17 University has since undertaken efforts to increase the proportion of women researchers and to support female students. Administrative reforms were also advanced. As one of the four pillars of the Administrative Reform Action Plan formulated at the end of FY2006, the administrative organization was reorganized. In FY2008, the system was reorganized from two departments and ten sections into an eight-section structure, thereby improving the speed and efficiency of operations. By the end of FY2015, it had been further reorganized into a structure of one deputy director and nine sections. 2.4.2 Promotion of Diverse Programs and Projects While responding appropriately to government and MEXT policies, the University reorganized its education and research structure in FY2010 in order to make the most of its strengths and distinctive features. Thereafter, under the new education and research structure, it promoted and achieved results in four major government-funded projects: the National University Reform Enhancement Promotion Project ( Collaborative Project among Nagaoka University of Technology, Toyohashi University of Technology, and the National Institute of Technology; FY2012–2017), the Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities (FY2013–2022), the Doctoral Program for Leading Graduate Schools ( Training Brain Information Architects for Highly Advanced Handling of Massive Information; FY2013–2021), and the Top Global University Project (FY2014–2023). In addition, the University implemented a variety of programs and projects, including the Program for Training Outstanding Engineers and the Tailor-Made Baton-Zone Education Program, and continued to work on human resource development. Based on the University’s branding strategy and to promote unified public relations activities grounded in a visual identity reflecting the University’s philosophy, a communication mark was approved at the University Management Council meeting in June 2009 and came to be used as the core visual symbol of University communications. 2.4.3 Educational Structure in the 40th Year After the Founding Regarding the education and research organization, the reorganization discussed since FY2002 was implemented in FY2010. The undergraduate and graduate schools were reorganized in response to societal changes, and the previous structure of eight undergraduate programs and eight master’s majors in the Faculty of Engineering and Graduate School of Engineering (master’s program (first-stage of the doctoral program) was reorganized into five programs and five majors, based on the five pillars of “Mechanical Engineering (including Materials and Energy),” “Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering,” “Information and Intelligence,” “Environment and Life Science,” and “Architecture and Urban Systems.” The University’s Communication Mark Campus decorations using the University Brand Mark (University Brand Mark) and brand colors
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