the current three-faculty structure: the Faculty of Marine Life Sciences, the Faculty of Marine Engineering, and the Faculty of Marine Resources and Environment.

　In the third period of corporate evaluation, the XNUMXth year promotion requirements for the Faculty of Marine Life Sciences and the Faculty of Marine Resources and Environment (TOEICScore600points) have been achieved in each fiscal year, and28The ``International Collaborative Maritime Education Program Based on the ``Japan, China, and Korea Version of Erasmus'' (abbreviation:OQEANOUS) was recognized as an excellent initiative and was evaluated as ``results exceeding medium-term goals.''In addition,OQEANOUSThe program received the highest rating in the mid-term and final evaluations.SIn response to this evaluation, we have now included the Southeast Asian region as a target area.OQEANOUS PlusIt has been developed and inherited into programs.Regarding education-related goals, we were also recognized for our outstanding efforts in offering license renewal courses for fisheries teachers and achieving high student employment rates. In the “Goals related to social cooperation and regions”, the Heisei era26Various initiatives under the "Project to Build a Consortium for the Development of Science and Technology Human Resources (Research Support Human Resources Development Program)" adopted in XNUMX were highly praised for their "results exceeding medium-term goals."In addition, continuous support for increasing the number of internationally co-authored papers and dissemination of research results using digital archives in cooperation with academic societies were evaluated as excellent.On the other hand, in terms of research goals, it was pointed out that the number of papers per faculty member, the acceptance rate of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, and the number of external funds obtained were points that needed improvement, and the school was evaluated as having "mostly achieved its mid-term goals." Therefore, we decided to improve it in the next year.
　Special notes for our university during the third term include:31Years4Month1“Vision”2027version2”, and our university has established sustainable development goals.(SDGS)Ya No.3In XNUMX, we announced that we will respond to the Basic Ocean Policy Plan in XNUMX.8The start of the Moon Campus Grand Design Project and the “Marine Industry”AIAdoption of the “Professional Development Outstanding Graduate School Program” and the Reiwa2Years10Month1The Institute of Aquatic Reproductive Technology was established on the same day as the university's first university-affiliated research institute.

　The XNUMXth mid-term target period started in FYXNUMX, and this year is the second year.The setting of medium-term goals in the XNUMXth period is different from that in the XNUMXrd period, and is the medium-term goal that the country expects to achieve.25The items were presented as an outline, and each national large corporation was required to independently select items that matched its own mission and vision, and present a concrete plan to achieve them along with evaluation indicators.Our university aims to achieve14Select an item and complete the steps to achieve that goal.29mid-term plan for80It was formulated along with evaluation indicators.
　In the XNUMXth period, "mission realization" has become a keyword, and the "function enhancement promotion coefficient" introduced in the XNUMXrd period has become the "mission realization acceleration coefficient", and there is also a mechanism to promote university reform using the "coefficient". It can be said that we have entered a new phase.On the other hand, the "common indicator evaluation" that was suddenly introduced in the third period will continue to be implemented every year.At the same time, evaluation based on social impact will be introduced.In addition, the so-called "annual evaluation" in corporate evaluation has been abolished, and each corporation is now responsible for managing the progress of medium-term plans and self-inspection and evaluation.
　In selecting the above-mentioned XNUMXth term medium-term goals and formulating the medium-term plan, we2027” has set the goal of the XNUMXth term, so it has become necessary to share the long-term direction within the university.Therefore, in FYXNUMX, before the start of the XNUMXth term, at a meeting of the Corporate Planning Office under the direct control of the president, we decided to2040(tentative name/draft)" and formed an action plan review team. In June XNUMX, the "Vision2040-Towards the future of the ocean and beyond-'. "vision2040” is “Vision2027Inheriting the spirit of ``2040Grand Design of Higher Education for XNUMX” (Heisei30(XNUMX Central Council for Education), “National University Reform Policy” (XNUMX Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), “Academic Management Guidelines” (XNUMX)2XNUMX Central Council for Education), “Educational Future Creation Council First Recommendation” (Reiwa4In order to proactively respond to the various matters expected of national universities by the XNUMX Education Future Creation Council, etc.2040It was formulated for a future that is difficult for anyone to imagine.
　Our university's XNUMXth mid-term plan and vision2040The current main initiatives related to this are:

• Guaranteeing high-quality education that allows students to experience learning outcomes
• Securing diverse learning opportunities through effective implementation of the four-semester system
• big data andAIDeveloping global human resources who create new value by utilizing
• Promoting research for innovation creation and social implementation through cutting-edge science and technology
• Strengthening research capabilities centered on the "Marine Research Strategy Management Organization"
• Build a global education and research network and realize a hub for gathering knowledge and human resources
• Fostering regional co-creation bases both domestically and internationally, contributing to social change and the development of the marine industry
• campus master plan2022Campus development promotion project based on
• Creating a work environment where each person can fully demonstrate their abilities

Currently, each university-wide committee, led by each director, vice president, and assistant president, is considering implementation and managing progress.
　As we face rapid changes in the social situation, including the fact that the population of 18-year-olds is decreasing faster than expected and the development of a digital society, the roles required of national universities are also changing significantly.As Japan's only comprehensive maritime university whose mission is education and research that will support the future of our country, which is surrounded by the ocean, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology will continue to operate with two campuses, five stations, three training ships, and two We will utilize our training boats efficiently to develop strong human resources who will open up the future of the ocean from a global perspective that can respond to the demands of society. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Reiwa 5/10/1
President of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Toshio Iseki

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