Expansion of Education ICT and University Admissions Services

「The platform has been adopted by 108 schools (as of August 2026), and is used each year by more than half of the approximately 600,000 university applicants (based on the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s 2025 School Basic Survey).」

「To expand the Apudemy® business, we are issuing achievement badges (SBTs) through integration with the university-admissions portal “UCARO®” and developing a lifelong-learning platform using blockchain and Web3.0.」

「The company is promoting new business creation by leveraging UCARO®’s touchpoints with younger users. Through “Apdemi®,” a next-generation self-sovereign digital identity platform that uses the advanced security provided by Web3.0 technologies such as blockchain, NFTs and DID, together with accumulated data, it aims to transform individuals’ learning and experiential achievements into the value of “tamper-proof credibility” and create new opportunities for society.」

「The company will use data across broader business areas and develop UCARO® as a platform through which users can access a range of services, with the aim of supporting individual users and helping them achieve richer lives. It also signed a basic agreement with the Eiken Foundation of Japan, commonly known as Eiken, concerning the integration of UCARO® Application (Web Application System) with Eiken’s digital certificates for university admissions applications.」

「The company will develop UCARO® as a hub connecting its various business areas as a data platform, while seeking to expand the volume and types of data held by strengthening external touchpoints and expanding services. It will continue creating new value through data businesses under a growth strategy centered on the service.」

「The company will develop UCARO® as a hub connecting its various business areas as a data platform, while seeking to expand the volume and types of data held by strengthening external touchpoints and expanding services. It will continue creating new value through data businesses under a growth strategy centered on the service.」

「The company will develop UCARO® as a hub connecting its various business areas as a data platform, while seeking to expand the volume and types of data held by strengthening external touchpoints and expanding services. It will continue creating new value through data businesses under a growth strategy centered on the service.」

「The company will develop UCARO® as a hub connecting its various business areas as a data platform, while seeking to expand the volume and types of data held by strengthening external touchpoints and expanding services. The number of schools adopting the applicant portal site UCARO® exceeded 100 and increased by 23 year on year to 111.」

「As a result, the number of schools adopting the applicant portal site UCARO® exceeded 100 and increased by 23 year on year to 111. The company will continue creating new value through data businesses under a growth strategy centered on the system. It also revamped its My Number administration management system as “Maina One,” a one-stop service designed to further improve administrative efficiency and user convenience, and launched “iiscore-U,” a service that centrally manages the scoring of interviews and pre-admission assignments in university admissions to improve operational efficiency, and “Compass-U,” a fully online service supporting admission through comprehensive selection.」

「As a result, the number of schools adopting UCARO® exceeded 100 and increased by 19 year on year to 107. The company will continue creating new value through data businesses under a growth strategy centered on the system. It also acquired the human-resources development support business provided by 株式会社クシム to create new synergies with the system. In addition, it launched “iiscore,” a service that centrally manages the scoring of interviews and pre-admission assignments in university admissions to improve operational efficiency, and “Compass-U,” a fully online service supporting admission through comprehensive selection.」

「The company also added a “QR Code Solution” and “Questionnaire” functions to improve the efficiency of admissions-related operations through QR code management. It will continue to actively provide various optional functions and data integration for UCARO® and expand the service provision period. The number of adopting schools increased by 6 year on year to 94.」

「As part of these initiatives, the company will develop UCARO® as a hub connecting its various business areas as a data platform, while seeking to expand the volume and types of data held by strengthening external touchpoints and expanding services. The number of adopting schools increased by 13 year on year to 88.」

「As part of these initiatives, the company will develop UCARO® as a hub connecting its various business areas as a data platform, while seeking to expand the volume and types of data held by strengthening external touchpoints and expanding services. The number of adopting schools increased by 11 year on year to 86.」

「As part of these initiatives, the company will develop UCARO® as a hub connecting its various business areas as a data platform, while seeking to expand the volume and types of data held by strengthening external touchpoints and expanding services. The number of adopting schools increased by 3 year on year to 78.」

「As part of these initiatives, the company will develop UCARO® as a hub connecting its various business areas as a data platform, while seeking to expand the volume and types of data held by strengthening external touchpoints and expanding services in each business. UCARO®’s market penetration continued to progress, with the number of adopting schools increasing by 1 year on year to 76.」

「UCARO®’s market penetration continued to progress, with the number of adopting schools increasing by 8 year on year to 75, while the number of registered users of UCARO® family, the site for parents, rose to more than approximately 2.5 times the previous year’s level.」

「The company is providing some Gakken Prime Seminar content free of charge to UCARO® users through 31 March 2021, and has established user ID integration between UCARO® and the Gakken Group. Using this as an opportunity, the two companies will deepen their collaboration further and advance the development and provision of new data-driven services. UCARO®’s market penetration continued to progress, with the number of adopting schools increasing to 75 and the number of registered users of UCARO® family, the site for parents, rising to approximately twice the previous year’s level.」

「The number of schools adopting UCARO® increased to 70, while the number of registered users of “UCARO® family,” the site for parents provided since December 2019, has already exceeded the total number of registered users in the previous fiscal year. Going forward, in parallel with efforts to enhance UCARO®’s presence, the company will promote initiatives to create new value through data businesses, including expanding the services offered in each business area and increasing the volume and types of data held.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group is pursuing various initiatives under its vision for the fiscal 2020–2022 medium-term management plan, “Connect businesses smartly. Weave the stories of lives.” Its key priorities for the current fiscal year are “promoting alliances and M&A,” “enhancing UCARO®-related services,” and “developing cross-business services.”」

