President’s vision
Source: https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/about/leadership/vision/ Parent: https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/about/
Mission statement
Under the spirit of academic freedom, Nagoya University creates new value through research and education to contribute to human happiness and wellbeing.
Core vision
- An evolving world-class research university that builds towards the future.
- A university where people take pride and joy in learning and working.
Strategic objectives
The university pursues six key objectives through 2027:
- Conduct creative research activities to explore truth and produce world-class intellectual achievements
- Foster courageous intellectuals with logical thinking and imagination through education that emphasizes self-motivation
- Contribute to human welfare, cultural development, and global industry through cutting-edge academic research and cultivating leaders
- Leverage regional characteristics to contribute to local development through multifaceted academic research activities
- Advance international academic collaboration and international student education, contributing to exchanges with Asia and the world
- Pursue new forms of the national university as a knowledge and innovation commons with the Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
Four strategic pillars
Education and human resource development
Seamless education from high school connection to graduate school and lifelong learning with international standards
Research and value creation
World-class research outcomes through fundamental research that expands knowledge horizons and applied research that creates value for social implementation
Social collaboration and industry-academia partnership
Creating new value rooted in one of the world’s leading industrial clusters, contributing to global and local problem-solving
International expansion
New international development for the new normal era
Institutional strengths
- Nobel Prize-level cutting-edge research capabilities (International Institute for Advanced Study)
- Industry-academia-government collaboration based in the Tokai manufacturing region (Future Society Creation Organization)
- Independent graduate schools for solving social issues (Graduate School of International Development, Graduate School of Environmental Studies)
- Asia expansion centered on Asian satellite campuses
- Doctoral education represented by leading and excellence graduate programs (Doctoral Program Promotion Organization)
- Women’s advancement initiatives including He For She
Management approach
- Shared university vision through dialogue between leadership and faculty
- Strategic resource allocation based on total budget and business portfolio
- Organizational revitalization through diversity and inclusion across all university members