This paper follows the author’ s special lecture, “Efforts to Improve Research Capability at Hiroshima University: From the Perspective of Academic Diversity and Innovation Creation,” at the 71st Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Engineering Education, held on September 6, 2023, at the Higashi Hiroshima Campus of Hiroshima University. It reviews recent efforts by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) of the Cabinet Office to improve research capability and describes its efforts of Hiroshima University. In addition, the status of engineering education in Japan and expectations for gendered innovation are introduced.
