2016 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 2_30-2_36
Shinshu University is actively promoting industry-academia-government collaboration. In recent years, the university has ranked high among Japanese universities in terms of contribution to local communities, the number of joint researches with private firms, and the number of patent rights. Meanwhile, indices indicating its research capabilities, such as the numbers of papers written in English, top 10% highly cited papers, and theses jointly written with non-Japanese authors, have also been on the rise. A major driving force behind this trend is considered to be a perfect unison of the university's measures to promote industry-academia-government collaboration and strengthen its research capabilities. This paper introduces examples of the forming of Shinshu University's base for research and industry-academia-government collaboration aiming at strengthening the ability to contribute to local communities (ability for industry-academia-government collaboration) and also enhancing its own research capabilities. In addition, Shinshu University-Innovative Research & Liaison Organization (SUIRLO), the university's unique body to support research and industry-academia-government collaboration established to back up and further improve the base, is explained in detail together with other related information.