「The company continued working to increase the number of schools adopting UCARO® and the number of registered users, bringing the number of adopting schools to 67. In October 2019, it held the first university admissions conference in the Chukyo region, which led to an increase in the number of adopting schools in the region. The number of registered users also rose substantially, from approximately 230,000 in the previous fiscal year to more than approximately 280,000 in the current fiscal year.」

「As part of these initiatives, the company strengthened its UCARO® service in its education-related operations. One enhancement was the addition of a “Pre-Enrollment Preparation Support” function, which supplements UCARO®’s existing functions through the enrollment procedure by providing broad support for preparations for university entry after the announcement of admission results. The other was the provision of “UCARO® family,” a site for parents that can be linked with UCARO®. The service will be provided in conjunction with UCARO® as a tool to ease parents’ concerns about university admissions and support universities’ public-relations activities directed at parents. During the nine-month period ended in the third quarter of the current fiscal year, the company worked to increase the number of schools adopting UCARO® and the number of registered users in its education-related operations, increasing the number of adopting schools by 15. It aims to become a data platformer and establish UCARO® as the de facto standard in the market.」

「As part of these initiatives, the company is working to increase the number of schools adopting UCARO® and the number of registered users in its education-related operations, and has increased the number of adopting schools by 9. It aims to establish UCARO® as the de facto standard in the market and to become a data platformer.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group is pursuing various initiatives, with its medium-term management plan objective for fiscal 2019–2021 being to “take ODK to the next stage.” Its key priorities for the current fiscal year are “providing AI and data services,” “responding to institutional reform, pursuing strategic sales initiatives, and optimizing head-office, branch-office and infrastructure functions,” and “promoting automation and outsourcing, and developing capabilities and skills.”」

「During the fiscal year, the company actively expanded sales of UCARO®, increasing the number of adopting schools by 16, while the number of companies outsourcing My Number operations reached 25. The number of applications processed for university admissions rose 13.6% year on year to approximately 1.23 million.」

「As an initiative for the current fiscal year under its key priorities, the company is working to increase the number of schools adopting UCARO® and the number of registered users in order to enhance UCARO®’s market value in education-related operations. It aims to establish UCARO® as the de facto standard in the market, build a structure capable of addressing future education reform and new business areas such as data businesses, and secure a competitive advantage.」

「As part of these efforts, the company is actively working to expand contracts for the customer service software “Zendesk” and digital interview platform “HireVue.” It also acquired its first user for “Movie Interview for University,” a video interview service for universities. The company will continue to develop a broad range of solutions to promote the adoption of ICT in the education sector.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group is pursuing various initiatives, with its medium-term management plan objective for fiscal 2018–2020 being to “take ODK to the next stage.” Its key priorities for the current fiscal year are “providing AI and HR tech services,” “responding to education reform, expanding medical operations, and optimizing head-office, branch-office and infrastructure functions,” and “promoting automation and outsourcing, and developing capabilities and skills.”」

「In information-processing outsourcing, the number of schools outsourcing university admissions operations increased by 4, the number of schools adopting UCARO increased by 25, and the number of schools using the Web application service increased by 6, while the number of companies outsourcing My Number operations reached 24. The number of applications processed for university admissions rose 12.7% year on year to approximately 1.08 million.」

「In information-processing outsourcing, the number of schools outsourcing university admissions operations increased by 4, the number of schools adopting UCARO increased by 25, and the number of schools using the Web application service increased by 6, while the number of companies outsourcing My Number operations reached 24.」

「The total number of schools and companies using UCARO and outsourcing My Number operations has been steadily increasing, and operating revenue is on an upward trend. In information-processing outsourcing, the number of schools outsourcing university admissions operations increased by 4, the number of schools adopting UCARO increased by 23, and the number of schools using the Web application service increased by 6, while the number of companies outsourcing My Number operations reached 24.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group is pursuing various initiatives, with its medium-term management plan objective for fiscal 2017–2019 being to transform itself into a “new ODK.” Its key priorities for the current fiscal year are “participation in medical systems development and provision of AI services,” “expanding sales of UCARO and My Number-related services,” and “thorough management of profitability by business and customer, and effective use of external resources.”」

「During the fiscal year, full-scale operation of the applicant portal site “UCARO” began, and the service was launched at 15 schools for the fiscal 2017 admissions cycle, targeting students entering university in April 2017. In information-processing outsourcing, the number of schools outsourcing university admissions operations increased by 4 and the number of schools using the Web application service increased by 22, while the number of companies outsourcing My Number operations reached 23. The number of applications processed for university admissions rose 17.4% year on year to approximately 960,000.」

「During the nine-month period ended in the third quarter of the current fiscal year, the company commenced full-scale operation of the applicant portal site “UCARO.” In information-processing outsourcing, the number of schools outsourcing university admissions operations increased by 4, the number of schools using the Web application service increased by 22, and the number of schools outsourcing UCARO operations increased by 16.」

「In information-processing outsourcing, the number of schools outsourcing university admissions operations increased by 4 and the number of schools using the Web application service increased by 21, while the number of companies outsourcing My Number operations reached 19.」

「The Group is pursuing various initiatives, with its medium-term management plan objective for fiscal 2016–2018 being to transform itself into a “new ODK.” Its key priorities for the current fiscal year are “undertaking various examination-related operations,” “expanding sales of UCARO and My Number-related services,” and “transitioning to function-based operations, clarifying and consolidating functions.”」

「Ongoing efforts to strengthen sales paid off, with the number of schools outsourcing university admissions operations increasing by 2, the number of schools using the Web application service increasing by 16, and the number of SENS21 users increasing by 1 company in information-processing outsourcing. The number of applications processed for university admissions rose 3.8% year on year to approximately 820,000, exceeding the number of applicants for the National Center Test for University Admissions for the ninth consecutive year.」