Gifu University concluded a partnership agreement in the field of food science with Gifu Prefecture at the Gifu Prefectural Government Office on November 16, 2015.
With the aim of promoting and strengthening research development and support for local companies in the field of food science, Gifu Prefecture and Gifu University will collaborate and interchange with each other for the support of local businesses and educational and academic research activities.
At the signing ceremony, President Hisataka Moriwaki expressed his hope for the agreement saying, "Gifu University, which has extensive research experience in the field of food science, will be able to contribute to local revitalization by sharing research achievements with society. The University will do its utmost to produce many tangible results in the future."
Gifu University will implement various activities jointly with the Prefecture to bolster the three core fields of the promotion of research development of local food, strengthening the support system for food and healthcare companies, and promoting the development of specialists through practical education and human exchange.
Gifu University will establish the Gifu Prefectural Food Science Research Center (tentatively named) as a hub for the collaborative activities on the University campus by 2018. The Center will be a three-story building in which the Gifu Prefectural Government will have offices of Food Department of Industrial Technology Center on the first and second floor, and an industry-government-academia hub will be located on the third floor, where the Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences and private companies will promote joint research. The establishment of a public experimental research institution of the Prefecture on the premises of a national university will be the first such attempt in Japan.