Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Initiatives Practiced by Saga University

―Strategic Efforts of Regional Innovation Center―

Abstract

The National University Corporation Law enacted in 2003 stipulates that “national universities should disseminate research results and promote their utilization”, and industry-academia collaboration (social contribution), which is the dissemination and utilization of research results, is stated. It can be said that it is positioned as the third pillar following education and research. Prior to that, Saga University has been working on industry-academia collaboration and enhancing facilities since 1998. As a further development of this, in October 2017, we established the Regional Innovation Center led by the Research Administrator (URA) to promote research strategy, industry-academia collaboration, and research promotion support with a small number of URAs. In this article, I would like to introduce some of the activities and achievements of the Regional Innovation Center for about five years, and consider the significance of URA as a leader in industry-academia collaboration and research promotion.