Abstract
Yamaguchi University has been introduced the intellectual property (IP) education as a compulsory subject into the common curriculum of a freshman course for all departments (approximately 2,000 students) in April 2013, which is the first initiative among all the universities in Japan. The actions to improve the IP subject for the next year were the equalization of the learning contents for every class and the introduction of the homework reports, etc. As the result, the voluntary learning time and a rate of the correct answers to the regular examination were getting increased, and the level of understanding of the students on the basic IP knowledge has been enhanced. Moreover the understanding of the lecture contents, the achievement level of the learning objective, and the satisfaction rate for the class were ameliorated. It was also confirmed that interest in IP of the students were changed much better than before they attended this subject.
