- Increasing Self-generated Revenue and Streamlining University Operations
- Financial Status of Iwate Prefectural University
- Expenses per student and per faculty member (Academic Year 2012)
- Revenue and expenditures for Academic Year 2012 <Revenue>
- Revenue and expenditure for Academic Year 2012 <Expenditures>
- Revenue and Expenditure for the Past Five Years
- Featured Topic About the Special Budget for Enhancing Educational Abilities
In the 2012 academic year, with enhancements to the support systems for commissioned research and competitive fund acquisition, Iwate Prefectural University made diligent efforts to increase self-generated revenue. Through actions such as the preparation and publication of research results, and on-campus presentations and lectures by staff who have adjudication experience with scientific research grants, the number and amount of external research grants has increased compared to the previous year.
To ensure more stable revenue, efforts were made to resolve unpaid tuition fees, with the result that in the 2012 academic year, the percentage in arrears was 0.04%.
Additionally, ongoing cost reduction efforts are being made such as planning for the management of the number of faculty members, and streamlining of the on-campus information systems. At the same time, in order to assist in improvements to the quality of education, the establishment of a new “Enhancing Educational Abilities” project is proceeding.
*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. (Note) Numbers have been rounded off so there may be cases in which the numbers do not add up to the totals.
Total educational and research expenses for Iwate Prefectural University were 4,168,170,000 yen for the Academic Year 2012. Educational expenses per student were approximately 890,000 yen, including education expenses, education and research support expenses, and part of faculty personnel expenses. Research expenses per faculty member were approximately 2,360,000 yen.
●Education and research expenses
●Education expenses per student
●Research expenses per faculty member
Operational subsidies from Iwate Prefecture account for 66.8% of Iwate Prefectural University’s revenue. Self-generated funds, excluding tuition, matriculation and examination fees, and research income from collaborations between industry and academia account for 30.3% of the revenue.
| Item | Amount (in thousand yen) |
Percentage (%) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operational subsidies | 3,804,774 | 66.8 | Operational subsidies from the prefecture |
| Tuition | 1,211,250 | 21.3 | University’s self-generated funds (independent sources of revenue) |
| Matriculation and examination fees | 227,608 | 4.0 | |
| Research income from collaborations between industry and academia | 111,167 | 2.0 | Revenue from commissioned research and projects from businesses and organizations |
| Grants | 52,228 | 0.9 | University renovation promotion subsidy, donations, etc. |
| Donations | 13,795 | 0.2 | |
| Assets offsetting liabilities reimbursement | 166,698 | 2.9 | |
| Other | 106,946 | 1.9 | |
| Total (A) | 5,694,466 |
*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 31.8% of expenditures.
| Item | Amount (in thousand yen) |
Percentage (%) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education expenses | 982,891 | 18.3 | Expenses for education and research |
| Research expenses | 546,351 | 10.2 | |
| Educational and research support expenses | 175,403 | 3.3 | |
| Research expenses for collaborations between industry and academia. | 108,453 | 2.0 | Expenses for research and projects commissioned by outside companies and organizations |
| Personnel expenses for trustees | 9,207 | 0.2 | Personnel expenses for trustees, faculty, part-time lecturers and administrative staff |
| Personnel expenses for faculty | 2,463,526 | 45.8 | |
| Personnel expenses for administrative staff | 631,938 | 11.7 | |
| General administrative expenses | 459,733 | 8.5 | Expenses for utilities, repairs, consumables, etc. |
| Total（B） | 5,377,502 |
Revenue and expenditures for Academic Year 2012 (A-B) 316,964,000 yen
Approximately 70% of revenue is from operational subsidies provided by the prefecture, and although according to the prefecture’s calculation rules there will be a downward trend (a reduction of 0.7% each year), in 2012 additional subsidies were received in relation to tuition exemptions for students affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Regarding expenditures, due to reductions in human resources costs from retirements and reductions in education, and research expenses from reduced on-campus information systems costs, the overall expenditures for the 2012 academic year were 137,440,000 yen lower than the previous year.
Featured Topic About the Special Budget for Enhancing Educational Abilities
At Iwate Prefectural University, in order to adequately respond to such changes as the reduction in the number of 18 year olds and increased competition between universities, it is necessary to improve the quality of education. Therefore, a special budget for Enhancing Educational Abilities has been proactively established as an additional budgetary item for use towards the improvement of the educational capacity of the university.
This special budget for Enhancing Educational Abilities was newly established in 2012 as a purpose-specific funding resource. The project is composed of the main project (educational quality assurance), entrance programs(securing new applicants), and exit programs (employment support), and include putting a systematic and consistent education program into practice as well as the training of teaching staff who are actively engaged in educational research.
In the 2012 academic year, a total of 83,340,000 yen was budgeted for 22 projects.
As head office projects, class evaluation data was processed quickly to revitalize faculty development activities, entrance exam consultations and presentations were held to secure admission applicants, and in addition to other activities, mock SPI (Synthetic Personality Inventory) exams were held as an element of the student employment support.
At the departmental level, the Faculty of Nursing introduced a simulation training system in order to create nursing professionals with practical ability, while the Faculty of Software and Information Science created a pamphlet in comic book form aimed at elementary and middle school students as a way to encourage future applicants. Each department is taking original and innovative steps to improve all aspects of Iwate Prefectural University’s educational ability.
For the 2013 academic year, a total of 8,707,000 yen has been secured for 26 projects as part of the Enhancing Educational Abilities special budget for ongoing improvements to the educational ability of the entire university.
