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1 Introduction

2 Faculties and Schools

3 Centers and Institutes

4 Academic and Research
Projects

5 International Exchanges

6 Facts

7 Access
8 History

1 Message from the President		
2 Vision and Goals		
3 Organization				
4 Faculty of Letters		
5 Faculty of Law		
6 Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences 		
7 School of Law		
8-9 Faculty of Education / Graduate School of Education / Graduate School of Teacher
Education
10 Faculty of Science		
11 Faculty of Engineering		
12-13 Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology / Graduate School of Science andTechnology
14-15 School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medical Sciences /Graduate School of Health Sciences		
16-17 School of Pharmacy / Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences 		
18 Faculty of Life Sciences		19 Undergraduate and Graduate Courses 				
20 Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics / Institute of Pulsed Power Science /Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence
21 Kumamoto University Innovative Collaboration Organization (KICO) / Organization
for Globalization / Headquarters for Admissions and Education / Organization forCommunity Development / International Research Center for Medical Sciences
22 International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology /Center for Management of Information Technologies / College of Cross-Cultural
and Multidisciplinary Studies
23 Center for Policy Studies / Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School / Institutefor e-Learning Development
24 Center for Marine Environment Studies / Magnesium Research Center / Instituteof Resource Development and Analysis / Center for AIDS Research
25 Environmental Safety Center / Research Center for Buried Cultural Properties /Health Care Center / Student Accessibility Support Room / University Archives
26 University Hospital		
27 University Library		
28-29 Local and Overseas Offices				
30 Top Global University Project		
31 Center of Community Project / Program for Promoting Regional Revitalization by
Universities as Centers of Community (COC+)
32 Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities		
33-36 Advanced Research Projects		
		37-40 International Exchange Agreements 		
41 Researchers and Scholars Exchanges		
42 International Students / Japanese Students Study Abroad		
43 International House / Japanese Language Classes
44-45 International Programs / Kumamoto University Summer Program 2015 /Kumamoto University 2015 Summer Program in English
46-47 Topics of International Activities
48 Administrative Officers		
49 Faculty and Staff Size		
50 Student Enrollment / Student Financial Aid 		
51 Student Admission / Student Costs		
52 Degrees Awarded / After Graduation		
53 Budget Breakdown		
		54-56 Campus Maps		
57 Location				58-59 History		
60 Kumamoto University Museum

Part 1Introduction

Message from the Presidentw

elcome to Kumamoto University (KU). Kumamoto
is located in the center of Kyushu Island in Japanand is rich in nature. We have the huge volcanic Aso
mountain in the eastern part of Kumamoto Prefecture. On thewest side, there is the picturesque Amakusa seashore with small
islands connected by 5 bridges. KU is situated in Kumamoto
City where historic Kumamoto castle is surrounded by many
trees. So, the city is called FOREST CITY. We have a hill cladin fresh greenery behind the KU campus, giving us a tranquil
atmosphere for studies. Kumamoto is also known for its highquality fresh water springs, which provide drinking water to theresidents.
These are some reasons I feel confident that visitors andinternational students in Kumamoto can have an enjoyable andhigh quality life. KU is one of the oldest universities in Japan
with seven faculties, nine graduate schools and 21 research
centers/institutes (as of September 2016) that support a wide
spectrum of educational and research activities. Currently, theuniversity is home to around 8,000 undergraduate students
and 2,000 graduate students, including 500 international
students from 48 countries (as of May 2016). For over 100 years
our university has been at the forefront of culture, advancing
science and technology, and contributing to the development of
the Japanese educational system.

HARADA Shinji
President of Kumamoto University

Recently, we have been selected by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for thefollowing 3 projects; the Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities, the Top Global University
Project and the Center of Community Project. Consequently,
KU will be seeing increased internationalization brought
about by international academic and student exchange
programs (as of September 2016, we have partnered with 208
institutes from 44 countries and regions), global-collaboration
research programs with the world’s leading researchers, andother such international activities. The short-term international student exchange programs are conducted at both KU
and our partner universities. Through these activities, KU has
been contributing to local communities and to global society.
We seek to cultivate an open mind with a broad view, acreative imagination, the ability to solve problems, and theaptitude to communicate internationally. We believe thispolicy will ensure that many competent professionals andleaders of future societies will emanate from our university.
I hope this book helps you to learn more about Kumamoto
University and its activities.

President of Kumamoto University
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Part 1Introduction

￼ “Forest of Creative Powers, Blaze of Challenging Spirits”
Kumamoto University (KU), a globally active research university with roots in local communities, has adopted a mottothat symbolizes the university’s brand attributes and expresses its essential quality: “KU Spirit.”

VisionKumamoto University aims to contribute to the community and global society by cultivating intelligent, moral, andskillful people, while working for the creation, inheritance, and development of knowledge, following the spirit of theFundamental Law of Education and the School Education Law.

Goals
Education

In order to cultivate unique, creative people, the university provides a comprehensive education based on a consistentphilosophy followed by all our undergraduate departments and graduate schools.
Our undergraduate departments, with the help of a broad education, inculcate in students the abilities of international
communication, adapting to the information age, and thinking and acting independently.
Our graduate schools cultivate highly specialized workers with comprehensive reasoning ability, technical knowledge,
and internationally recognized skills, in addition to deep insight into human beings and nature, on the basis of the undergraduate education that the workers have received.
As an institution that is open to the public, the university offers a place where people can engage in lifelong learning.
Research

The university strives to protect and develop humankind’s cultural heritage, while enhancing its capabilities to function
as a center of advanced academic research and proactively promote cutting-edge, creative academic research.
In addition, by making use of its unique features, comprehensively deepening knowledge in the fields of human science,social science, and natural science, as well as promoting interdisciplinary research, Kumamoto University is working tocontribute to the harmonious coexistence of humans and the environment, as well as sustainable societal development.
Contributions to local and global communities

As a university located in a regional hub city, the university will strengthen its cooperation with the local community andserve the functions of being a central research facility and cultivating leaders in the local community. By striving toconvey our academic culture to the world, the university will contribute to the promotion of local industry and toadvancing the provision of information about the culture.
In addition, the university strives to promote international intellectual exchange, educate international students, andtrain graduate students capable of producing a bilateral international exchange.

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Organization
Faculties

Board ofTrustees

EISEI-BUNKO Research Center

Faculty of Education

University Kindergarten
University Elementary School
University Junior High School
University Attached Special Support School
Center for Educational Research and School Development

Faculty of Law
Faculty of Science

Auditors

School of Medicine

University Hospital

School of Pharmacy

Research Institute for Drug Discovery
Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences

Audit office

Eco-Frontier Center of Medicinal Resources (Medicinal Plant Garden)

Faculty of Engineering
Graduate
Schools

Engineering Research Equipment Center
Creative Engineering and Design Education Center

Introduction

Faculty of Letters

Part 1President

Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Teacher Education
Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences
Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Faculty of Life Sciences
Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Global Joint Education Center
for Science and Technology
Implementation Research and Education
System Center for Reducing Disaster Risk

Graduate School of Health Sciences
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Law
Research
Institutes

Clinical Legal Education andResearch Center

Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics
Institute of Pulsed Power Science
Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence
Kumamoto University Innovative Collaboration Organization

Human Resource Center for Innovation

Organization for Globalization
Headquarters for Admissions and Education
Organization for Community Development
International Research Center for Medical Sciences
International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology
Inter-Department
institutes for
Education andResearchCenter for Management of Information Technologies
College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies
Center for Policy Studies
The Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School
Institute for e-Learning Development
Center for Marine Environment Studies
Magnesium Research Center
Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Center for AIDS Research
Environmental Safety Center
Research Center for Buried Cultural Properties

Aitsu Marine Station

University Library

Medical Library

Health Care Center

Pharmacy LibraryStudent Accessibility Support Room
University Archives
Administration Bureau

Strategic Management Planning Department

External Affairs Department

Secretarial Office
Research Promotion Division
Social-Academic Collaboration DivisionInternational Affairs Division
Public Relations Division

Research/Education Affairs Department

University Library Division
Information Planning Division
Administrative Division of Social and Cultural Sciences
Administrative Division of Education
Administrative Division of Science and Technology
Administrative Division of Life Sciences
Administrative Division of Research Centers for Life Sciences

Student Affairs Department

Academic Affairs Division
Global Education Division
Admissions Division
Career Services Division
Administrative Division of the Teaching License Renewal Course

University Hospital Administrative Department

General Affairs Division
Management Strategy Division
Accounting Division
Medical Affairs Division
Facilities Division

Administrative Department

General Affairs Division
Personnel Division
Labor Division
Finance Affairs Division
Contract Management Division
Facilities Planning Division
Facilities Management Division

