The Program for Promoting University Education Reform considers projects at individual universities that ensure student competency and strengthen instruction and selects those whose benefits have clear achievement goals, while disseminating information to society at large and providing targeted financial support in order to strengthen quality assurance in higher education in Japan.

Program Selected in 2009 (Summary, Etc.) 
"Systemically Aligning Outcome-based Bachelor's Degree Programs"

Actively addressing revision of the Standards for Establishment of Universities, this program aims to select outstanding educational projects submitted by universities and other such institutions that strengthen educational quality and to disseminate information about them to society at large.

 Program Selected in 2008 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 2.3MB]
  "Education Program on Ecology-oriented Pharmaceutical Sciences, 'Eco-pharma', for Pharmaceutical Students"

 Program Selected in 2008 (Joint) (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 1.08MB]
  "Promotion of Human Resources for Local Revitalization by Student-led Camp"

With a view to reforming and strengthening university education, the Support Program for Distinctive University Education selects outstanding distinctive projects that enhance and enrich educational content and methods in degree-granting programs and disseminates information about them to society at large while providing financial support in order to aid university education reform and promote the revitalization of higher education.

 Program Selected in 2003 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 1.58MB]
  "Self-Active Educational Information Access System Designed for an IT Environment" (PDF 52KB)

 Program Selected in 2004 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 2.8MB]
  "IT Literacy Acquisition Program Designed for University and Community"

 Program Selected in 2006 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 264KB]
  "Development of Educational Quality Assurance at Kumamoto University, Based on the Engineering Education Program"

 The Support Program for Contemporary Educational Needs sets topics that address policy issues of great importance to society based on recommendations from various councils, etc. and selects especially outstanding educational projects from among those submitted by universities and other institutions. It disseminates information about these to society at large while providing financial support in order to promote the development of outstanding human resources for the future.

 Program Selected in 2006 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 436KB]
  "Development of “el-kokoro” Learning Program (e-Learning Program on Mental Health in Teacher Training)"

 To develop the human resources in science and technology needed for the future, the Science and Math Student Support Project supports programs that aim to further strengthen the motivation and ability of highly motivated students in science and mathematics at universities with science faculties (excluding two-year colleges and graduate schools) through projects related to 1) development/implementation of admission selection methods, 2) development/implementation of educational programs, and 3) approaches to strengthening student motivation and ability.

 Program Selected in 2009 (Summary, Etc.)
 "Step-up Special Program for Engineering and Science Students, in Collaboration with High Schools and Graduate School"

 To further strengthen the development of high-level professionals at institutions of higher education, the Program for Promoting Professional Education in Graduate Schools provides targeted support in a competitive public and private environment for outstanding projects that develop and strengthen practical educational methods that bridge theory and practice at professional graduate schools that train high-level professionals and at universities, graduate schools (excluding professional graduate schools) and two-year colleges (hereinafter "universities and other institutions") that train school teachers.

 Program Selected in 2007 (Individual) (Summary, Etc.)
 "Upgrading Clinical Education Utilizing the Law Center"

 Program Selected in 2007 (Joint)
 "Development of Guidelines for Teaching Practical Skills"

 Program Selected in 2007 (Joint) (Summary, Etc.)
 "Kyushu-Okinawa Collaboration Project for Advanced Practical Education"

 Program Selected in 2008 (Joint)
 "Project to Develop Corporative Framework for Academic Carrier between Three National University Law Schools in Kyushu"

 The issues facing school education are growing increasingly complex and varied. Creating schools that society trusts requires the training of high-quality teachers with high-level expertise and strong human and social awareness along with the enrichment and strengthening of teacher training at the graduate school level and through in-service training.
 This program provides targeted financial support for particularly outstanding education projects that enrich and strengthen university-based (including two-year colleges and graduate schools) teacher training and in-service training.

 Program Selected in 2005 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 5.4MB]
  "A Contribution to the Training of Graduate Students' Educational Competence in Coping with the Problems of Non-Attendance at School"

 To strengthen the training of creative young researchers capable of meeting contemporary society's emerging needs, Initiative for Attractive Education in Graduate Schools promotes substantive graduate education (the strengthening of systematic educational curriculum development) by providing targeted support for education projects related to ambitious and creative researcher training at the graduate level.

