Comparison of transnational higher education between Japan and Germany: Sustainability of international joint university

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02561
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09020:Sociology of education-related
• Research Institution: Fukuyama City University
• Principal Investigator: Kamibeppu Takao 福山市立大学, 都市経営学部, 教授 (50350707)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: トランスナショナル高等教育 / 国際共同大学 / ドイツ / 日本 / エジプト / トルコ / マレーシア / ベトナム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Hybridity is intrinsically embedded with international joint university (IJU) by its collaborative nature due to an array of stakeholders on the provider side and the host side in forming management styles and educational content. Hybridity is a state of a blend of diverse elements of both sides. IJUs can maintain sustainability to some extent owning to the engagements of governments and hydridity. However, they also encounter challenges stemming from hybridity as an embedded trait in governance, human and financial resource allocation, student recruitment, curriculum,and academic culture/tradition in which either the provider and host side has to coordinate and mitigate their differences. Hybridity does not always result in problems and challenges, but could potentially foster harmonization as the "best mix."

Free Research Field

比較高等教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究ではコロナ禍で当初調査に制限はあったものの、これまであまり注目されてこなかった国際共同大学の持続的な運営の在り方（プロバイダー側とホスト側間のガバナンスや教育研究の摺り合わせなど）に関し、アジアと中東におけるドイツと日本の国際共同大学の比較調査からある程度明らかにした。また、高等教育分野における日本の市場縮小、海外の需要拡大から近年期待が高まる日本の高等教育モデルの海外展開（2016年開始のEDU-Portニッポンなど）にも貢献できる研究成果でもあり、この点社会的意義を持つ。