- Improving the Efficiency of University Operations and Securing Outside Research Funding
- Financial Status of Iwate Prefectural University
- Expenses per student and per faculty member (Academic Year 2010)
- Revenue and expenditures for Academic Year 2010 (Revenue)
- Revenue and expenditure for Academic Year 2010 (Expenditures)
- Revenue and Expenditures for the Past Five Years
- Featured Topic Projects aimed at securing more outside research funding
With 2010 being the final year of the 6-year term of incorporation, we moved forward with our plans to achieve our mid-term goals, such as improving the efficiency of university operations, including improvement in the evaluation method and reviewing the number of faculty positions, as well as introduction of outside research funding.
As a result, university operations are in the process of becoming more efficient by switching to a new salary system in administration, etc. and considering plans to reduce the number of faculty positions during the mid-term plan starting in 2011.
Also, by trying to improve the application rate for scientific research grants, we were able to receive a grant of ¥52,411,000 in a highly competitive environment across Japan.
*1 "Assets offsetting liabilities" is a special measure for public university corporations, used so that depreciation does not affect the calculation of profits and losses: when fixed assets are acquired, an amount equivalent to these assets will be calculated as liabilities, and whenever expenses are incurred from depreciation, the amount will be reversed to income.
Total educational and research expenses for Iwate Prefectural University were 4,116,680,000 yen for the Academic Year 2010. Educational expenses per student were approximately 880,000 yen, including education expenses, education and research support expenses, and part of faculty personnel expenses. Research expenses per faculty member were approximately 2,510,000 yen.
●Education and research expenses
●Education expenses per student
●Research expenses per faculty member
Operational subsidies from Iwate Prefecture account for 68.7% of Iwate Prefectural University's revenue. Self-generated funds, excluding tuition, matriculation and examination fees, and research income from industry-university collaborations, etc. account for 28.3% of the revenue.
| Item | Amount (thousand yen) |
Percentage （%） |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operational subsidies | 3,940,328 | 68.7 | Operational subsidies from the prefecture |
| Tuition | 1,204,793 | 21.0 | The university's self-generated funds (independent sources of revenue) |
| Matriculation and examination fees | 222,575 | 3.9 | |
| Research income from industry-university collaborations, etc. | 52,411 | 0.9 | Revenue from commissioned research and projects from businesses and organizations |
| Grants | 18,633 | 0.3 | University reformation promotion subsidies, donations, etc. |
| Donations | 11,169 | 0.2 | |
| Assets offsetting liabilities reimbursement | 167,444 | 2.9 | |
| Miscellaneous | 115,886 | 2.0 | |
| Total (A) | 5,733,239 |
*Assets offsetting liabilities reimbursement is the monetization of the match of asset depreciation amount from assets offsetting liabilities.
Education and research expenses account for approximately 33% of expenditures.
| Item | Amount (thousand yen) |
Percentage （%） |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education expenses | 1,028,477 | 19.7 | Expenses for education and research |
| Research expenses | 582,899 | 11.2 | |
| Educational and research support expenses | 124,120 | 2.4 | |
| Research expenses for university-industry collaborations, etc. | 52,167 | 1.0 | Expenses for research and projects commissioned by outside companies and organizations |
| Personnel expenses for trustees | 8,920 | 0.2 | Personnel expenses for trustees, faculty, part-time lecturers and administrative staff |
| Personnel expenses for faculty | 2,381,184 | 45.7 | |
| Personnel expenses for administrative staff | 607,471 | 11.7 | |
| General administrative expenses | 428,453 | 8.2 | Expenses for utilities, repairs, consumables, etc. |
| Total (B) | 5,213,691 |
Revenue and expenditures for Academic Year 2010 (A-B) 519,548,000 yen
Although about 70% of the operating costs of Iwate Prefectural University are covered by the operational subsidies from the prefecture, efforts have been made to make university operations more efficient by maximizing the benefits of incorporation and trying to make effective use of the surplus in response to the operational subsidies plan at the time of incorporation, which involves a decrease of 1.5% every year.
Featured TopicProjects aimed at securing more outside research funding
Iwate Prefectural University is promoting projects aimed at securing more outside research funding by stimulating research activities that involve mutual collaborations among university researchers. By actively providing information on outside funding applications, hosting information sessions, and providing services catered to each faculty member's research projects, we are offering a support system for securing competitive outside funding.
In 2010, "Creating a lifestyle-support type community that utilizes ITC" was selected in the research and development field for the JST Social Technology Research and Development Project, and we have received research funds of over 80,000,000 yen over a 3-year period. The aim of this research is to develop and verify a community support system and information channels that can accommodate lifestyle support, as well as physical and psychological changes among elderly residents, by collaborating with local governments, social welfare associations, and private companies within Iwate.
Furthermore, in 2010, we were approved for the "Advanced Built-in Technician Training System Maintenance Grant" and "Monodukuri and Software Integration Technician Training Grant."
We will keep our focus on stimulating research activities and obtaining more outside research funds so that we can continue to be a university that contributes to local communities.