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FACULTY OF

LETTERS▪文学部▪

Part 2

Faculties and Schools
Faculty of Letters▪Department of Integrated Human Studies
Human Sciences, Socio-human Studies, Regional Science▪Department of History
Japanese History and Archaeology, Modern World System▪Department of Literature
East-Asian Languages and Literature, Euro-American Languages and Literature, Transregional Studies ofLanguage and Literature▪Department of Communication and Information Studies
Communication and Information Studies

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Faculty of Letters
The Faculty of Letters was established in May 1949 as partstanding abilities in international communication using
English, as well as to teach them to excel at processing infor-of the new Faculty of Law and Letters. This faculty was thensplit into the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Letters in 1979.
The education and research framework of the Faculty of Letters consists of four educational departments, which are theDepartment of Integrated Human Studies, the Department

mation. There are numerous international students across theFaculty, which is striving to develop people who can contribute to the international community through various researches.
In April 2009, the EISEI-BUNKO Research Center was es-of History, the Department of Literature, and the Departmentof Communications and Information Studies. The Faculty
welcomes 170 new students each year. Approximately 70
faculty members are conducting academic research in a
broad number of areas, including the humanities, social studies, and cultural studies.
To satisfy new and contemporary needs, three interdisciplinary courses that made use of an existent educational system for cross-disciplinary learning were established in 1997.
In 2005, these courses were disbanded and the Department of

tablished as an affiliate institute of the Faculty of Letters. The
purpose of the Center is to enable analysis of the scholarly
values of historical materials in the Hosokawa clan’s centuriesold collection, and to promote academic advances of its research. The Center will also be home to the development of a
new interdisciplinary research field and organization. Its activities include public forums and lectures in collaboration
with local administrative bodies so that the benefits of its research can be widely shared. The Center is slated to be elevated to an inter-department institute of Kumamoto University.

Communication and Information Studies was established.
The aim of its establishment is to help students acquire out-

URL: http://www.let.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/

FACULTY OF

LAW

▪法学部▪
Part 2

Faculties and Schools

Faculty of Law▪Department of Law
Division of Legal Culture, Division of Civil Law, Division of Modern Legal Policy,
Division of Public Policy

Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law, which grew out of the Fifth HighSchool, was established as part of the Faculty of Law andLetters of Kumamoto University under the new system
in 1949. In 1979, the Faculty of Law and Letters was reorganized into two faculties, the present Faculty of Law and
the Faculty of Letters. The Faculty of Law had two departments, Law and Public Policy, before 2004 when the
School of Law was established as a graduate course. The
two departments of the Faculty of Law were then merged
into one, the Department of Law. The Faculty of Law
adopts a two-course system, with the Course of Law and
the Course of Public Policy, between which students
choose at the beginning of their third year. Now theFaculty devotes itself to an education in the basics and

The educational goal of the Faculty is to develop students’ abilities, give them a solid grounding in legal
knowledge, teach them to think, express themselves, anddebate in legal and political terms, and to find solutions
to issues and disputes in society. To these ends, the Faculty of Law offers students a personalized education, including compulsory and small seminar-style classes, oneof which students are required to take each year.

URL:
http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/f_law/

the fundamentals of law and public policy.

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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SCIENCES ▪社会文化科学研究科▪

Part 2

Faculties and Schools
Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences▪Master’s Course
Division of Public Policy Studies, Division of Jurisprudence,
Division of Modern Social Human Studies, Division of Cultural Sciences,
Division of Instructional Systems▪Doctoral Course
Division of Human and Social Sciences, Division of Cultural Sciences,
Division of Instructional Systems

Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences
The Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences wasestablished in April, 2002 as a three-year independent,
interdisciplinary and comprehensive Doctoral Program
based on specialized fields in the Faculty of Letters and theFaculty of Law. In April, 2006, the Division of Instructional
Systems (master’s program) which was designed to foster

nizational Management; East Asian Business Communication; Cultural Administration and Curators; Japanesee-learning professionals, was founded. In April, 2008, the
new Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences,which consists of the Master’s Program and the Doctoral
Program, was created by reorganizing and integrating theexisting Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences,

three divisions. The Human and Social Sciences Division
pursues development and policy studies of new social
systems, and their theoretical groundings. The Cultural
Sciences Division is concerned with research into various
aspects of human culture and the formulation of cultural
policies for contemporary society. And the third is theInstructional Systems Division. All the three doctoral
divisions have been created to open the door for adultstudents and foreign students, in addition to those who
proceed from the Master’s Program.

the Graduate School of Letters (master’s program), theGraduate School of Law (master’s program), and theDivision of Instructional Systems.
In addition to the traditional academic courses (8courses), the Master’s Program offers 7 newly-founded
professional courses, including Public Policy; The Legal
Profession; Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Orga-

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Teaching in senior High Schools; and English Language
Teaching. These courses help to realize an education that
responds to a wide range of social needs.
The Doctoral Program aims to cultivate highlyspecialized professionals and researchers. It is comprised of

URL: http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/social/

SCHOOL OF

LAW▪法曹養成研究科▪
Part 2

Faculties and Schools

School of Law▪Legal Professional Course

School of Law
The School of Law was established in April 2004 for the
purpose of training students to become legal professionals who will be active in the 21st century, and who will
have the ability to respond to the special legal needs of
local communities and to solve various global legal
problems. A total of 16 students (including a few students

and developing and current subjects. The School of Law’s
program uses a simulated and systematic education thatprovides its students with a practical grounding thatlinks together legal theory and legal practice – a distinctive education that can meet the needs of a new legal
era.
Clinical Legal Education and Research Center (thein the shortened two-year course) are accepted into theprogram each year. The full-time teaching staff of 18
people comprises 4 practitioner-teachers, including
practicing lawyers. The School of Law emphasizes thefostering of legal professionals with a process that focuses
on education of the law in association with the nationalbar examination and legal apprenticeships. Classes are
separated into four broad categories, which are the fundamentals of theoretical law, fundamentals of practicallaw, classes adjoined with the fundamentals of the law,

Law Center) was established in September 2006 with the
purpose of providing education and research that specializes in legal practice.
(Notice: the School of Law is not accepting applicantsfrom the 2016 academic year.)
URL: http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/ls/

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EDUCATIONGRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONGRADUATE SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATIONFACULTY OF▪教育学部▪

Part 2▪教育学研究科▪
▪教職大学院▪

Faculties and Schools
Faculty of Education▪Curricula
Elementary School Teacher, Junior High School Teacher,Special Needs Education Teacher, School Health Teacher.

▪Departments
Japanese, Social Studies, Mathematics, Natural Science, Music, Art, Health and Physical Education,
Industrial Technology, Living Sciences, Foreign Languages (English), Special Education, School Health,Pedagogy, Psychology

Graduate School of Education
Educational Practices Major, School Subject Methods and Practices Major

Graduate School of Teacher Education
Teacher Training Practices and Development Major

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High School created in 1874.
The Faculty of Education currently has four courses.
One course trains teachers for the elementary school andjunior high school levels, while a second trains teachersfor other types of schools.
In addition, at the Center for Educational Research and
School Development, students can receive advice onmatters related to educational practice, particularly what
to do when problems occur on the job. The Center alsotional principles of practical application, interdisciplinary education and current practice: Educational Practices
Major - school education (pedagogy and psychology),
special needs education, and school health nursing education - and School Subject Methods and Practices Major- Language Education (Japanese and English), Scienceand Mathematics Education (science and mathematics),
Social Science Education (social studies), Technology
and Human Life Science (technology education andengages in practical research.
▪Institution▪
Center for Educational Research and School
Development

home economics education), and Arts and Sports Education (music, art, health and physical education). Since
the aim of the department is to improve the quality andqualifications of teachers, in-service teachers are also
admitted. The school provides instruction in and con-

The Center analyzes and seeks practical solutions
to the problems that arise in education. It also
conducts research on what types of classes andducts research on educational practices.
Students who complete the Graduate School of Education course receive a Master of Education degree. Stu-

curricula meet contemporary needs. To achievethese aims, it has established an Education Clinic
Division, comprised of an Education Consultation Section and an Education Organization

dents can also work to receive their teaching certificate.

Section, and an Education Curriculum Division.
It also develops comprehensive, practical activities in cooperation with related organizations.

started in April of 2017, the only major being: Teacher
Training Practices and Development.
The purpose of this major is to develop practical skills
in teaching, guiding students, and in managing schools
themselves, as well as developing the ability to conduct
research on these topics.

▪Special Courses▪
Course in Special Needs Education
This course is geared toward incumbent teachers
as well as current students from Kumamoto
University and toward students with a BA degree
or higher from other universities. Through specialized instruction in special needs education,

Faculties and Schools

Graduate School of Education
The Graduate School of Education has offered a master’s course program since April 1986. The department
currently offers two majors based on the three organiza-

Part 2

Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Education was established in May 1949
under the new Kumamoto University system. It originated from schools such as the Kumamoto Teacher’s

Graduate School of Teacher Education
The Graduate School of Teacher Education was newly

URL: http://www.educ.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/e/the course helps students to fulfill the requirements for their Diploma in Special Needs Education.
Yogo teacher training special course
This course is meant to produce highly-qualified
Yogo teachers. It is designed for those who already have their nursing license, as well as those
who are in the process of obtaining it. The curriculum consists of general education subjects,
specialized subjects in Yogo teacher and specialized subjects in teaching.

