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Hosting of the Tama Academic Consortium (TAC) Faculty Event

Update: November 2, 2022

On Friday, October 21, 2022, the Tama Academic Consortium (TAC) Faculty Event was held at the International Christian University.

TAC is a university cooperation organization consisting of four-year universities located in the Tama district. Comprising Kunitachi College of Music, Musashino Art University, Tokyo Keizai University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tsuda University, and International Christian University, TAC provides a credit transfer system which utilizes the specialized fields of these six universities as well as the mutual usage of their libraries. (Details: Tama Academic Consortium (Japanese Only)

The TAC Faculty Event is held once a year with the aim of strengthening the cooperation and exchange of information among the member universities. This year's 22nd event was titled "New Normal, New TACtics" and it was coordinated by the International Christian University with over 100 participants taking part in the event either in person or online.

The keynote speech was given by an alum of International Christian University, Kotaro Takahashi, Assistant Director, Office for Higher Education Policy, Higher Education Policy Planning Division, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Mr. Takahashi talked about MEXT's latest measures regarding the cooperation among universities and among regions. 。

Taking into consideration the content of the keynote speech, the participants worked in groups to further examine the cooperation among universities. This enabled them to interact more deeply and exchange opinions towards achieving a more substantial cooperation.

The event provided an opportunity for the participants to reconfirm the importance of TAC cooperation implemented so far and to consider the new possibilities available to TAC through "New TACtics".

Furthermore, prior to the faculty event, students from the International Christian University provided a campus tour, which provided a great opportunity for the faculty of the other universities to gain a better understanding of our university.