In accordance with our basic philosophy of serving as a base for teacher training in the Kyushu and Okinawa regions to nurture talented teachers who can learn throughout their life, we aim to enhance the strengths and features that we have cultivated to make further achievements primarily in the area of teacher development. We intend to operate and manage the University in a way which ensures that we can achieve our mission with confidence and pride.

First, in order to provide education that is tailored to individual students, we restructured the student organization, redesigned the degree program curriculums to meet diverse student needs by establishing “elective areas” in addition to the main majors of each course, and revamped our entrance examinations by implementing admission selection separately for each program to enable seamless course registration in individual degree programs. In accordance with the degree awarding policy (diploma policy), curriculum design and implementation policy (curriculum policy), and enrolled student admission policy (admission policy), which are systematically restructured through these reforms, we will conduct undergraduate/graduate education and constantly review and improve our educational programs. As for extracurricular activities, we will help students develop the capabilities and skills necessary for cooperating with schools, parents, and the local community through the Student Volunteering Accreditation System.

In the area of research, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Education will play a leading role in promoting research projects that contribute to solving school and education related issues and explore new educational methods for Society 5.0, in cooperation with boards of education and other universities in Kyushu as well as our attached schools.

In terms of teacher training, we will work with boards of education to develop high-quality learning content and provide effective support to help people improve their capabilities and skills as teachers following the abolition of teacher’s license renewal rules, with the aim of becoming a university that contributes to teacher training as well as teacher development.

A prefectural special needs school is scheduled to be established on our campus in academic year 2026. We will continue working closely with Fukuoka Prefecture and Munakata City to ensure that we can develop a joint research partnership and implement pioneering special needs education based on our research achievements.

Our teaching and office staff will work together to make the University of Teacher Education Fukuoka one of the best teacher training universities in the areas of education, research, social contribution, and international exchange.