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FACULTY OFSCIENCE▪理学部▪

Part 2

Faculties and Schools
Faculty of Science▪Department
Department of Science▪Courses
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Biology

Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science was established in May 1949 as
one of the faculties under the new Kumamoto University
system. It grew out of the science department of the FifthHigh School, which was established in October 1887,
and one part of Kumamoto Kogyo Senmon (Technical)
High School. The Faculty of Science underwent somedramatic changes in 2004. The existing departments weremerged into one department containing 5 courses. In

they specialize in, the Faculty of Science also actively
conducts applied research in specific fields that meets theneeds of communities and society. Although the pathstudents take after they graduate usually involves obtaining employment in fields such as the government andother public offices, business, or the teaching profession,

addition, students are now able to decide what kind of
educational program they want during their first two
years after entering the university. Then, after accessing
what course is right for their own needs, students choosea major in their junior year.
At the same time, the Faculty of Science provides de-URL:
http://www.sci.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/index.html

tailed educational services that are targeted to individual
students through the implementation of such things as adepartmental staff tutoring system.
While conducting fundamental research, which is what10

many students also choose to continue their education
by entering a master’s program.

FACULTY OF

ENGINEERING▪工学部▪
Part 2

Faculties and Schools

Faculty of Engineering▪Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemistry for Molecular Engineering, Chemistry for Materials Science, Biochemical Engineering,
Bio-related Molecular Science▪Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Eco-materials, Microstructure and Interface Control and Engineering, Material Physical Properties,
Advanced Materials, Environmental Engineering Materials, Functional Materials Design▪Department of Mechanical System EngineeringIntelligent Machine Design and Manufacturing, Intelligent System for Measurement and Control,
Thermal and Fluid Engineering, High Pressure Engineering and Material Processing▪Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Urban and Regional Design, Disaster Prevention, Infrastructural Development, Environmental Conservation▪Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
Planning and Design, Environmental Engineering and Utilities, Structures and Construction, Building Production▪Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Frontier Technology for Energy and Devices,
Human and Environmental Informatics▪Department of Mathematics and Engineering
Information Mathematics, Analysis of Complex Systems and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations,
Probability, Statistics

Faculty of Engineering
The origin of the Faculty of Engineering was the Departmentof Engineering of the Fifth High School, which was establishedin 1897. Since then, the university has turned out more than
30,000 alumni who are working actively all around the world.
Thanks to an existing alumni network, graduates have beenable to find work with many quality companies. Many otherstudents choose to continue their education in a master’s program after they graduate. The goals of the Faculty of Engineering are two-fold. First, it aims to contribute to the well-being of
humankind and the development of society by creating thetechnology to help society co-exist with the global environment. Its second aim is to foster people with a rich sense ofhumanity who can contribute to the global and local communities by looking at things from a global point of view.

▪Institution▪
Engineering Research Equipment Center
Various measuring and testing instruments (LVP-SEM,
XRD, ESCA, etc - about 20 models) are made available
for advanced experiments and research by allowing theirshared use.
Creative Engineering and Design Education Center
The center cultivates technologists with a rich sense ofcreativity and the ability to build innovations. It does thisby developing and providing outstanding educational
programs at the Faculty of Engineering.
URL:
http://www.eng.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/english/index.html
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ADVANCED SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY ▪先端科学研究部▪
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY ▪自然科学研究科▪
FACULTY OF

Part 2

Faculties and Schools
Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Keeping with the trend towards placing priority oncooperation between scientific and engineering departments, we launched this new organization system tograduate school education, and following the establishment of the Faculty of Life Sciences, the Graduate Schoolof Science and Technology was reorganized in April 2016
and the Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology(the organization that the faculty members belong to)promote unique and advanced research and applied research that will respond to social needs. We will endeavor
to deepen scientific technology in a comprehensive manner, create new scientific technologies, and promote individualization of the graduate school.

was established. Pursuant to this change, the Faculty is
responsible for organizational management and the
Graduate School is responsible for graduate school education.
The Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
consists of four divisions: Natural Science, Materials Science, Energy Science, and Environmental Science. There
are a total of 36 departments under these 4 divisions. The
Faculty aims to promote advanced natural sciences thatwill contribute to our coexistence with the global environment and to the sustainable development of society.
The Faculty also aims to create an academic hub for advanced research in applied technologies. Through close

Graduate School of Science and Technology
After restructuring in 2006, the Graduate School of
Science and Technology (GSST) became a new research
graduate school by integrating the teaching staff of theFaculty of Science and that of the Faculty of Engineering,
to conduct post-graduate education with a strong focus
on research. GSST now covers 9 research and educational fields in the Master’s Course and 5 fields in the
Doctoral Course. With rapid globalization in interna12

tional communities, it has become vitally important topromote international collaboration with overseas universities, both in research and education, as well as collaboration with graduate schools, industry and government institutions in Japan, to be able to provide aninternational and interdisciplinary environment for the
students.
We are committed to fostering students who can approach problems a rising out of a wide range of complex

Implementation Research and Education System Center for Reducing Disaster Risk (IRESC)
IRESC promotes education and research aimed
at mitigating the effects of disasters, and at early
implementation and sustainable development ofa robust-and-resilient society with prompt andflexible disaster response systems. These systems
are developed not only at universities but also
during real-life application. This approach seamlessly links research technologies/techniqueswith their implementation in society as social
science and engineering, and supports humanTechnology (GJEC) was established in GSST in
April 2007, and allows students to take courses indifferent fields to develop innovation skills. In
GJEC, we also provide Advanced General Educa-

resource development to establish a robust-andresilient social system that can respond effectively to disasters.

tion subjects. These subjects provide students
with a broad knowledge of topics across the fields

URL:
http://www.gsst.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/index_en.html

Master’s Course

Doctoral Course▪Science▪Science

Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences▪Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Department of Applied Mathematics▪New Frontier Sciences
Department of New Frontier Sciences▪Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry▪Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering▪Mechanical System Engineering
Department of Advanced Mechanical Systems
Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems▪Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering
Department of Frontier Technology for Energy and Devices

Faculties and Schools▪Institution▪
Global Joint Education Center for Science andTechnology (GJEC)
For the future of graduate education, we need topromote globalization and to foster individuals
with greater innovation skills through scienceand technology. To achieve this goal, it is vitalthat students add depth to their basic skills intheir field of s pecialization and that their innovative skills are applied with a wider vision. The
Global Joint Education Center for Science andof science and technology, and enhance theirapplication of future academic skills in society.

Part 2

issues with leadership and creativity, and to making
GSST an international institution marked by the active
creation of knowledge and the free exchange of ideas.

Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences▪New Frontier Sciences
Department of New Frontier Sciences▪Advanced Technology
Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Advanced Mechanical Systems
Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems▪Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering
Department of Frontier Technology for Energy and Devices
Department of Human and Environmental Informatics
Department of Applied Mathematics▪Architectural and Civil Engineering
Department of Environmental Conservation Engineering
Department of Environmental Management and Planning
Department of Architecture and Environment Planning
Department of Building Materials and Structures

Department of Human and Environmental Informatics▪Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Environmental Conservation Engineering
Department of Environmental Management and Planning▪Architecture
Department of Architecture and Environment Planning
Department of Building Materials and Structures

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MEDICINE
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCESGRADUATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCESSCHOOL OF▪医学部▪

Part 2▪医学教育部▪
▪保健学教育部▪

Faculties and Schools
School of Medicine▪School of Medicine
Subjects➡ Molecular and Cellular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Anatomy and Histology, Physiology
and Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology and Pharmacology, Social andEnvironmental Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Developmental Medicine, Bioethics,
Sensory and Motor Medicine, Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry, Integrated Medicine▪School of Health Sciences
Courses➡ Course of Nursing, Course of Radiological Sciences, Course of Medical Laboratory Sciences

Graduate School of Medical Sciences▪Master’s Course
Medical Sciences▪Doctoral Course
Medical Sciences

Graduate School of Health Sciences▪Master’s Course
Health Sciences, Nursing▪Doctoral Course
Health Sciences, Nursing

