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Profile of Japanese Research

Universities: Aiming for

World Class status

Akiyoshi Yonezawa

NIAD-UE, Japan

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National trend

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Shanghai Jiao Tong (2004)

World Rank Institution Total Score

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14 Tokyo Univ 51.9 36.1 14.4 44.5 55.0 91.9 49.8

21 Kyoto Univ 48.3 39.8 34.1 40.0 37.2 77.1 46.4

54 Osaka Univ 31.5 12.6 0.0 26.2 31.2 72.1 30.2

69 Tohoku Univ 28.8 18.9 0.0 19.5 26.1 69.3 27.7

97 Nagoya Univ 25.2 0.0 14.4 15.1 23.7 55.3 24.2

101-152 Hokkaido Univ 0.0 0.0 17.5 15.5 56.7 20.0

101-152 Kyushu Univ 0.0 0.0 15.1 22.3 57.7 21.2

101-152Tokyo Inst

Tech16.6 0.0 21.4 21.4 53.5 23.3

101-152 Tsukuba Univ 0.0 20.4 8.7 11.7 44.6 19.0

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THES (2004)

RankPeer

Review

Int'l Faculty

Int'l Student

Fuculty/Student

Citation/Faculty

Final

12 Tokyo U 371 3 3 30 60 482.0

29 Kyoto U 207 3 3 25 57 303.7

51 TIT 118 3 13 27 50 217.0

69 Osaka U 78 3 5 28 63 181.8

153Tohoku

U48 6 2 27 39 125.7

167Nagoya

U45 3 3 19 47 120.0

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Share of articles

(Kaneko, Koma)

1. Harvard

2. Tokyo

3. UCLA

5. Kyoto

7. Cambridge

11. Osaka

15. Tohoku

Nagoya/Kyushu/Hokkaido/

Seoul National/

Taiwan/NUS/ANU/Jinghua/Keio

/Peking/Fudan/Mahidon/Dehli

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Outline

examines current profile of Japanese top

research universities especially focusing on

the international aspects

current governmental and institutional trials to

strengthen the international presence of

Japanese national universities

policy implication for fostering „world class

universities‟ in Japanese context.

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Current Profile of Japanese Top U

Identify the top research universities based

on the COE21 programme

Indicators on research performance

Indicators on Internationality

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The Guideline for the Restructuring of

(National) University System(2001)

Promote drastic reorganisation and integration of national universities: Revitalisation through Scrap and Build

Introduce management methods of private sector to the national universities: Early transformation to the new “National University Corporation”

Introduce principle of competition by third-party (external) evaluation system: Foster „Top 30‟ Universities towards global top standards

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The performance indicators for

selecting COE21 research unit Excellent researchers related to the field and their contribution

facts that show recognition and approval in foreign countries

fellow, honorary memberships in academic societies in Japan and internationally

The publication of research outcomes and standards publication in journals of highly esteem

degree of citation

patents, their usage and implementation

organisation of international conferences

Mobility of academic staff post-doctoral fellows

visiting researchers from abroad

academic staff with foreign research experience

Postgraduate education presentation in academic society by postgraduate students

activities of graduates in society

characteristic educational methods for fostering excellent human resources

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Linkage with industry and local governments; international network contract research, donations, etc.

recruitment of academic staff from industry

contribution to policy development in local communities

international linkages in education and research

Institutional management and conditions for education implementation or external assessment

conditions for research and education (libraries, ICT, facilities and equipments)

Others classes in English

Ph.D holders among academic staff

donations from graduates

system of class evaluation by students

international staff members

movement or promotion to other universities

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COE21 Research Units

2002 2003 2004 total

Tokyo 東京 11 15 2 28

Kyoto 京都 11 11 1 23

Osaka 大阪 7 7 1 15

Nagoya 名古屋 7 6 1 14

Tohoku 東北 5 7 1 13

Hokkaido 北海道 4 6 2 12

Keio 慶應 5 7 12

TIT 東京工業 4 5 1 10

Waseda 早稲田 5 4 9

Kyushu 九州 4 4 8

Kobe 神戸 1 6 7

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Indicators on research performance

Web of Science: Highly cited papers (1%)

ISI Citation

Science Direct

Chemical Abstract

Nature & Science

International Journals in Economics

Patents

Research Grant from JSPS (Public)

External Research Fund

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Web of Science: Highly cited Papers

(1%)

Avarage Degree of Citation

Total Citation

Highly Cited Papers

1 Tokyo 72.58 40572 559

2 Kyoto 70.42 24435 347

3 Osaka 81.94 25075 306

4 Tohoku 74.33 16724 225

5 Nagoya 72.05 11096 154

6 TIT 57.6 8697 151

7 Kyushu 46.89 5439 116

8 Tsukuba 57.55 6043 105

9 Hokkaido 40.49 2875 71

10 Tokyo Metropolitan 63.38 4310 68

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ISI Citation (100=Japanese average,

1993-2000)

1 Tokyo 57470 137

1 Nara Fronteer S&T 1730 137

3 Juntendo 3273 134

4 Kyoto 40901 129

5 Osaka 36175 126

6 Miyazaki Medical 1658 125

6 Jichi Medical 3553 125

6 Meijo 1659 125

9 Tokyo Metropolitan 4589 124

10 Himeji I of Tech 2764 123

10 Aoyama Gakuin 896 123

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Science Direct (2003)

