The role of specialized faculties at higher schools under the old system as regional educational institutions of specialized higher education would be played by the specialized schools under the old system and the imperial universities that would later be established in increasing numbers in local regions.
旧制高等学校専門学部の地方における高等専門教育機関としての役割は、後に、各地で増設されることになる帝国大学や旧制専門学校が担うことになった。