Future Vision 1: A university with enriched interdisciplinary and cross-departmental research
Supported by URAs from each campus, interdisciplinary research integrating humanities and sciences was selected for the "Human-Information Ecosystem" R&D area (https://www.jst.go.jp/ristex/hite/index.html)
Future Vision 2: A university capable of advanced and impactful research
Through coordination by specialist URAs, three industry-academic collaboration projects (https://www.pha.keio.ac.jp/research/rcdd/index.html) were launched, aiming to return drug discovery research results to society and foster excellent international talent
Future Vision 3: A university with active international talent exchange and joint research
Full-time URAs contributed to the conclusion of a partnership agreement (http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/news-event/044178.html) for a joint research project titled "The 'Shape' of Post-war Japan" with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University
Future Vision 4: A university that contributes to society through research results
Ranked 114th in the world in the TRANSPARENT RANKING: Institutional Repositories by Google Scholar, a ranking of global institutional repositories (up from 264th in January 2017)
Future Vision 5: A university with an established research support system
Established a management system for joint and commissioned research projects, as well as a conflict of interest management system