Papers

1 Tokyo 1711

2 Kyoto 1260

3 Osaka 1182

4 Tohoku 1070

5 Nagoya 737

6 Kyushu 692

7 Hokkaido 691

8 TIT 655

9 Hishoshima 460

10 Tsukuba 452

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Chemical Abstract (2003)

1 Tokyo 3807 11 淅江 （CHN) 1568

2 Osaka 3216 12 Stanford (US) 1534

3 Kyoto 3137 13 Johns Hopkins (US) 1503

4 Harvard (US) 3035 14U Michigan-Ann Arbor (US)

1496

5 Tohoku 2668 15 Seoul (KOR) 1482

6 Tsing Hua (CHN) 2082 16 UCLA (US) 1448

7 Kyushu 1916 17 Pennsylvania (US) 1445

8 Hokkaido 1766 18 Peking (CHN) 1442

9 TIT 1710 19 Tronto (CAN) 1439

10 Nagoya 1647 20 U Washington (US) 1414

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Chemical Abstract per faculty (2003)

1 ETH (Swiss) 2.84 11 Nagoya 0.93

2 Caltech (US) 2.37 11 Seoul (KOR) 0.93

3 Aarhus (DEN) 2.28 13 Tokyo 0.92

4 Weizman (ISR) 1.94 14 Cambridge (UK) 0.91

5 TIT 1.54 15 Stanford (US) 0.90

6Baylor College Med (US)

1.37 16 Milano (Italy) 0.89

7 Osaka 1.31 17 Kyushu 0.85

8Imperial College (UK)

1.19 18 MIT (US) 0.84

9 Kyoto 1.08 18 Oxford (UK) 0.84

10 Tohoku 1.05 18 Hong Kong (CHN) 0.84

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Nature & Science (1999-2004)

1 Tokyo 104

2 Kyoto 44

3 Osaka 24

4 Tohoku 22

5 Nagoya 19

6 TIT 17

7 Kyushu 11

7 Hokkaido 11

9 GS of CPS 10

10 Tsukuba 6

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International Journals in Economics

(1999-2004)

1 Tokyo 36

2 Hitotsubashi 35

3 Osaka 29

4 Kobe 27

5 Kyoto 25

6 Tsukuba 15

7 Tokyo Metropolitan 8

8 Tohoku 10

9 Nagoya 6

10 Osaka City 4

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Patents (1994-2004)

1 Tokai 122

2 TIT 119

3 Nagoya 98

4 Tokyo 88

5 Osaka 87

6 Tohoku 71

7 Waseda 58

8 Kyoto 50

9 Hiroshima 48

10 Keio 37

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Research Grant from JSPS (Public)

(2004, million JPY)

1 Tokyo 22,102

2 Kyoto 12,244

3 Osaka 9,244

4 Tohoku 8,476

5 Nagoya 6,722

6 Kyushu 5,415

7 Hokkaido 5,348

8 TIT 4,160

9 Tsukuba 2,611

10 Hiroshima 2,403

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External Research Fund

(2003 million JPY)

1 Tokyo 23,155

2 Kyoto 11,026

3 Osaka 10,126

4 Tohoku 7,502

5 Hokkaido 6,478

6 Keio 6,281

7 TIT 4,389

8 Nagoya 4,074

9 Waseda 3,688

10 Kobe 3,099

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Indicators on Internationality

Number/share of international students

Number of international faculty

Regional Unbalance even in top universities

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Number of international students (post

graduates)

1 Tokyo 1,482

2 Waseda 870

3 Kyoto 802

4 Nagoya 798

5 Tsukuba 764

6 Tohoku 757

7 Kobe 632

8 Kyushu 604

9 TIT 541

10 Hiroshima 540

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Share of international students (post

graduates)

1 Ritsumeikan APU 90.2

2 Takamatsu 84.6

3 Niigata Sangyo 83.3

4 Ryutsu Keizai 81.4

5 Suzuka International 81

6 Ryutsu Kagaku 81

7 Aichi Bunkyo 80

8 Asia 79.1

9 Hokkaido Bunkyo 73.3

10 Nagasaki Pref. 68.8

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Number of international faculty

1 Ritsumeikan 103

2 Sophia 93

3 Kansai Gaidai 90

4 Waseda 84

5 Kanda Gaigo 58

6 Tohoku 54

7 Tokyo 52

7 Keio 52

9 Nanzan 51

10 ICU 49

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Regional Imbalance even in top

universities

Tokyo University: 83.8% of the students are

from Asia, 36.8% are from China (including

Hong Kong and Taiwan) and 22.1% are from

Korea.

Kyoto University: 85.6% of the non-Japanese

students are from Asia, 47.8% are from China

(including Hong Kong and Taiwan), 15.8%

are from Korea.

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strengthen the international presence

of Japanese national universities

National Government

Strengthening the international strategy

Support institutional trials to enhance the

international activities

JSPS set up the office in DC, San Francisco,

Bonn, London, Stockholm, Bangkok, Cairo,

Nairobi, Strasbourg

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fostering ‘world class universities’ in

Japanese context

Drastic Internationalisation is urgently needed

Comfortable atmosphere for the researchers and students with diverse background

Services in English

Further increase of student/academic exchange

Benchmarking with world top universities should be implemented

Strengthen the international viability of educational programme, especially in post-graduate education

Government should support institutional initiatives for improving international reputation for getting status as „world class universities‟