産学協同(さんがくきょうどう)

さんがくきょうどう
noun
industry-academia cooperation
formalacademiceducation
1. cooperation between industry and universities
Joint work between companies and universities on research, technology development, and training. 産(さん) is industry and 学(がく) is academia.
産学協同(さんがくきょうどう)の研究(けんきゅう)が進(すす)んでいる。
Industry-academia joint research is moving forward.
この製品(せいひん)は産学協同(さんがくきょうどう)で生(う)まれた。
This product came out of industry-academia cooperation.
Through industry-academia cooperation with local companies, the university provides students with places to gain practical experience.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 産学連携(さんがくれんけい): the current standard term in government and university policy documents
  • 産官学(さんかんがく): industry, government, and academia — the three-way version, often 産官学連携(さんかんがくれんけい)

Historically 産学協同(さんがくきょうどう) was the older term and was criticized in the 1960s student movement as subordinating universities to business; 産学連携(さんがくれんけい) is now preferred in official use.