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medical physicians after passing the National Examination for Medical Practitioners, while graduates from thelatter become nurses, radiological technicians, and clinical technologists after passing the national examination
for their specialty.
The School of Medicine has produced over 10,000
graduates since it was established as the independent
Kumamoto Medical School in 1896. Specialized instruction in the field of medicine is conducted by facultywith research guidance is supplemented by courses inexperimental medicine and graduate school seminars.
Students complete the course by publishing their original
research results in an international academic journal andwriting a comprehensive thesis.
The graduate school has many special courses andprograms such as an educational course for researchers
on translational research for eradication of AIDS, an educational course for research frontiers on AIDS, a course

members of Medical and Life Sciences. The medical
school constructs a curriculum framework that mostly
reflects actual medical research and medical care. The
curriculum focuses on fostering medical doctors who
acquire a high level of personal communication skills. A

for researchers of developmental biology and regenerative medicine, a cancer professional training program, aprogram for experts of metabolism, circulation and related informatics, a HIGO program, Kumamoto University program for Leading Graduate School, and Shibas-

new medical education and library building was completed in early autumn of 2008. The Center for Medical
Education and Research was founded in October 2010 topromote a particular mission for education of medical
professionals. This Education Center carries out the research on educational systems, the curriculum reform of
medical school, and education of clinical medicine andaburo program, a unique MD/PhD course.
All courses are taught by instructors who belong toapproximately 90 diverse research areas and medical carefields from the following: the Faculty of Life Sciences,
Kumamoto University Hospital, the Health Care Center,the Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, theCenter for AIDS Research, the Institute of Molecular

practical techniques, etc.
The School of Health Sciences was established in October 2003 by integrating the University’s former three-year
College of Medical Science (which includes the special
course of study in tocology) with the University’s Department of Nursing from the Faculty of Education. The
school aims to provide a spiritually rich education basedon respect for life and humanity, along with a high levelof specialized knowledge, and is cultivating medical staff,
researchers, and educators that are highly-qualified to beable to contribute to many facets of society as members

Embryology and Genetics, and the International Research Center for Medical Sciences.
URL:http://www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/
en/medgrad/index.html

of medical teams.

Graduate School of Medical Sciences
The Graduate School of Medical Sciences was remodeled and established in April 2003 as a graduate schooland produce researchers and educators who can incorporate a wide range of advanced medical knowledge toestablish and develop the educational system of healthsciences. Each department requires 2 years of study forthe master’s program and 3 years for the doctoral program.

educational institution with the aim of cultivating medical researchers, educators, and advanced medical staff.
The graduate school consists of a four-year doctoral
course and a two-year master’s course that was established in 2002. The master’s course (in Medical Sciences)
was created in response to the upsurge in medical andbiological research, as well as societal needs. The course

Each academic year of the master’s program has room
for a total of 16 students. Students can obtain a master’s
degree in either Health Sciences or Nursing. Each academic year of the doctoral program is limited to 6 students. Conditions for completion of the doctoral program require a successful review of a doctoral thesis
and a passing grade on the final examination. Students

is designed for graduates of 4-year undergraduate programs. Each academic year sees 20 students enrolled, fora total of 40 students. Graduates of the master’s course

can obtain a doctor’s degree in either Health Sciences
or Nursing.

Faculties and Schools

are encouraged to continue their education by enrollingin the doctoral course. The doctoral course (Medical
Sciences specialty) contains 88 students per academic
grade, for a total of 352 students. Personalized education

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School of Medicine
The School of Medicine comprises the two sub-schools:
the six-year School of Medicine and four-year School of
Health Sciences. Graduates from the former become

Graduate School of Health Sciences
The Graduate School of Health Sciences was establishedin April 2008, and its doctoral program started in April
2010. The graduate school consists of the nursing course,
the radiological sciences course and the medical laboratory sciences course. The school aims to foster specialists

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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES ▪薬学教育部▪
SCHOOL OF

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Faculties and Schools
School of Pharmacy▪Department
School of Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences▪Subject
Molecular and Genomic Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Life and Environmental Sciences,
Clinical Pharmacy, Biomedical Polymer Sciences, Drug Delivery Sciences

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences▪Master’s Course
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences➡ Drug Delivery, Bio-Pharma, Medicinal Chemistry, Life Science▪Doctoral Course
Clinical Pharmacy➡ Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences ➡ Drug Delivery, Bio-Pharma, Medicinal Chemistry, Life Science

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School of Pharmacy
The School of Pharmacy is based upon the belief thatthe pharmaceutical sciences are the advanced sciences

practical and clinical training together with modern lectures from the three perspectives; knowledge, technique,and attitude.

contributing to human health through drugs. Students
acquire a basic knowledge of the development, production and management of pharmaceutical products, covering environment and health as well as many other skills
required to become a pharmacist. The school aims to
educate creative graduates who have the high abilities ofpharmaceutical thought, logics and ethics based on life
sciences. For this purpose, the school conducts basic

After graduating, students go on to work in various
fields, as pharmacists in hospitals or pharmacies, andresearchers in pharmaceutical and chemical companies
or in government and other public facilities. However,
over half of the graduates continue their education at
graduate level to become either pharmaceutical researchers or advanced pharmacists.
In 2006, the pharmaceutical sciences course was splitmade up of researchers from various fields connected with drug discovery and development,
focusing on the development of novel clinicaldrugs and the education of outstanding researchers in this field. The first institute of its kind at aJapanese national university, the RIDD comprises
four departments - Project Research Department,
Private Enterprise Joint Development Department, Local Network Department and Research
Support Department. The RIDD works to discover and develop therapeutically beneficial
drugs that will bear the label, “Made by Kumamoto University.”
Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences(CCPS) was founded as a research and education
institute for the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in April 2008. This facilitated the need forcollaboration between the Drug Development
Department and the Drugs Improvement Department in the pharmacy school. The CCPS
performs this task by providing a Department of
Education and a Department of Clinical Research, and is aiming to expand and promote
education in the appropriate use of drugs. We
welcome the involvement of our regional pharmacists and are committed to conducting research and educational activities that will advancethe appropriate use of drugs.
Eco-Frontier Center of Medicinal Resources(Medicinal Plant Garden)
Medicinal plant garden from 2010, was renamed
the “ Eco-Frontier Center of Medicinal Resources(Eco-FCMR)” with the aim to promote the cultivation, research, education and public awarenessof medicinal resources that the original medicine.
Recently Eco-FCMR is referred to as a medicinal
herb park, to expand the scale and about 7,000m2,

garden is home to a host of medicinal plants foruse in studies and also contains a seedling nursery in the cultivation farm (3,700m2). The lab isdevoted to the continued research and study ofphysiologically active materials taken from medicinal plants, genetic maintenance of medicinal

Faculties and Schools▪Institutes▪
Research Institute for Drug Discovery
The Research Institute for Drug Discovery(RIDD) was created as a research facility and isstaffed by members of the Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty at Kumamoto University. RIDD isand breeding and store roughly 1,000 varieties of
medicinal plants in the specimen and tree garden(3,100m2), including such rare plants and rare
medicinal plants. Some of these collections havebeen published to students and the general public
as a living specimen. Eco-FCMR contributes to
education in Pharmaceutical Science studies. The

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into the School of Pharmacy, a six-year course for thecultivation of pharmacists, and the School of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, a four-year course focusing on
the training of researchers.

plants, and acquisition of medicinal plants andthe cultivation of medicinal plants. Seminars offered at the garden detail Kampo Medicine andmedicinal plants. These seminars are open to thegeneral public and students alike.
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences wasestablished in April 2003 by partially integrating the faculties of the Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics and the Institute of Resource Development andAnalysis. This was preceded by the creation of the Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences by themerging Medical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Graduate students at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences are taught by teaching staff from theFaculty of Life Sciences (founded in January 2010 by reorganizing the Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical
Sciences), the Institute of Molecular Embryology andGenetics, the Institute of Resource Development andAnalysis and Kumamoto University Medical School
Hospital. By taking advantage of the individual strengthsof each faculty member, a great number of programs canbe provided by faculty members from the pharmaceutical sciences and medical fields cooperating to give special
lectures in Bioethics and Medical Oncology and Translational Research, as well as in bioethical and logical diagnostics. In the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, education is based on the foundation of basic
pharmaceutical knowledge acquired during undergraduate studies.
The school aims to cultivate pharmaceutical researchers and advanced pharmaceutical specialists that can act
independently and provide skilled leadership in a wide
variety of fields, including bioscience research, the creation of medicinal products, and clinical, environmental
and public health administration.
URL:
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LIFE SCIENCES▪生命科学研究部▪

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Faculties and Schools
Faculty of Life Sciences
The explosive growth in life science research in recent
years has caused the traditional boundaries between thefields of medical, health science and pharmaceutical research to be substantially disappeared. Due to that, andto the striking development of research in the area of interdisciplinary studies, we are now in an era where thepharmacy as well as between disease and the environment, leading research related to life theory is conducted.

integration of these fields has become essential. In orderto respond to these developments, the former Graduate
Schools of Medical Sciences, of Pharmacy and of Health
Sciences were integrated. As a result, a graduate schoolwith a new system that has a separate research depart-

URL:
http://www.medphas.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/faculty/index.html

ment (faculty-only organization) and education department (educational organization) was established in April
2003. The faculty of Life Sciences is composed of 3 divisions, 15 major departments, and 75 departments of research, and is one of the largest research-oriented organizations with medical, pharmaceutical and health science
university staffs in Japan. In the Division of Integrated
Life Sciences, research is conducted with the aim of
deepening the understanding of basic knowledge andtheory in the fields of medicine, health science andpharmacy. In the Division of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, advanced research in the field of life sciences isconducted in such areas as transplantation therapy andnew drug development. In the Division of Environmental
and Sociomedical Sciences, along with scientific investigation of the link between both society and medicine/18

The mission of the Faculty of Life Sciences is to contribute to the health and well-being of mankind through research and education related to life sciences and medical
care.

