[/floatr]Asahi: Todai to increase foreign research staff five fold
The University of Tokyo is about to embark on a major drive to offer a more international outlook in the hope of raising its relatively low standing among the world's universities. It plans to increase its foreign staff to 1,300, five times the current level, officials said...The number of facilities abroad will also be increased from the current 22 to 130. The university is seen to be lagging behind other universities in its use of foreign researchers...The number of foreign staffers at the university accounts for only about 5 percent of the total 5,000 positions... The university also plans to create more scholarships for foreign students...University President Hiroshi Komiyama...also said he would put more importance on English education within the university...more...