 Program Selected in 2005 (Summary, Etc.)
  "DDS Specialist Training Program"

 Program Selected in 2006 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 182KB]
  "Special Educational Program: Promotion of the Frontier Spirit to Create New Science and 
Technology by Synthesizing Different Fields of Study"

 Program Selected in 2006 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 76KB]
  "Training and Education Program for the Eradication of AIDS"

 The Program for Promoting Professional Education in Graduate School Graduate Law Programs provides targeted support for outstanding educational projects selected on the basis of third-party evaluations in a competitive public and private environment. Projects seek to develop and strengthen the educational content and methods in graduate law schools, which will be the core institutions in the new legal training system, and in business administration, accounting and the various other kinds of professional graduate schools. The program aims to contribute to the strengthening and improvement of Japan's international competitiveness while encouraging projects that actively strengthen educational content at the different kinds of professional graduate schools and promoting the training of high-level professionals.

 Program Selected in 2004 (Individual) (Summary, Etc.)
  "Cyber Clinic System Construction"
  

 Program Selected in 2004 (Joint)
  "Kyushu Three University Partnership for Training Legal Professionals"

 Program Selected in 2004 (Joint)
  "Project for Professional Skills Instruction Materials"

 This program promotes active collaboration between universities (public and private) and the effective use of each university's educational and research resources in their roles as local centers of knowledge in order to raise educational and research standards even higher, make their uniqueness and distinctiveness clearer, and strengthen the foundations of university administration.

 Program Selected in 2008 (Joint)
  "Developing Innovative PhD Human Resources through Wide-ranging Collaboration between Industry, Academia, and Government"

 This program provides financial support for programs that train high-quality medical specialists and clinical researchers in order to revitalize university hospitals and local healthcare while promoting the training of medical doctors for the future.

 Program Selected in 2008 (Joint) (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 1.09MB]
  "Specialist Training Program by Combination of the Middle Kyushu Three University Hospitals"

 Program Selected in 2008 (Joint) (Summary, Etc.)
  “Middle Kyushu three university hospital combination specialist training-up program”  

 To promote greater reform in higher education, the Advanced Overseas Educational Field Research Support program sends faculty from Japanese universities and other institutions to overseas educational and research institutions with the goal of strengthening the international currency and compatibility of Japanese higher education. Likewise, it also selects and funds outstanding projects that seek to strengthen the international currency and compatibility of Japanese higher education.

 Program Selected in 2005 (Summary, Etc.)
  "Operation and Practice of Expert Sharing for International Joint Education"

 Program Selected in 2006 (Summary, Etc.) [PDF 245KB]
  "Reform of English Education to Foster Learner Autonomy"

 To further promote both the development of human resources capable of contributing to international society as well as the reform of university education to strengthen the international competitiveness of Japanese universities, the Long-Term Overseas Study Support program sends students to overseas graduate schools long-term through overseas study programs run by universities to obtain degrees and engage in research in their fields of expertise.

 Program Selected in 2007 (Summary, Etc.)
 "Kumamoto University Long-Term Study Abroad Program"

 To promote both the revitalization of university education as well as the training of medical providers for the future treatment of cancer, the Cancer Professional Training Plan provides financial support to outstanding programs submitted by public and private universities that train high-quality cancer doctors and other specialists.

 Program Selected in 2007 (Joint) (Summary, Etc.)
 "Human Resource Development Plan for Cancer in Kyushu"

 Software technology has become a basic element of the social infrastructure supporting the everyday life of citizens in Japan today, from home appliances to basic social and industrial systems such as airline control systems and financial management systems.
 It is therefore a great concern directly related to Japan's international competitiveness that Japan is said to lack sufficient human resources in the software field in terms of both their quality and quantity.
 Accordingly, the Program to Promote Advanced IT Specialist Training mobilizes inherent potential between universities and across industrial-academic barriers to strengthen educational content and systems in order to build centers of education that train human resources with both the specialized skills required of world class software engineers as well as the ability to take a leading role in corporations and other organizations by anticipating shifts in social conditions and responding to them flexibly.

 Program Selected in 2006 (Joint) (Summary, Etc.)
  "Program to Nurture ICT (Information Communication Technology) Architects to Lead the Next Generation Information Society"