2) Creating desirable career pathways that respond to society’s needs

We have been making improvements to careers and graduate employment services and providing attentive support to enable students to realize their preferred career paths, based on analysis of changes in the employment and recruitment climate and student activity trends. As a result, in the area of graduate employment in the private sector, we have attained the targets set by the university as basic performance indicators for the second half of R2020, including satisfaction with post-graduation career paths, degree of ascertainment of student career paths, proportion of students deciding career path, and proportion of students obtaining graduate employment. We have also been working in close collaboration with colleges, graduate schools, and associated divisions to strengthen support for students taking highly competitive external examinations, resulting in a rise in pass rates. This is beginning to generate a positive cycle whereby more students are aiming to pass competitive examinations.

In survey of graduating and completing students conducted in AY 2018, 95% of students gave positive ratings for “satisfaction with student life” and “satisfaction with education. When asked to nominate “something that contributed to your growth,” respondents named such things as their graduation thesis / Master’s thesis, curricular activities such as seminar classes, extracurricular activities, and graduate job-hunting activities. These results clearly show the positive correlation between graduate careers and employment outcomes and sense of fulfilment and satisfaction with student life.

Moreover, rather than targeting only students preparing for graduate employment and careers in the immediate future, we have also strengthened the provision of individualized support tailored to the conditions of graduate students, international students, lower-year undergraduate students, students with disabilities, and the like, as well as the career preferences of students seeking careers in fields such as public service and education, law and accounting, and in rural and regional areas. Furthermore, in AY 2014 we launched a “Global x Career” approach to graduate career support in a global framework. Specifically, we have held careers abroad seminars, provided information on career opportunities at international organizations and in the international cooperation field, and implemented other support programs for Japanese, international, and English-medium students interested in working in countries other than Japan or their home country.

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