Universities may teach and research specialized arts and sciences deeply, and have the nurturing of abilities necessary for occupational or actual life as a principal purpose, in place of the purposes provided in Article 83, paragraph (1).
大学は、第八十三条第一項に規定する目的に代えて、深く専門の学芸を教授研究し、職業又は実際生活に必要な能力を育成することを主な目的とすることができる。
For universities with the purpose prescribed in the preceding paragraph as its purpose, their course term is to be 2 years or 3 years, notwithstanding the provisions prescribed in Article 87, paragraph (1).
Universities referred to in the preceding paragraph are to be called junior colleges.
前項の大学は、短期大学と称する。
Of the universities referred to in paragraph (2), those which are to have the purpose of teaching and researching specialized arts and sciences in depth, and nurturing applied and practical abilities in order to take up occupations requiring expertise, are to be professional and vocational junior colleges.
第二項の大学のうち、深く専門の学芸を教授研究し、専門性が求められる職業を担うための実践的かつ応用的な能力を育成することを目的とするものは、専門職短期大学とする。
The regulations provided in Article 83-2, paragraph (2) applies mutatis mutandis to the universities referred to in the preceding paragraph.
第八十三条の二第二項の規定は、前項の大学に準用する。
The universities in paragraph (2) will not have faculties, notwithstanding the provision of Article 85 and Article 86.
The universities in paragraph (2) will have departments.
第二項の大学には、学科を置く。
The universities in paragraph (2) may have departments providing night classes, or departments providing education through correspondence courses.
第二項の大学には、夜間において授業を行う学科又は通信による教育を行う学科を置くことができる。
A person who has graduated from the universities in paragraph (2) may, pursuant to the provisions of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, transfer to the universities referred to in Article 83.
The provisions referred to in Article 97 does not apply to universities in paragraph (2).
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