SHOKEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY

Cultivating People Equipped with Foundational Skills as Members of Society

Students likely envisage their future after graduation as going out into society, working for the organization of their choice, and building their career in that workplace. However, building a career is not the same as achieving success in your work. In diverse environments such as the workplace, family, and life in the community, you will be asked to foster the attitudes and abilities that are most appropriate for those environments. As well as the specialized knowledge you have acquired in the various departments at university, you will need to make the most of the rich humanity and general knowledge you have cultivated at the University out in society.

SHOKEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY identifies these kinds of basic skills needed to work in society as “foundational skills as members of society” and provides support so that each and every student can foster those skills.

The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), defines these foundational skills as the abilities needed to put basic academic skills and specialized knowledge into practice. They are expressed in terms of three abilities, namely Action, Thinking, and Teamwork, and twelve elements that make up those three abilities.

Although we all possess these foundational skills, the twelve elements differ depending on the personality and qualities of the individual. Students are encouraged to realize the strengths and weaknesses in their own foundational skills as members of society and to overcome the weaknesses and improve the strengths. If you examine what kind of person you are, your experiences, abilities, and aptitudes in an objective light, then compare them with the skills required by your preferred workplace, you will realize what areas you need to work on now.

Fundamental abilities needed to work in society

Basic Academic Skills 　　

Abilities to Put into Practice 　　

Specialized Knowledge