Schools Scramble for Niche To Keep Up With Competition

摘要

Faculty members at each one of Japan's 98 national universities get the same salaries, lab space, and base funding for research. At least they are supposed to, according to government policy. But some are more equal than others. The influence and prestige of the country's two oldest national universities, the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, have allowed them to claim a disproportionate share of competitive government grants and big projects, and their faculty members enjoy the scientific perks that go along with such success.