Title :
A status report on engineering education in Japan
Author :
Akiyama, Hidenori ; Hagler, Marion
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kumamoto Univ., Japan
Abstract :
During the past five decades, Japan has spent considerable effort and resources to stimulate and accommodate explosive growth in undergraduate enrolment in Japanese universities, driven in large part by the increasing fraction of students who complete high school and enter universities. Recent sharp increases in the number of students who continue to graduate school reflect increasing concentration on graduate programs. This paper outlines features of academic studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at leading Japanese national universities. It highlights some emerging trends
Keywords :
engineering education; Japan; academic studies; engineering education; graduate levels; undergraduate enrolment; undergraduate levels; Cities and towns; Computer science education; Costs; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Local government; Mathematics; Natural languages; Testing; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3348-9
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1996.569982