GEAR SHIFT INSTRUCTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES

A hybrid ECU (100) includes a learning device configured to learn a gear shift operation time of a driver with respect to a manual transmission (30) mounted on a hybrid vehicle (1); and a gear shift instructing device configured to set an instructing gear shift stage to the manual transmission (30) suited for restart of an engine (10) in a stopped state during traveling according to a learned result of the learning device, and instruct the driver to perform a gear shift operation to the instructing gear shift stage. For instance, the instructing gear shift stage is a gear shift stage corresponding to an engine revolution number greater than or equal to an idle revolution number and a minimum of engine revolution numbers at a time of completion of the gear shift operation estimated for every gear shift stage.