Kanazawa University – 3rd University-Wide FD Training Session 2025
"Concepts and Design Required for General Education in Undergraduate Programs — Focusing on Kanazawa University’s General Education Reform"

Event Details

The 2025 academic year marks the first time that high school students educated under Japan’s new curriculum guidelines will enter university. Recent changes in high school education emphasize cross-disciplinary learning, inquiry-based study, and the introduction of “Information” as a formal subject. These reforms aim to help students develop foundational skills for analyzing data, gaining a broad perspective, and thinking deeply about complex issues. Such developments in secondary education are expected to drive significant changes in university education—especially in first-year programs.

Kanazawa University is advancing reforms to its general education curriculum in preparation for the 2026 academic year. As part of these changes, the university will restructure its undergraduate “Global Standard” framework, reducing the current six clusters to four, and significantly revising the placement of GS (Global Standard) subjects. In addition, new courses will be introduced under the concept of multicultural collaborative learning, aiming to refresh the general education system to meet the demands of a new era.

In this training session, we will learn from a keynote lecture on the new general education curriculum introduced at Okayama University in the 2025 academic year. While keeping in mind the connection between high school and university education, we aim to exchange ideas with participants about the future direction of general education in universities.

Organizer: Kanazawa University FD Committee
Co-organizers: Headquarters for Promoting a Multicultural Collaborative Campus to Create Social Impact, Academic Affairs Committee, Center for Management of Teaching and Learning ・
Institute of Liberal Arts and Science FD Committee, Public Interest Incorporated Association University Consortium Ishikawa

[Program]

13:00-13:10 Opening Remarks

Kanazawa University (General Affairs, University Reform, Education and Information) Trustee / Vice President Akiharu Morimoto

13:10-13:50 Keynote Lecture "Concept and Design of Okayama University’s Target 2025 Education Reform — Rethinking General Education for the Future"

Takashi Waga, Associate Professor, Office of Educational Planning, Okayama University

13:50～14:15 Initiative Report ① "General Education Reform at Kanazawa University"

Yasutaka Kakiuchi, Dean of the Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Faculty of Global Standard Education, Kanazawa University

14:45 - 14:30 Initiative Report ② "Design of Multicultural Collaborative Learning Courses at Kanazawa University"

Tohru Taniuchi, Assistant to the President of Kanazawa University (in charge of planning and evaluation, educational reform, student recruitment, and high school–university–graduate school articulation)

14:30-14:55 Discussion and Q&A Session

14:55-15:00 Closing Remarks

Kyoko Ojima, Vice President of Kanazawa University (in charge of educational reform, planning and evaluation, and diversity promotion) /
Director of the Organization for General Education and Multicultural Collaborative Learning / Director of the Center for Management of Teaching and Learning

［Facilitator: Tooru Hayashi, Deputy Director, Center for Management of Teaching and Learning, Kanazawa University]

※ For details, please refer to the attached flyer

Contact

Educational and Student Affairs Department Educational and Student Affairs Division Academic Affairs Planning Section E-mail: gakukikaku(a)adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp *Replace (a) with @.