{"id":167522,"date":"2024-12-06T13:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T04:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167522&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-12-06T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T04:36:46","slug":"new-digital-innovation-faculty-kitakyushu-university","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/new-digital-innovation-faculty-kitakyushu-university\/","title":{"rendered":"New Digital Innovation Faculty at Kitakyushu University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University of Kitakyushu<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plans to launch the Information Innovation Faculty (tentative name) in April 2027, incorporating problem-based learning (PBL) with support from 30 IT companies. Students will form teams with industry mentors to develop practical skills in data analysis and problem-solving, aiming to produce job-ready digital talent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration has already begun, including a project with WingArc1st that leverages data from a local J3 soccer team to analyze visitor behavior and enhance downtown Kitakyushu&#8217;s vitality. The university aims to secure more partnerships to build a robust educational and practical learning ecosystem.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitakyu-u.ac.jp\/news\/2024\/12\/005419.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University of Kitakyushu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167529\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_kitakyushu-uni-wingarc_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1077&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Digital Innovation Faculty at Kitakyushu University\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_kitakyushu-uni-wingarc_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_kitakyushu-uni-wingarc_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_kitakyushu-uni-wingarc_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C788&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fnn_kitakyushu-uni-wingarc_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C591&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Kitakyushu plans to launch the Information Innovation Faculty (tentative name) in April 2027, incorporating&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":167533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-167522","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}