抄録
We can expect the engineering education's environment in Japan to change as follows: (1) Japan will move from being the manufacturing plant of the world to being the laboratory of the world, (2) The purpose of R&D will move from ``how to do it '' to ``what to do'', (3) R&D will be increasingly internationalized and researchers will have to face international competition. On the basis of these movements, five aims as well as five ways to achieve them are suggested. The aims are: (1) to provide excellent researchers to support ``the world laboratory'', (2) to respond to the worldwide demand for highly skilled people, (3) to provide internationally available education, (4) to train researchers for advanced technology fields, (5) and to provide general human education. Five ways to improve the present situation and achieve these aims are also suggested: (1) to establish doctor courses corresponding to the new fields, (2) to provide systematic education at the master's and doctor's level, (3) to allocate more resources to the graduate schools, (4) to introduce an evaluation system for the graduate schools, and (5) to provide under graduates with basic knowledge rather than with highly specialized subjects, avoiding the division of undergraduate departments into specialized ones. These are the suggestions being made for universities in Japan to survive in the international arena.
