Medium-Term Goals and Medium-Term Plans
Medium-term goals are set on the course of action for the academic and business management of NCU by Mayor of Nagoya City (university establishment body) for each 6-year term (currently third term: April 2018 to March 2024) after NCU was reorganized into a prefectural and municipal university corporation. NCU has established specific actions to attain the medium-term goals. Furthermore, NCU has set up plans for each academic/fiscal year (annual plans) to steadily carry out the medium-term plans.
Outline of the Medium-Term Goals and Medium-Term Plans (Major Actions)
Major Aims
Aiming to be the pride and love of all citizens of Nagoya, NCU will do the following:
- Produce excellent human resources who can contribute to local communities and international society, and lead the next generation
- Focus on research issues related to the improvement of health and welfare, the investigation of life phenomena, economic and industrial development, urban policy and urban renewal, support for child-raising, promotion of internationalization, development of cultural and the art, etc.
- Further strengthen the broad-ranging cooperation with citizens and Nagoya City as a university open to the community to contribute to the resolution of problems in local communities and public administration, and also play a core role in the development of community medical care and actively contribute to the promotion of life-time education
Education
Undergraduate Programs
- Promotion of the shift to active and subjective studies
- Securement of the quality of university education through the systematization of the curriculum, the visualization of study accomplishments, the strict assessment of performance, etc.
- Provision of university-wide and effective language education in cooperation with liberal arts education and specialized education
Graduate Programs
- Implementation of educational and research guidance to cultivate advanced knowledge and research capability
- Further promotion of the internationalization of graduate school education
- Promotion of the interdisciplinary education taking advantage of the unique features of a university with plural schools and faculties
Educational Environment
- Formulation of the concept of educational facilities
Support for Students
- Expansion of financial support for students, and enrichment of support for students with disabilities
- Provision of job-hunting guidance to undergraduate students from earlier stages
Research
- Improvement of the progressive research related to dementia, developmental disorders, etc.
- Establishment of the Urban Policy Research Center (tentative name) for making policy recommendations to resolve various problems unique to cities
- Promotion of internationally high-level research activities through the establishment of a cross-sectoral research system and collaboration with off-campus bodies, etc.
- Improvement of the research environment by promoting the joint use of university-wide research facilities and flexible positioning of faculty members
- Assistance for research activities by young faculty members and female faculty members through the allocation of research funding and maintenance of research environment, etc.
Social Contribution
- Provision of appealing open lectures, and construction of a system to raise the interest of citizens
- Provision of local junior and senior high school students with opportunities to experience the advanced education and research of university
- Engagement in measures to vitalize medical care, industry and regions, etc. through collaboration with administrative policy, industry and other universities
Internationalization
- Strategic promotion of the formation of networks with overseas universities, including the establishment of overseas base institutions
- Dispatch of faculty members to overseas countries, acceptance of researchers from overseas countries, and support for international joint research, etc.
- Promotion of multicultural coexistence through international exchange among students, foreign researchers and the local community
University Hospital
- Fulfillment of the role as an advanced acute care hospital and advanced treatment hospital through maintenance of the system and hospital facilities, medical equipment, etc.
- Promotion of clinical research, such as advanced medical care and clinical trials
- Strengthening of the system, facilities and equipment related to emergency medical care and disaster medical care
- Furthering of the cooperation with local medical institutions and nursing facilities, and implementation of the cultivation of human resources and multi-occupational cooperation
- Strengthening of the cultivation system for human resources from clinical trainees to medical specialists
Administration Management and Others
- Strengthening of the governance functions by the Chairman
- Increase of the number of high-level female faculty members (professors, associate professors) through the maintenance of a working environment in which they can balance education and research activities with childbirth, childcare and caregiving
Financial Affairs
- Execution of the budget in a proper manner conscious of management improvement
- Reduction of costs through promotion of the joint use of equipment, consolidation of subcontracting, etc