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What is “Ogya-no-zu”?
What functions will be required of universities in the future? The “Ogya no Chizu” is a diagram of a baby born in Ehime Prefecture saying “Ogya,” and how the university can be involved in that person’s life, from birth to death, for the next 100 years or so. NishinaHiroshigeThe President created this diagram in 2019, when he was Director of Social Cooperation, and Ehime University aims to realize this diagram.
How can Ehime University be involved in the lives of people born in Ehime Prefecture in the age of 100 years of life?
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Video1 What is Ehime University’s “Ogyaku no Zu”?
Video 2 “Nurture”
Video 3 “Work”
Video 4 “Be close to the turning point”
Video 5 “Create
● Video 6 “Purpose in Life
The number of births in Ehime Prefecture is 7,590 in 2022, compared to 12,119 in 2004, when the current first-year undergraduate students were born, a decrease of 63% in 18 years. In this “shrinking (and shrinking) society,” the importance of each individual and the significance of existence must grow, and this will require “repeated learning” to constantly update ourselves. And all people can work with a sense of purpose in life and feel that their lives are rich. We believe that universities, as a group that handles the wisdom of mankind, should contribute to the realization of such a society.
The days of the past, when “after you graduate from college at 22, your learning in life is over,” will soon come to an end. While life is getting longer, the cycles of change in industrial structures and the lifespan of companies are getting shorter. Universities must change from a system that emphasizes undergraduate and graduate education from the age of 18 to 22 or 24, to one that allows students to study again at the age of 40, 50, or 60, before they begin their multiple careers, entrepreneurship, or community activities. In other words, a “back-and-forth between the university and society.
Ehime University will contribute to the community as not just a “regional center of knowledge” but as a “regional center of knowledge for all generations” by making the university multifunctional so that it can respond to the learning aspirations of all ages.