Future Vision 1: A university with enriched interdisciplinary and cross-departmental research
? Supported by URAs from each campus, interdisciplinary research integrating humanities and sciences was selected for the "Human-Information Ecosystem" R&D area ()??
Future Vision 2: A university capable of advanced and impactful research
? Through coordination by specialist URAs, three industry-academic collaboration projects () were launched, aiming to return drug discovery research results to society and foster excellent international talent??
Future Vision 3: A university with active international talent exchange and joint research
? Full-time URAs contributed to the conclusion of a partnership agreement () for a joint research project titled "The 'Shape' of Post-war Japan" with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University??
Future Vision 4: A university that contributes to society through research results
Ranked 114th in the world in the TRANSPARENT RANKING: Institutional Repositories by Google Scholar, a ranking of global institutional repositories (up from 264th in January 2017)
Future Vision 5: A university with an established research support system
Established a management system for joint and commissioned research projects, as well as a conflict of interest management system