Cooperation Between University and Industry for the Engineering Education of Students

Abstract

The final report on the university of the 21st century and measures for necessary reform submitted by the university council in October 1998 described many of the problems in the present university education and proposed the necessary measures for improvement. The report was fundamentally written from a viewpoint of university representatives although some members from industry participated in the council. In the new era, university education should not be the responsibility of the university only but it should be considered as cooperation between industry and university.
In this paper, the followings are discussed; 1. What can industry contribute to the improvement of university education? 2. How does industry effectively cooperate with universities for educating students in the engineering department who are expected to maintain and strengthen industrial technology and to realize Japan's leading the world by a high standard of technology.