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses
Part 2▪Humanities and Social Sciences▪
Graduate (Master)Graduate (Doctor)

Professional Graduate School

Degrees Obtained

Degrees Obtained

Degrees Obtained

Degrees Obtained

Faculty of Letters

Graduate School ofSocial and Cultural
Sciences

Graduate School ofSocial and Cultural
Sciences

1.Master of Arts
2.Master of Law
3.Master of Public Policy
4.Master of Philosophy
5.Master of Science inInstructional Systems

1.Doctor of Literature
2.Doctor of Law
3.Doctor of Public Policy
4.Doctor of Philosophy

Bachelor of Arts

Faculty of Law

School of Law

Bachelor of Arts
in Laws

Faculty of Education

Faculties and Schools

Undergraduate

Juris Doctor

Graduate School of
Education

Graduate School of
Teacher Education

Master of Education

Bachelor of Education

Master of Education▪Science and Technology▪
Bachelor of Science

Graduate School of
Science and Technology

Graduate School of
Science and Technology

Faculty of Engineering

1.Master of Science
2.Master of Engineering
3.Master of Philosophy

1.Doctor of Science
2.Doctor of Engineering
3.Doctor of Philosophy

Faculty of Science

Bachelor of Engineering▪Life Sciences▪
School of Medicine(School of Medicine)
Bachelor of Medicine

School of Medicine

Graduate School of
Medical Sciences
Master ofMedical Sciences*This course is open to graduatesof 4-year undergraduate program.

Graduate School of
Medical Sciences
1.Doctor of Medical
Sciences
2.Doctor of Life Sciences(School of Health Sciences)1.Bachelor of Nursing
2.Bachelor of Health
Sciences

Graduate School of
Health Sciences

Graduate School of
Health Sciences

1.Master of Nursing
2.Master of Health Sciences

1.Doctor of Nursing
2.Doctor of Health Sciences

School of Pharmacy
1.Bachelor of Pharmacy
2.Bachelor of
Pharmaceutical Sciences
3.Bachelor of Life Sciences

Graduate School of
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Graduate School of
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
1.Doctor of Pharmacy
2.Doctor of Pharmaceutical
Sciences
3.Doctor of Life Sciences

The above chart is an example of pursuing higher education between undergraduate and graduate courses,
but is not limited to this chart.

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Part 3

Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics

発生医学研究所

Centers and Institutes

The Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics aims to contribute to the society by promoting the integration of life and medical
sciences from the viewpoint of developmental biology. This institutewas founded in 1992, and extensively reorganized in 2000 and 2009.
It has three divisions (Developmental Regulation, Stem Cell Research,and Organogenesis) consisting of 12 laboratories. Our research interests include: epigenetics chromosome and protein regulation, DNAdamage and repair, intercellular communications, ES and iPS cells,
mesenchymal stem cells, hematopoietic differentiation, gametogenesis, brain morphogenesis, and kidney development. The 21st Century Center-of-Excellence (COE) Program (2002-2006), followed by
the global COE Program (2007-2011) in the Institute, leads to theoutstanding research and educational activities. The Center for Organ
Regeneration Research started in 2012 to realize future regenerative
medicine and scientific collaborations with the University Hospital. In
addition, the Institute is one of the Joint Usage/Research Centers inJapan, and contributes to support the research community.

URL: http://www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/

Institute of Pulsed Power Science

パルスパワー科学研究所
Pulsed power is an instantaneous form of energy which, when
temporally compressed, can exert a tremendous amount of electricity and power. In order to find solutions for various problems the international community is reaching for goals such as the realization ofa society which is safe and secure, which fosters environmental
protection and recycling, and which advances medicine and social
welfare. We conduct development of pulsed power science andtechnology and work to resolve issues from the viewpoint of pulse
power technology. In our international research environment, we
produce global leaders with interdisciplinary skills. As a world-leading
research center for pulsed power science and technology and related
fields, and as an organization that will be at the global forefront in thecreation of multidisciplinary human resources and innovation, we
aim to grow as an institute that is a credit to Kumamoto, to Japan,
and to the world.

URL: http://www.ipps.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/

Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence

大学院先導機構

The Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence was established to contribute to the enhancement and development of educational research activities at Kumamoto University. It does so by enriching and improving the graduate schools, and by promoting theworld’s most advanced COE (Center of Excellence) Studies program,a highly evaluated program that encompasses life science, naturalscience, social and cultural sciences and interdisciplinary, multiple,
or new disciplines base on organic cooperation between the fundamental sciences and the applied sciences. This has brought the creation of the new COE, a new research center and several new graduate courses (majors).

URL: http://poie.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/

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Organization for Globalization

Centers and Institutes

The Kumamoto University Innovative Collaboration Organization (KICO) was established in April 2008 through theconsolidation of the Cooperative Research Center, the Venture Business Laboratory and the Business Incubation Center.
The organization’s main missions are :•	Providing prompt and efficient one-stop service to assist in creating, obtaining and utilizing the university’s intellectual property,•	Constructing strong interactions between government-academic-industry alliances and spurring innovation in the
Kumamoto area,•Using the university’s intellectual property to develop the university’s global competitiveness.
In order to achieve these missions, KICO strategically implements a broader range of activities including :•	Management, protection, transfer, and commercialization of the university’s intellectual property, as well as support
in filing patent applications,•Promotion of collaborative and commissioned research with companies and public institutions,•	Human Resource Development to produce individuals who have a thorough knowledge of global intellectual property.
Through these activities, KICO aims to develop through open innovation, build a firm foundation for evolving research
results, and cultivate progressive individual talent.

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Kumamoto University Innovative Collaboration Organization (KICO)

グローバル推進機構

In 2014, Kumamoto University was chosen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology(MEXT) as a member of the “Top Global University Project”, as a leading model to lead university reform in Japan, cultivate global human resources leadership, and actively promote globalization efforts at home and abroad.
The Organization for Globalization was established on March 1, 2015, to address university-wide globalization.

Headquarters for Admissions and Education

大学教育統括管理運営機構

The Headquarters for Admissions and Education, which was established on June 1, 2016, serves as a high governanceorganization to supervise quality control of higher education in Kumamoto University. Dealing with a changing entrance
examination system, and supporting students who are entering Kumamoto University during these changes, this neworganization constructs, supervises, and manages educational programs based on the analyses of enormous volume ofeducational data, and in accordance with the vision, policy and strategy of the university as a core organization.

Organization for Community Development

地域創生推進機構

This organization is working to plan and promote local community-oriented education and research and universitywide contributions to society. We also aim to develop young talent, and to become central to the promotion and revitalization of the community to meet changing social expectations. Our focus includes the promotion and utilization ofcommunity-oriented education and research, the provision of various learning opportunities, and collaborations with local governments. We will present regional problems to the classrooms to seek solutions, and contribute community
problems solving with researches and social activities. We aim to nurture individuals who will proactively learn from thecommunity, and who will be able to think and act glocally on their own initiative.

International Research Center for Medical Sciences

国際先端医学研究機構

The International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS)
was launched as the managing organization in April of 2015 tooversee Kumamoto University’s Center of Excellence for world-classresearch in the life sciences. The center partners with other life science institutes in Kumamoto University to promote collaborative international research with distinguished research institutes overseas,and scouts and trains young investigators who contribute to groundbreaking discoveries in the medical sciences.
The center aims for 50% foreign researcher population, including
Ph.D. graduate students. To reach this goal, the research environment within the IRCMS is equivalent to world-class research institutes found in western countries, and makes provisions for smooth international research collaborations.
The center has designated English as the official language, and features an open lab layout with few walls and partitions between labs to facilitate communication among scientists. It is expected that this will promote fusion research
between the various fields within the institute.

