大學畢業生就業率下降的因素除了景氣不佳與產業結構失衡外， 企業所需的「人才」與大學畢業生的「能力」存在著「落差」也是主 要原因。日本在1997 年以內閣跨部會的協議來推動大學實習活動， 並作為產學合作的一環，企圖提升大學生就業率並振興景氣。本文透 過國家政策與早稻田大學的個案分析後發現，日本大學內之實習活動 逐漸被視為重要的教學活動，甚至成為正式課程的一環，負責實施實 習活動的單位也日趨多元化；此外，海外的實習活動對於提升大學國 際能見度也具有正面的意義。

The increasing unemployment rate of college graduates may be due to many reasons: economic recession, imbalanced industrial structures, and the mismatch or gap between college graduates’ abilities and the needs of the industries. Since 1997, the Japanese government has promoted college internship systems to help solve the unemployment and recession problems. Through an examination of the Japanese national policy and the case of Waseda University, this paper fi nds that internship has been widely implemented in colleges, even as an integral part of the curriculum, which can offer credits and be charged by various units in different universities. Besides, overseas internship programs in the case of study are found to be helpful in promoting the university’s international reputation.