Kyoto Institute of Technology Top Global University ‐ Logic Model
Open‐Tech Innovation ～An Initiative for Global, Social and Regional Collaboration～
・See Background

Activities

InputsFunding

Human Resource Enhancements

Running Costs

・Commissioning Overseas Top‐
Ranking Research Units
・Programs Dispatching Faculty andAdministrators Abroad
・Training Faculty and Administrators
in Intercultural AwarenessLabor Costs

Honorariums

Travel Costs
・Preparation for EstablishingOverseas Offices
・Dispatching Faculty andAdministrators Abroad
・Outside Evaluations

Other・Systems Development andOperating Costs
・Document Translation
Commission Costs
・Printing Costs
・Pamphlet Production
・TOEIC FeesManagement Expenses Grants
for National Universities
・Equipment Costs: InternetAccess and Maintenance・Labor and Related Costs:
Faculty and AdministratorSalaries

・Increasing International
Student Numbers
・Internationalizing ourResearch LabsCurriculum Enhancements
・Academic Calendar Reform
・Parallel English Curriculum
・English Training Programs
・Student TOEIC
・Speaking Tests
・Global Internships
・Classes Implementing Project‐based
Learning
・Implementing Cross‐disciplinary
Integrated Education through
Design‐thinking
・Establishing Leadership andBusiness Courses Inclusive ofKyoto’s Traditional Applied Arts
and Advanced Technology

Campus Enhancements
・Labs that Model Globalization
・Marketing and Advertising in
Languages Other Than Japanese・ Establishing a Tech Salon・ Welcoming the Public to Tech
Symposia
・Maintaining our Global Commons
・Holding International Exhibitions
・Establishing an International
Cultural Education Facility
・Maintaining our Domestic andInternational Student Living Facilities■ Establishing an Education

System that Turns Out Tech
Leaders
The three enhancements (personnel, campus
environment and curriculum) will enable
students to acquire the four skills required of
top‐level international experts. With
specialized knowledge and skills, our techleaders demonstrate global‐level leadershipand carry projects to successful outcomes.

[The Four Skills:]
・ Increasing Partner Institution
Numbers
・ Establishing Joint International
Degree Programs
・ Increasing Doctoral Student
Numbers
・ Increasing the number ofprograms that can be completed
without Japanese language
proficiency
・ Increasing the number ofdomestic students studying
abroad・ Increasing the number ofstudents who meet our second
language proficiency standards
・ Insuring that our Students
Acquire Practical Specialist
Knowledge
・ Forming Hubs for Technology‐
Exchange
・ Forming Hubs for Cultural
Exchange
・ Designating Kyoto Traditional
Culture, Cutting‐edge
Technology, andLeadership/Business‐related
courses as required courses

・ Expertise・ Leadership
・ Foreign Language Proficiency
・ Cultural Identity■ International NetworkStructure
The three enhancements at left areglobalizing our campus and providing afoundation for the inclusion of a wider
range of stakeholders. We are pioneering
the international hubs below to promoteinteraction in our research strengths[Primary Hubs]
・ KYOTO Design Lab
・ Advanced Insect Research
Promotion Hub
・ Advanced Monozukuri Fiber
Research Promotion Hub・ Green Innovation Lab・ New Materials Innovation Lab■ Global Arms・ Joint Degree Program,Chiang Mai University, Thailand
・ Double Degree Programs atPolitecnico di Torino and Ca' Foscari
University of Venice, Italy
・ Cotutelle Program, Universited'Orleans, France
・ Overseas Offices: Thailand, UK, Italy

Background

Increased Public Accessibility Policy
We are:globalizing through personnel, campus
environment and curriculum enhancements;
attracting domestic and international humanresources; and gaining recognition as a center for
open innovation through interaction with diverse
human resources.
Our Asian Hubs serve as worldwide researcher
networking sites.
Japanese Studentsand Faculty

Young Top‐level Researchers
Research Units
Corporations infrom Outside
Japan and AbroadJapan

Research CurriculumOPEN IT! Local high school
Internationalstudents
Completed without
Students
Leaving Our
Domestic and International
University
Industry‐Academia
Partnerships
Leaders of Japan
Public Servant
Leaders of Regional
Salary System
Human Resources for
Globalization
Global Corporations

Having opened the box and provided
accessibility to our resources, we are now
training Tech Leaders, experts withmulticultural awareness who can identify
issues and create solutions. Our alumni
have mastered these four skills:
Foreign Language
Proficiency

Expertise
Leadership

Cultural Identity∫ Local ⇔ Global
The World is Composed of Communities↓

We are turning out human resources whowill provide solutions in many communities
and regions of the world.

Supplying Tech Leaders to Production
Centers Outside the Kyoto City Limits

・Invited Partner Institution
Lecturers
・Judges・English Language Support
・International StudentSupport

Governace Reform・Specially AppointedProfessors
・Program Coordinators
・International Experts
・Administrative Assistants

・Increasing Non‐Japanese
Faculty Numbers
・Upgrading Administrator andFaculty Intercultural AwarenessConstructing a Tech Leader
Training Framework

Mid‐ and Long‐term Outcomes

Hubs of Innovation

・Introducing an Annual Salary System
and a Tenure Track System

・Equipment, Facilities
・Education Costs
・Introducing New Systems
・Office Supply Costs

・ Constructing a Dynamic
Governance System・ Establishing Key Strategic
Organizations

Short‐term Outcomes

Disseminating Reform Outcomes to Other Universities
We are:other universities through・Promoting our activities at home presentations at academic
and abroad through our website conferences and in conferenceand SNSpublications
・Providing learning opportunities ・Cultivating the cultural identityof students by offering subjects
through symposia and otherrelated to Kyoto's traditional
public events
・Sharing our speaking test and the applied arts through joint
discoveries of professors we sent education programs withaffiliated universities in Kyoto.
to universities overseas, withAttracting Human Resources to Employment Outside the Kyoto City Limits

・Implementing Reform Projects
for More Effective University
Management

Outputs

・As industries are expanding overseas at
an accelerated speed, we have quickened
our adoption of an international mindset
and of playing a larger role in promoting
globalization throughout Kyoto Prefecture.
・60% of our graduates are employed inKyoto and adjacent prefectures where theyplay active roles in manufacturing, set up
production bases overseas, conduct joint
research and spur development. Taking
charge, they bring a global perspective totechnological and product development.

Impacts○ Using Research Outcomes to
Revitalize Communities and Innovate
Positive Social Change○ Driving the globalization of Kyoto
and Osaka area companies andcommunities through Tech Leader
activity

・Keeping Kyoto Communities andBusinesseson the Path of Globalization
・Forming European, US and Asian
networking hubs in our areas ofexpertise

Other Impact‐enabling Measures
and Approaches
・Promoting Recurrent Education
・Continuing Center of Community Operations
・Continuing Center of Innovation Operations
・Developing Industry‐Academia Collaborative Researchand Education
・High School/University Partner Workshops

Building Momentum by Increasing Capital・Establishing an Industry‐Academia‐Government Promotion
Center that supports the Industry‐Academia‐Government/
Research Connection
・Increasing Funds Available to Kyoto Institute of Technology
Foundation Operations
・Revising rules on Industry‐Academia Collaboration
・Making rentable facilities available to non‐university entities
for collaborative research purposes