URL: http:// ircms.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/
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International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology

国際先端科学技術研究機構

Centers and Institutes

The International Research Organization for Advanced Science andTechnology (IROAST), which launched in April of 2016, is a Center of
Excellence in Kumamoto University and promotes world class, cutting-edge research in science and technology. It features a standardized international research environment with several establishedglobal collaborations, and has adopted a tenure-track based personnel system.
The aim of IROAST is to further international collaborations to expand our research network in specific areas. To achieve this goal, theorganization is focused on creating strong researcher networks infour advanced areas: 1. Nano Material Science, 2. Green Energy, 3.
Environmental Science, and 4. Advanced Green Bio. English is theofficial language of the center, which will promote an internationallycollaborative environment among the various fields in the institute.
The ultimate goal of IROAST is to produce outstanding researchers
who will be world leaders in their respective fields.

Center for Management of Information Technologies

総合情報統括センター

This center, the Center for Management of Information Technologies, was established as the central organization to integrate theuniversity computer systems and info-communication networks organically. Our mission is to develop education and research at Kumamoto University through information technology. To achieve themission, we conduct research on information processing, support
information-related research, and provide education on information
literacy. We also provide, operate, and maintain computers and network equipment in our university.

URL: http://www.cc.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/

College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies

グローバル教育カレッジ

The College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies, with
the Deputy Director of the Organization for Globalization acting as
the College Director, is the core organization of the Organization for
Globalization.
The college consists of three centers: The “Center for Global Communications”, the “Center for Japanese Language and Culture”, andthe “Center for Open Education”. The College of Cross-Cultural andMultidisciplinary Studies will foster and expand a variety of measures,such as the provision of global subjects, the enhancement of Japanese language and culture education, and providing cooperative
learning between high schools and the university, in addition to connecting with the local community and local businesses.

URL: http://www.c3.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/

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community members to develop practical skills and provides them with technical support in resolving common issues
challenging us today. Examples of the broad range of areas dealt with by the center include assessments of municipal
administration and regional policies, community revitalization, disaster preparedness, city planning, public transportation, health and welfare policies, environmental conservation, and industrial development.
The center cooperates with other related bodies both on and off campus to provide people with training for community development, and also actively promotes lifelong learning of which contents are based on research in the areas oflife, social, and natural sciences, which Kumamoto University has developed over the years.

Centers and Institutes

In April 2007, Kumamoto University integrated the Center for Lifelong Learning and the Center for Policy Studies, and the new center,
the Center for Policy Studies has since been functioning as a thinktank in the university. With this integration, the function as an interface
with the community that was previously fulfilled by the two aforementioned centers separately is now strengthened.
Drawing upon the results of research and education accomplishedat Kumamoto University to establish a better society, the center conducts policy studies to resolve problems in the community and makes
policy recommendations based on the outcome. The center also helps

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Center for Policy Studies

URL: http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/policy/

Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School

Photograph by Toru Sakamoto※ It is currently closed because of Kumamoto earthquake in 2016

熊本大学五高記念館

The Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School is composed of
two historic buildings which have been designated as Important
Cultural Properties, the main building of the Fifth High School andthe Chemical Laboratory. It contains exhibits of historical documents
relating to higher education and activities of the Fifth High School
along with other relevant artifacts. In addition to these standing exhibits, the Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School offers lectures,lessons on cultural themes, experiential learning meetings, as well as
concerts.
In addition, the museum serves as a training center for the museum
curator training course at Kumamoto University, and also offers reference services. The support of lifelong learning and community activities are central to the mission of the Memorial Museum of theFifth High School.

URL: http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/fifth/

Institute for e-Learning Development

ｅラーニング推進機構

The Institute for e-Learning Development was established in April
2007. Just as the name suggests, the Institute is responsible for all
e-learning affairs in the entire University. The missions of the Instituteare mainly these four:(1) To offer organized services for all e-learning requirements(2) To develop e-learning courses and high quality content for effective education(3) To manage affairs related to intellectual property rights and obligations(4) To enable integrated and organized utilization of both human andcomputer resources for the development and implementation ofe-learning in Kumamoto University.

URL: http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/e_learning/23

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Center for Marine Environment Studies

沿岸域環境科学教育研究センター

Centers and Institutes

The center conducts education and research, in areas such as basic
science and applied science, that focuses mainly on the marine environment around the Ariake Sea and the Yatsushiro Sea. More specifically, the center conducts educational research and analysis of thebiodiversity and ecosystems of coastal areas, the preservation anddevelopment of sustainable marine resources, and preservation, development, and disaster prevention in ecologically balanced coastal
areas. Center research is dedicated to the conservation and creationof improved coastal regions.

URL:http://engan.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/index.html

Magnesium Research Center

先進マグネシウム国際研究センター
Currently, there is strong demand from the transportation industry
for ways to reduce the weight of structural components, in order toreduce both energy consumption and CO2emissions. As magnesium
is the lightest known structural metal, magnesium alloys are increasingly being used in a wide range of lightweight applications. The
Magnesium Research Center at Kumamoto University (“MRC”), established in December 2011, has been extensively involved in a variety of magnesium-related research areas. These are included alloy
design, casting metal formation, mechanical properties, corrosion,
surface treatment, and recycling. This group has also developed aninternational magnesium research network, particularly involving
countries in the East Asia region. MRC has three missions; 1) provide
state-of-the-art research and education, 2) develop an international
research network and 3) promote international joint research.

URL: http://www.mrc.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/

Institute of Resource Development and Analysis

生命資源研究・支援センター

The Institute of Resource Development and Analysis (IRDA) wasestablished for the purpose of promoting comprehensive education
and research in various scientific areas by providing diverse researchresources and information.
Two major objectives of the IRDA are: 1) Production, development,
preservation, and supply of experimental animals, including genetically engineered animals, and construction and analysis of databases
using advanced bioinformatics, and phenotype analysis. 2) Research,education, enlightenment, data management and technical support
for experiments using animals, genetic materials and radioisotopes.

URL: http://irda.kuma-u.jp/en/index.html

Center for AIDS Research

エイズ学研究センター
The Center for AIDS Research (CAIDS) conducts research on thepathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of AIDS. The center also
promotes AIDS research by engaging in international and domestic
collaborations. In 2008, our program “Global Education and ResearchCenter Aiming at the Control of AIDS” was selected as one of the
global Center of Excellence programs supported by the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. CAIDS also
promotes sciences at international level and education for the future
global scientific leaders in the field of HIV/AIDS Research via thisprogram.

URL:http://www.caids.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/aidsnew/englishpage/default.html
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URL: http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/environmental/

Research Center for Buried Cultural Properties

Centers and Institutes

The Environmental Safety Center was established in 2001 to manage environment and safety issues at the university and its surroundings. The center aims to maintain a satisfactory setting for students
studying at the university as well as ensure the safety of its staff andstudents, and in doing so, contribute to the overall promotion of education and research.
The main services of the center are : 1) Safety management andenvironmental conservation, including chemical management, forstudents studying at the university, as well as all related education
and awareness services. 2) Services related to proper managementand disposal of waste products. 3) Services related to environmental
measurements such as water quality and atmospheric tests.

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Environmental Safety Center

埋蔵文化財調査センター

The eight campuses of this university are built on top of some of
the most famous remains from the Jo- mon period down to modern
times (Kurokami-machi-, Honjo-, Oe-sites among others) in Kumamoto prefecture. Therefore, whenever it is inevitable to dig into theground for maintenance of the facilities of the campuses (construction or repair of buildings, infrastructure), archaeological excavations
are carried out in order to save the remains.
This center emerged as one of the Inter-Department Institutes for
Education and Research in October 2011 from the Research Officefor Buried Cultural Properties, which undertook excavations since
1994. The center’s objectives are documentation, preservation andpractical use of the excavated cultural properties (sites and finds).
Photo:
Potteries excavated from the ruins of the campus(1600 years ago) Excavation results are presented to the public in annual and otherreports, and visitors are always welcome to study the original finds.

URL: http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/maibun/

Health Care Center

保健センターThe Health Care Center is located on the Kurokami North Campus.
Three physicians, one clinical psychotherapist and two nurses areavailable during normal school hours for consultation and treatment.
Health Care Center provides help in resolving the various troubles,
concerns, worries, and illness that can occur during college life. The
service is free to all members of the university community.

URL: http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/healthStudent Accessibility Support Room

障がい学生支援室

With the enactment of the Act on the Elimination of Disability Discrimination of April 2016, the Student Accessibility
Support Room was established on November 1, 2015 to enhance the support system for students with disabilities andto contribute to their unimpeded education. The room offers consultations to students with disabilities and provides thenecessary consideration and support.

University Archives

文書館

The University Archives were established on April 1, 2016 to enable the acquisition of documents, to preserve andprovide archival materials and to manage official documents related to historical collections and materials at the university. The Archives have mainly been used for the preparation of inventory to collect data for the compilation of Sixty Yearsof History, the management of official documents, and for Kumamoto University History (Modern Higher Education
History).

