Platform for Community-based Research and Education (CoRE)

CoRE, established in October 2017, aims to realize our mission as "a center of community university that is locally rooted and globally recognized", which is the vision of the university. We promote the project "New development of education and research that contributes to regional revitalization," and develop human resources who can play active roles in the local communities with the capability to solve problems in collaboration with the stakeholders in the region. Through such activities, we contribute to regional development by forming a base of knowledge for regional revitalization and creating new regional value. The platform consists of four offices, community-based research, regional revitalization education, extension, and regional collaboration, and one facility, the Community Design Lab, which is a place for collaboration of local people with faculty and students. In addition, university research administrators (URA) for regional cooperation are appointed to promote cooperation between stakeholders in the region and university, organizations, and faculty members on campus, and to utilize the results of projects.