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Strengths and Weakness of Public and Private Universities - A View from Japan -

Strengths and Weakness of Public and Private Universities - A View from Japan -. Kintomo Takakura, M.D., Ph.D. President Tokyo Women ’ s Medical University. Population Japan. 2003 127,619 thousand Male 62,304 Female 65,315 2007 127,741 (Peak). Number of Schools (2004). (x 1000).

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Strengths and Weakness of Public and Private Universities - A View from Japan -

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  1. Strengths and Weakness of Public and Private Universities- A View from Japan - Kintomo Takakura, M.D., Ph.D. President Tokyo Women’s Medical University

  2. Population Japan 2003 127,619 thousand Male 62,304 Female 65,315 2007 127,741 (Peak)

  3. Number of Schools (2004) (x 1000)

  4. University Japan

  5. Number of Students (2004) (x 1000)

  6. Foreign Students

  7. Post-graduate School (2004)Number of Students

  8. University Public National The Univ. of Tokyo Kyoto Univ. etc. Local Governmental Metropolitan Univ. of Tokyo Osaka City Univ. etc. Private Waseda Univ. Keio Univ.

  9. THE UNIV. OF TOKYONational Established in 1877 Faculty 10 Institute 16 Students Undergraduate 15,074 Graduate 13,185

  10. WASEDA UNIV. Private Established in 1882 Faculty 10 Students Undergraduate 45,334 Graduate 7,273

  11. TOKYO WOMEN’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (TWMU) Private Established in 1900 Faculty 2 Students Medicine 600 Nursing 360 Post graduate 200

  12. TWMU Campus 2 Hospital 5 Doctors 1200 Bed 2000 Patients (Outpatients) 7000/day Annual Budget US$ 0.9 Bil

  13. Governmental Support for Univ. Management (2003) Public (87) US$ 11.7 Bil. Private (542) US$ 3.1 Bil.

  14. Finance

  15. Researchers (2004)

  16. Research Budget

  17. Research Budgetfor Science and Technology 2003

  18. Strengths of Public University • More financial Support from the government • Low Tuition • Strong historical background

  19. Weakness of Public University • Strong control by government • No flexibility of finance • Less identity of University • Less free arrangement of researches with private industries or enterprises

  20. Strengths of Private University • Strong identity of university • Independent from governmental control • Strong alumni consciousness • Free arrangement of research works and education with industries or enterprises

  21. Weakness of Private University • Weak financial support from government • Higher tuition • Three times more students than public university • Broad variety of the quality of students

  22. Change of Organization (2004) National (Federal) University Independent University (Gradual Transformation)

  23. Conclusion • There are 167 public (87 national, and 80 local governmental) and 542 private universities in Japan. • Population of Japan is 127 million. • There are 624 thousand students in national, 122 thousand in local governmental and 2,062 thousand in private universities. • There are 244,026 students in the postgraduate schools in universities. • Financial support from the Government in 2004 was 11.7 billion US dollars to 87 national and 3.1 billion to 542 private universities.

  24. Conclusion • Examples of national (the Univ. of Tokyo) and private universities (Waseda University and our Tokyo Women’s Medical University) were introduced. • There were 284,000 researchers in 2003. The total budget of researches for science and technology in 2003 was 168 billion US dollars. • Government has decided to reform the system of national university to financially independent universities, similar to private universities in 2004. And the financial support from the government will decrease gradually in the coming years.

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