Council for Education and Research
The Council on Education and Research deliberates on important matters related to education and research. Its members consist of the President, officers appointed by the President, deans of faculties, deans of graduate schools, heads of research institutes and other important educational and research organizations as determined by the Council on Education and Research, and other staff members appointed by the President in accordance with the Council on Education and Research’s rules.
members
| identity | (an incumbent’s) present name | Committee Member Type |
| Hiroshige Nishina | university president | National University Corporation Act, Article 21, Paragraph 2, Item 1 Councilor (President) |
| Hidemitsu Uno | Director and Vice President (Planning, DX, Environment) | National University Corporation Act, Article 21, Paragraph 2, Item 2 Trustees (Directors appointed by the President) |
| Muneaki Todo | Director and Vice President (Finance) | |
| Yoshikazu Wakabayashi | Director and Vice President (Social Collaboration and Human Resources Management) | |
| Noriaki Mitsuda | Director and Vice President (Academic and Management Information Analysis) | |
| Hidenori Yahiro | Director and Vice President (Education) | |
| Shinjiro Yorii | Director (Legal) | |
| Masahiro Yoshida | Dean of Faculty of Law and Literature | Article 21, Paragraph 2, Item 3 of the National University Corporation Act (persons designated by the Council on Education and Research) |
| Genta Kosukegawa | Dean of the Faculty of Education | |
| Xu Shuqi | Dean, Faculty of Social Co-creation | |
| Ryoji Takahashi | Vice Dean, Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Dean, Faculty of Science) | |
| Masakatsu Yamashita | Dean of Graduate School of Medicine | |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | Dean, Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Dean of Engineering) | |
| Satoshi Yamauchi | Dean, Graduate School of Agricultural Science | |
| Hiroki Ohgami | Dean, United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences | |
| Tomoaki Sato | chief librarian | |
| Kazuhiro Mitsunobu | Vice President (International Relations and Human Rights) | |
| Takashi Sugiyama | Vice President (Hospital Administration and Community Medicine) | National University Corporation Act, Article 21, Paragraph 2, Item 4 Councilors (staff members appointed by the President) |
| Yuzo Ishida | Vice President (General Affairs and Facilities) | |
| Masatoshi Sugimori | Vice President (Education) | |
| Sakae Sano | Vice President (Education and Affiliated Schools) | |
| Takeshi Imamura | Vice President (Public Relations) | |
| Naoto Kobayashi | Vice President (Evaluation) | |
| Rie Hori | Vice President (Diversity) | |
| Katsushi Nishimura | Vice President (SDGs) | |
| Toshiki Nakai | Special Assistant to the President (Education) | |
| Takuya Sugawara | Special Assistant to the President (Academic) | |
| Sengo Kobayashi | Special Assistant to the President (Academic) | |
| Nobufuku Nomura | Special Assistant to the President (Social Cooperation) | |
| Kenji Hato | Special Assistant to the President (Social Cooperation) | |
| Manabu Sumida | Special Assistant to the President (International Relations) | |
| Hideaki Yasuhara | Special Assistant to the President (International Relations) | |
| Shusaku Iguchi | Professor, Faculty of Law and Literature | |
| Yoshiaki Harada | Professor, School of Education | |
| Nobuhiko Matsumura | Professor, Faculty of Social Co-Creation | |
| Tsunehiro Maehara | Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Science) | |
| Asano, Mizubei | Professor, Graduate School of Medicine | |
| Koichi Hiraoka | Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Engineering) | |
| Noriyuki Kobayashi | Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture | |
| Hiromoto, Hiroshi | Trustee (Deputy Director, Student Support Center) | |
| Tatsuya Sawasaki | Council Member (Director, Center for Proteoscience) | |
| Yu Nishihara | Councilor (Director, Advanced High Pressure Science Research Center) | |
| Hisato Iwata | Council Member (Director, Chemical Pollution and Coastal Environment Research Center) | |
| Noriko Chiyoda | Council Member (Professor, Faculty of Education) | |
| Yuka Saeki | Councilor (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine) | |
| Makiko Ushiyama | Council Member (Professor, Faculty of Social Co-creation) | |
| Takuya Tsuchiya | Councilor (Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering) |
As of April 1, 2021
*Excerpts from the National University Corporation Act
Article 21 A National University Corporation shall have an Education and Research Council as an organ to deliberate important matters concerning education and research of each national university established by said National University Corporation.
2 The Council on Education and Research shall consist of the following councilors
(i) President of the University
(ii) a Director designated by the President (in the case where a University Supervising Director is appointed to perform duties as the head of a university pertaining to said national university, the President or said University Supervising Director).
(iii) The heads of faculties, graduate schools, university-affiliated research institutes, and other important organizations for education and research, as determined by the Council for Education and Research.
(iv) Other matters as determined by the Council on Education and Research, as specified by the President (in the case where a University Supervising Director who performs duties as the head of a university pertaining to said national university is appointed, said University Supervising Director; the same shall apply hereinafter). The same shall apply in the following paragraph and paragraph (5)) (4) Other staff members appointed by the President (in the case where there is a University Supervising Director who performs duties as the head of the university pertaining to said national university, said University Supervising Director.
(3) In addition to the persons listed in the items of the preceding paragraph, in the case where a university general director is appointed to perform duties as the head of a university pertaining to said national university, said university general director shall be appointed as a vice-president pursuant to the provisions of Article 92, paragraph 2 of the School Education Act (in the case where a university general director is appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4 of the same Article). (limited to those who are in charge of school affairs related to important matters) (2) In the case where the University has appointed a Vice-President of the University (or, in the case where there are two or more Vice-Presidents, a person appointed by the President from among such Vice-Presidents), said Vice-President shall be a Councilor.
4 The Council on Education and Research shall deliberate on the following matters
(i) Matters concerning opinions on the Mid-term Objectives (excluding the matters listed in item (i) of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article)
(ii) Matters concerning mid-term plans and annual plans (excluding the matters listed in item (ii) of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article)
(iii) Academic regulations (excluding the part concerning the management of national university corporations) (iv) Matters concerning the establishment, revision or abolition of other important regulations pertaining to education and research
(iv) Matters related to faculty personnel
(v) Matters pertaining to policies concerning the organization of curricula
(vi) Matters related to advice, guidance, and other assistance necessary to support smooth study, etc. of students
(vii) Matters pertaining to policies on student enrollment, graduation, completion of courses, and other matters pertaining to student enrollment and degree conferment
(viii) Matters related to self-inspection and evaluation of the status of education and research
(ix) Other important matters concerning education and research at national universities
5 The Council on Education and Research shall have a chairperson, who shall be the President.
6 The Chair presides over the Council on Education and Research.