Education
List of Certificate Programs
The certificate program is based on the School Education Law, and is a special program of study for working adults. Upon completion of the program, students receive a certificate of completion based on the School Education Law.
List of Current Programs (FY2025)
AI Edge System Expert Training Course
[ Program for the Development of Practical Vocational Skills (BP) Accredited Course ]
| Overview | To develop human resources who understand the fundamentals of computer engineering and can develop intelligent embedded systems in the IoT environment, or who can plan for the introduction of such systems. | ||
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| Requirements for Completion | Attend the course for a total of 60 hours of instruction and pass the presentation exam. | ||
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Digital Information Workforce Development Organization |
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Program for the Development of Professional Practical Skills (BP) |
Form 1 Application for the Program for Developing Practical Vocational Skills (BP) (PDF 165KB) |
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Problem-solving oriented application development expert training course
[Accredited by the Program for the Development of Practical Vocational Skills (BP)]
| Outline | Cultivate the ability to design and produce applications and service platforms that enable all people to experience a “wellbeing” environment in Society 5.0 (super-smart society) by providing them with the information and services they need, when they need them. | ||
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| Requirements for Completion | Attend the course for a total of 60 hours of instruction and pass the presentation exam. | ||
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Digital Information Human Resource Development Organization View official website |
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| Program for the Development of Professional Practical Skills (BP) Accreditation Details |
Form 1 Application for the Program for Developing Practical Vocational Skills (BP) (PDF 163KB) |
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Social Infrastructure Maintenance Expert Training Course
[ Accredited by the Program for the Development of Practical Vocational Skills (BP) ]
| Outline | To develop social infrastructure maintenance experts (MEs) as human resources who can contribute to regional revitalization by acquiring planning, design, and implementation techniques for the development of new social infrastructure and maintenance and repair of existing social infrastructure. | ||
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| Requirements for Completion | Students must attend all 121.5 total class hours. In addition, certification as a Shikoku Social Infrastructure Maintenance Expert requires passing a written exam (multiple choice) and an essay/presentation exam. | ||
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Graduate School of Science and Engineering Center for Disaster Information and Research, Organization for Promotion of Regional Collaboration iSensing Center for Social Infrastructure, Faculty of Engineering View Official Website |
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| Program for the Development of Professional Practical Skills (BP) Accreditation Details |
Form 1 Application for the Program for Developing Practical Vocational Skills (BP) (PDF 166KB) Form 2 Outline of Class Subjects (PDF 196KB) Outline Document (PDF 432KB) |
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Social Co-Creation Creator Training Course – Practice! How to see and research the community
| Outline | Taking advantage of the characteristics of the Faculty of Collaborative Regional Innovation, which has diverse expertise, the program will support the development and deepening of social activities by teaching the collection and analysis of data that can be used in practice in society, learning from practical examples, collecting and analyzing data and case studies by the participants, and planning and presenting activities based on the participants’ own issues. |
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| Requirements for Completion | Students must attend at least 60 hours of classes, and in addition, they must prepare and present an activity plan as an independent assignment and pass the examination. |
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Faculty of Collaborative Regional Innovation View Official Website |
Forest Environmental Management Recurrent Program
| Overview | This program is designed for people with diverse career paths who are interested in forestry and forestry. It aims to cultivate knowledge and perspectives that will enable them to become key persons in regional forest environment management with a new sense of values, transcending the boundaries of conventional industries and using forests as social capital to connect to the future. |
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| Completion Requirements |
Complete a total of 72 hours of required and elective courses offered and pass the examination. |
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
department of agriculture
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Team School Specialist Training Program
| Overview | Acquire the basic knowledge and skills necessary to become a team school specialist (regional coordinator, school support staff, school social worker, associate school counselor, etc.). Cultivate human resources to support schools and children in collaboration with university students, graduate students, and in-service teachers. |
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| Requirements for Completion | Students must complete at least 60 hours of the 75 hours of coursework offered in this program, as well as work on an assigned research project and pass an examination. |
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Graduate School of Education View Official Website |
Development of digital teaching materials Professional training course
| Overview | To develop digital human resources to realize individualized and collaborative learning by creating classes using digital textbooks and teaching materials and developing original digital teaching materials for each subject in collaboration with university students, graduate students, and in-service teachers. |
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| Requirements for Completion | Students must complete at least 60 hours of the 75 hours of coursework offered in the program and report on their work that meets the judging criteria in a presentation. |
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Graduate School of Education View Official Website |
Citrus Industry Human Resource Development Program
| Outline | To develop human resources with the ability to contribute to the promotion of citrus agriculture in Ehime and a wide range of related industries including citrus processing and distribution. |
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| Requirements for Completion | Complete all lecture courses (67.5 hours) offered in this program and pass all assignments presented in each lecture. |
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences View Official Website |
Regional Innovation Innovator Training Program (Toyo)
| Outline |
Develop regional specialists, “Social Innovators”, who can provide new businesses, products, services, science and technology through innovation in response to issues such as Society 5.0/DX, carbon neutrality, regional innovation, and resilience, which require a fundamental shift in business, government, and social activities. The program will foster “social innovators,” regional specialists who can provide new businesses, products, services, and science and technology through innovation. In FY2025, the theme of the program is “fostering human resources who are tri-sectoral (active and collaborative across the three boundaries of the private sector, public sector, and society). |
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| Requirements for Completion | Students must complete all 63 hours of lecture topics (including project research presentations) offered in this program and pass the project research review. |
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Regional Cooperative Promotion Organization Regional Cooperative Center Saijo View Official Website |
Regional Innovation Innovator Training Program (Nanyo)
| Outline | The program is designed to (1) gain a deep understanding of the current status and issues of Japan’s “regions and local areas” using Ehime Prefecture and the Nanyo region as examples, (2) acquire knowledge and skills in various fields of approaches to solving issues, and (3) gain experience in the process of proposing solutions to specific problems. Through the experience of the process of proposing solutions to specific problems, students will acquire the knowledge, knowledge and skills necessary to become human resources who can contribute to “regional development,” which is strongly advocated as a national policy in Japan. |
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| Completion Requirements | Students must complete a minimum of 24 hours of Stage I coursework (18 required and 6 elective hours), 24 hours of Stage II coursework, and 12 hours of Stage III coursework offered in this program, for a total of 60 hours, and pass a project research review. |
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Regional Cooperation Promotion Organization Regional Cooperation Center Nanyo View Official Website |
Japanese Language Study Program
| Outline | This is a group of non-credit courses offered by the Institute for International Relations in the Japanese Language Education Program for International Students, and is offered to external students. Students will take a Japanese level check before starting the course, and then study Japanese in the class of the appropriate level. |
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| Requirements for Completion | Passing the course and final judgment of the class must reach a minimum of 60 hours under the criteria in the attached table and pass one of the “advanced” classes as specified in the attached table. |
| Implementing Entity (Program HP) |
Institute for International Relations View Official Website |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology website (external link)
Certification Programs of Universities and Colleges
Certification System for the Program for Developing Practical Vocational Skills (BP)