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University Hospital

Kumamoto University Hospital comprises medical examination

Centers and Institutes

departments, a pharmaceutical department, a nursing department,
and central consultation facilities, among other features. The hospitalhas 845 beds and over 1,300 outpatients per day.
The hospital is currently advancing redevelopment plans such as
the opening of a new Outpatient Building in September 2014, withthe aim of constructing a university hospital that will be able to handle
the medical science and medical care needs of the 21st century.
Through this, the hospital is promoting the establishment of a comprehensive medical care system that combines advanced medical

University Hospital▪Division of Internal Medicine
Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetes,
Metabolism and Endocrinology, Cardiovascular
Medicine, Neurological Medicine▪Division of Surgery
Cardiovascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Gastroenterological Surgery, Breast and Endocrine Surgery,
Pediatric Surgery, Transplantation, Urology, Gynecology▪Division of Child Health and Development
Pediatrics, Obstetrics▪Division of Sensory and Motor Organs
Orthopaedic Surgery, Dermatology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial
surgery▪Division of Radiology
Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology,
Radiation Oncology▪Division of Anesthesia, Neurosurgery
and Psychiatry
Neuropsychiatry, Neurosurgery, Anesthesia▪Departments
Laboratory Medicine, Surgical Center, Central Radiology, Intensive Care Unit, Central Medical Supply,
Rehabilitation, Surgical Pathology, Transfusion
Medicine and Cell Therapy, Emergency and General
Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Dialysis Center, Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Departmentof General Clinical Investigation, Medical Information Technology, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Technology, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Patient
Safety Unit, Department of Infection Prevention andControl, Administration▪Centers
Comprehensive Clinical Education, Training and Development Center, Innovation Center for Translational Research, Medical Liaison Center, Perinatal
Medical Center, Cancer Center, Medical Engineering
Center, Regional Medical Support Center, Medical
Quality Management Center, Transplantation Center

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医学部附属病院

treatment and comprehensive holistic medical treatment. As a part ofthis, the divisions of medical treatment shifted to an overall medicalcare system categorized by each internal organ and body systemstarting in January 2004. Additionally, the hospital was designated asa Center of Prefectural Cancer Treatment and Center of Liver Disorder
Treatment.
As the only Advanced Treatment Hospital in Kumamoto prefecture,
the hospital is now focusing on improving the standards of healthcare
for the local community.

MissionKumamoto University Hospital is dedicated to excellence in patientcare, developing improved methods of healthcare, and developing
health professionals and students. Members of the staff also contribute communities for their welfare and health.

Vision❖Patient First:	We dedicate to excellence in patient care for respecting patient’s wishes, anticipations and requests.

❖Excellence: We provide high-quality health care in a safe andreliable manner.

❖Teamwork: 	We develop positive role health professionals.
❖Innovation: We develop and improve the method of healthcare.

Patient Rights❖Right to medical care of good quality❖Right to information❖Right to self-determination❖Right to confidentiality
Patient Responsibilities❖To provide accurate and complete information
about your health❖To follow any of hospital rules❖Not to disturb hospital peace
URL: http://www.kuh.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/index.html

附属図書館
The University Library is composed of the Central Library, the Medical Livices to support the University’s educational and research activities.
The Central library is open from 8:40 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday,
and 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Library Holdings (As of March 31st, 2016)
Books

Periodicals

Central Library

1,042,515

14,829

Medical Library

175,630

5,272

Pharmacy Library

39,309

1,029

Total

1,257,454

21,130Centers and Institutes

brary and the Pharmacy Library. It provides information resources and ser-Part 3

University LibrarySpecial Collections of Books and Manuscripts
1. The Aso Manuscript Collection
This impressive collection of historical documents, formerly kept at Aso
Shrine, contains a wealth of information relating to the Nanbokucho and
Kamakura Periods. Of the 1,047 items of this collection, 34 volumes of 304
letters and 36 manuscripts have been designated as Important Cultural
Properties.

2. The Hosokawa Manuscript Collection
This is the largest collection of primary source materials on the administration of the Hosokawa government (Hosokawa Han), ranging from the
Nanbokucho Period to the early Meiji Period.

3. The Lafcadio Hearn Collection
This is an extensive collection of various editions of the works of Lafcadio
Hearn and fundamental research materials about Hearn, chiefly in English.
It contains his English translations of Anatole France, Gustave Flaubert, andTheophile Gautier.

URL: http://www.lib.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/

The Hosokawa Manuscript Collections

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Local And Overseas Offices
Part 3

Local Offices

Centers and Institutes

Kumamoto University Tokyo Office

東京オフィスEstablished: April 2004
Scope:

1. Provides support for university-industry collaborations
2. Offers information regarding the educational research activities of KU tobusinesses, the government, and other public offices and organizations
3. Offers information regarding entrance exams to prospective students,
and provides support to KU students who are seeking jobs
4. Collaborates with alumni associations
5. Conducts seminars and organizes various gatherings

Kumamoto University Kansai Office

関西オフィスEstablished: December 2011
Scope:

1. Provides support for university-industry collaborations
2. Offers information regarding the educational research activities of KU to businesses,
the government, and other public offices and organizations
3. Offers information regarding entrance exams to prospective students, and provides
support to KU students who are seeking jobs
4. Collaborates with alumni associations
5. Conducts seminars and organizes various gatherings

Kumamoto University Kansai Liaison Office

関西リエゾンオフィス

Established: October 16, 2009
Scope:

1. Promotes collaboration with industry and government offices in the Kansai
region, and promotes technology transfers
2. Provides technical consultation, and conducts meetings and collaborative
research gatherings
3. Exhibits research processes and engages in public relations activities
4. Distributes pamphlets and provides information about the entrance exams
of KU, and assists students in finding jobs
5. Collaborates with alumni associations
6. Conducts seminars and other gatherings

Address:

South Facility #2203, Creation Core Higashi Osaka 1-4-1 Aramoto Kita, Higashi Osaka City, Osaka 577-0011, Japan
E-mail: kansai@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Overseas Offices
Kumamoto University Shanghai Office

上海オフィスEstablished: October 2005 (Became a part of the Kumamoto Shanghai Ofﬁce, which was established jointly with Kumamoto
Prefecture and Kumamoto City in October 2011)
Scope:

1. Promotes academic and student exchanges with partner institutions
2. Cultivates Chinese students who are interested in studying at KU, andassists students who are preparing to come to KU to study
3.Promotes the international collaboration of the university, industry andgovernment
4.Provides information about KU and its entrance exams, and assists withpublic relations activities
5. Supports alumni activities

Address:1509 15/F, 1038 WEST Nanjin Road, Shanghai 200041, China
TEL: +86-21-6218-6901 E-mail: hehaiyang@kumamoto-shanghai.com

Kumamoto University Liaison Office at KAIST
Established: September 2008

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Scope:

1. Promotes research collaboration
2. Supports the joint symposiums of KU and KAIST
3. Provides information about KU and its entrance exams, and assists
with public relations activities

Address:

KAIST Biomedical Research Center 291 Daehak-ro (373-1 Guseongdong), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea

韓国 KAISTオフィス

山東大学オフィス（中国）

Established: March 2010
Scope:

1. Promotes the collaboration of university, industry and government
2. Promotes academic exchange
3. Provides information about KU
4. Functions as a center for KU activities in China

Kumamoto University Liaison Office at ITS

インドネシアITSオフィス

Centers and Institutes

Kumamoto University and Shandong University (Jinan City, Shandong Province, China) signed a memorandum on March 22, 2010 tomark the establishment of satellite offices to promote personnel exchanges and mutual friendship between the two universities in the fieldof academic-industry collaboration. Based on this agreement, a KU satellite office was opened in the Department of Academic Researchof Shandong University, and a Shandong University satellite office was set up in the Kumamoto University Innovative Collaboration
Organization (KICO).

