University Considers Shifting Academic Year

摘要

Worried about being left behind in the globalization of higher education, the University of Tokyo is laying plans to shift the start of its school year from April to autumn-in 5 years or so. Japan's April-to-March academic year is out of sync with the majority of universities around the world and is "one big reason" the country lags in both attracting international students and in sending its own youth abroad, saidTakao Shimizu, a university biochemist who heads a committee recommending the switch.