National University Corporation

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The National University Corporation is a legal framework in Japan under which major public universities, such as the University of Tokyo, are granted corporate status with administrative and financial autonomy while remaining state-supported institutions.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legal framework
public university corporation system
appliesTo major public universities in Japan
national universities in Japan
characteristic independent corporate governance
publicly funded
separate legal personality from the state
state-supported
country Japan
enables mid-term objectives and plans for universities
exampleInstitution Hitotsubashi University
Hokkaido University
Kyoto University
Kyushu University
Nagoya University
Osaka University
Tohoku University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
University of Tokyo
fundingSource competitive research grants
donations
government operating grants
industry collaboration income
tuition and fees
goal enhance university autonomy
improve efficiency of university management
promote competition among universities
strengthen international competitiveness of Japanese universities
governanceStructure auditors
board of directors
president of the university
grants corporate status to national universities
JapaneseName 国立大学法人
language Japanese
legalForm corporation
ownership national government of Japan
propertyStatus university assets owned by the corporation
provides administrative autonomy
financial autonomy
regulates budget execution of national universities
management of national universities
personnel affairs of national universities
relatedConcept independent administrative institution
public corporation
university governance reform in Japan
scope academic research
graduate education
social contribution activities
undergraduate education
sector higher education
research
supervisingAuthority Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Kyodai ("national university corporation")
Kyoto University
Todai
University of Tokyo
Yokohama National University
type
Nagoya Institute of Technology ("National University Corporation system of Japan")
affiliation
Nagoya University ("National University Corporation system")
memberOf
Tohoku University ("National University Corporation system of Japan")
partOf

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