Part 3Global Academic-Industry Collaboration Satellite Office in Shandong University

Established: April 2010
Scope:

1. Promotes academic and student exchanges with partner institutions
2. Cultivates Indonesian students who are interested in studying at KU, and assists
students who are preparing to come to KU to study
3. Promotes international collaboration of the university, industry and government
4. Provides information about KU and its entrance exams, and assists with public
relations activities
5. Supports alumni activities

Address:ITS International Office Gedung Rektorat Lantai 1 Kampus ITS Keputih-Sukolilo
Surabaya Jawa Timur, 60111 Indonesia
TEL: +62-31-596-6985 E-mail: mia.hernawati.sby@gmail.com

Kumamoto University Dalian Office

大連オフィスEstablished: March 2011
Scope:

1. Provides information regarding Japan and KU to students and the faculty of
Dalian University of Technology and partner institutions in northern China
2. Builds networks of alumni and other relevant people in northern China
3. Strengthens the relationship with other partner institutions in northern China
4. Promotes KU’s various activities in northern China

Address:

Room 106, Bldg. B, No. 80 Software Park Rd, Dalian 116024, China
TEL: +86-411-8470-2983

Six National Universities Network (SUN) Changchun Joint Office 国立六大学長春共同事務所
As a first joint office of Six National Universities Network (SUN) which consists of Chiba University, Niigata University, Kanazawa University, Okayama University, Nagasaki University and Kumamoto University.
Established: November 2014
Scope:
1. Provides information regarding Japan and SUN to students and the faculty ofpartner institutions in northeastern China
2. Builds networks of alumni and other relevant people in northeastern China
3. Strengthens the relationship with other partner institutions in northeastern China
4. Promotes SUN’s various activities in northeastern China
Address:

Jingyue Campus of Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
TEL: +86-431-8451-6278

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Top Global University Project
Part 4

A Leading University Cultivating Global Leaders from Kumamoto

Academic and Research Projects

Kumamoto University has been selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT) for the 2014 Top Global University Project. Our slogan is“A Leading University Cultivating Global Leaders from Kumamoto,”and, accordingly, we
aim to refine our education to shape ourselves into a truly global university. We plan to act
as a driving force for globalization in Kumamoto and strive to take our place in the world
as a center for research that also contributes to the community.

The Future of Kumamoto University as a Global University
1. An education system highly
conductive to internationalism
We are introducing a new education systemthat is compatible with the academic year ofother countries and allows graduate students toenroll early or study abroad, and offers flexible
credit transfers. This system accelerates an increase of international students and Japanese
students who study abroad.

Target Figure
Number of international students (all year)
2013

2023

1,600
(16%)

764
(7.6%)

Number of students who have studied abroad (all year)
2013

2023
541
(5.8%)

1,200
(14%)

2. Global atmosphere for the inclusionof international students
We want to enhance our high quality curriculum to students learning about Japanese culture
to promote enrollment of international exchange
students. Additionally, we will offer a variety ofservices, including support and advice for exchange students and promotion of international
networking events. New building for the Collegeof Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies
was completed in spring 2016.

3. Strengthened and globalized graduate
education to support cutting-edge
research
We are beginning a global education programthat applies to both undergraduate and graduatelevel studies with the aim of educating elite
graduates going on to be active throughout theworld. We send students to partner universities
in the US and Europe to offer double degrees
and support collaborative research.

4. Global campus as a driving force forinternationalization in the local
community
We provide opportunities for local youth to receive an early global education and assist study
abroad programs.

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Double Degree Program Partners(Graduate School)

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Indonesia
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
National Kaohsiung First University of Science andTechnology, Taiwan
Southern Taiwan University of Science andTechnology, Taiwan
AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Paichai University, Korea
University of Bordeaux, France
Blaise Pascal University, France
University of Lorraine, France
De La Salle University, Philippines

Center of Community Project

Local community oriented education in Kumamoto University shall move forward as follows:
Step 1: Find motivation for learning by understanding the local history, culture and current situation.
Step 2: Identity specific local issues through the lectures of business people and KU instructors (class lectures).
Step 3: Join with the community in dealing with actual issues.
Kumamoto University will incorporate these community issues and solutions into its education through the Centerof Community Project, and make every effort to reform the university organization and curricula to produce talented individuals who proactively learn from the community, think effectively while using their special knowledge,
and seize the initiative.

Program for Promoting Regional Revitalization
by Universities as Centers of Community (COC+)

Academic and Research Projects

The purpose of The Project for Planning and Promoting Local Community Oriented Education (also called“COC”)
is to produce individuals who study in the community to find ways to address various problems with creativity,
and to contribute to progress in society from a global perspective. This involves the nurturing of talented people
who are brimming with the“Spirit of Kumamoto University.”Major changes in global society, such as depopulation, have brought deeply-interconnected problems to the local communities of Kumamoto Prefecture as well.

Part 4

The Project for Planning and Promoting Local Community Oriented Education

Education Program to expand industry and employment in Kumamoto under“All Kumamoto”united efforts
In order to control the outflow of younger population from Kumamoto Prefecture and to attract the young talents, it is essential to provide them with the industry-oriented education system which nurtures the students for
local industries and community. The Program for Promoting Regional Revitalization by Universities as Centers ofCommunity (COC+) aims to promote the representative industries of Kumamoto, in the area of manufacturing,
agriculture, forestry and fishing. It also aims to produce skilled individuals who can implement the measuresneeded for“revitalization”process and job creation.
Kumamoto University is holding a leadership role in industry development mainly in the manufacturing industryof the central and northern areas of Kumamoto Prefecture. In this program, universities, business organizations
and other business-related associations in Kumamoto, as well as in Kumamoto Prefectural Government, willclosely cooperate with each other for human resource development under“All Kumamoto”united efforts.

Promote industry and increase employment in Kumamoto, and increase the number ofyoung students attracted to working places in Kumamoto

Internships /educational
Kumamoto Association collaborationof Corporate Executives(Banking institution)

Education partner schools

Collaboration in
attracting companies
to Kumamoto

Kumamoto University, Prefectural University of Kumamoto,Kumamoto Prefecture/ Kumamoto City

Employment Kumamoto Gakuen University, Sojo University, Tokai University, Employment
supportsupport

Shokei College / Shokei Junior College, Kyushu University ofInternship
Nursingand Social Welfare, National Institute of Technology, collaborations
The Kumamoto
Chamber ofInternships / Kumamoto College
・Commerce and Industry
educational

Kumamoto Prefectural collaboration
Federation of Societies ofCommerce and Industry
Kumamoto Prefectural
Federation of Small
Business Associations

JA Kumamoto
Chuuoukai

Employment
supportInternships /educational
collaboration

Education program to promote regional revitalization
Industry development/creation program(to grow local manufacturing industries, etc.)

Program to promote agriculture, forestry and
Employment ﬁshing industries (Kumamoto Southern Food Valley, etc.)

Employment
support Kumamoto Industrial

Joint researchFederation

Collaboration
betweencompanies
Collaboration
supportBusinesses outside

Kumamoto prefecture

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Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities
Part 4

Academic and Research Projects

As we were selected for the“Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities”by the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in 2013, we have established international collaborative research groups for life sciences, natural sciences, and humanities and social sciences inorder to globalize and strengthen our research activities. Under the management of top professors in each research group, we invite researchers from abroad, recruit talented young researchers, regularly hold international seminars, establish overseas joint laboratories, and do much more.

Institutions Collaborating with Kumamoto University(2006-2016)
Kumamoto University is currently working with 1,541 international institutions and we actively promote newcollaborations to deliver quality research.

79 countries
1,541 institutional collaborations

Top 10 Institutional Collaborations by Number of Publications
No

University / Institution

Country1

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

141

USA

2

Chulalongkorn University

99

THAILAND

3

Mahidol University

94

THAIILAND

4NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)

92

USA

5

Harvard University

83

USA

6

Chest Disease Research Institute78

THAILAND

7

University of California System

76

USA

8

Centre National de la Recherche Scientiﬁque (CNRS)68

FRANCE

9

Chinese Academy of Sciences

46

CHINA

10

University of Southern California

38

USA

Thomson Reuters Incites BA
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Number of Publications

Advanced Research Projects
AKIYAMA Hidenori,

Pulsed Power Science and Application

Pulsed power is an instantaneous energy - electrical energy, chemical energy, mechanical energy,
optical energy and the like - which, when temporally compressed, can exert a tremendous amountof electricity and power. The magnitude of this type of pulsed power is equivalent to electric power
consumption in Kyushu, in Japan, even globally.
This group boasts facilities and equipment of the world’s highest level, including the sole comprehensive explosion experiment facility of all Japanese universities; the only bioelectrics researchfacility in Japan; pulse power infrastructure equipment of great variety at world-class levels; andthe world’s first super-gravity generation equipment, developed at Kumamoto University. In addition
for use with its own research, the Institute provides facilities and equipment to researchers in
disparate fields of both enterprises and other universities, and as such is widely deployed in related
fields of pulsed power science and technology.
In order to find solutions for various problems the international community is facing such as the realization of a society which issafe and secure, which fosters environmental protection and recycling, and which advances medicine and social welfare, we
conduct development of basic research and new theories in pulsed power science and technology and in its related fields andwork to resolve issues from the viewpoint of pulse power technology. Under an environment of international research, we
produce international leaders of an interdisciplinary type.
NISHINAKAMURA Ryuichi, Stem Cell-Based Tissue Regeneration Research and Education Unit
Institute of Molecular
Embryology and Genetics

This group was established by Kumamoto University in 2013 for the purpose of consistently promoting the scientific activities of the Global COE Program, funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology from 2007 to 2011. We aim to establish an education and research
unit that will foster creative researchers who focus on stem cell-based developmental medicine.
Stem cell research is one of the most attractive fields in biomedical science, and the expectations
for regenerative medicine are rising, as the derivation of human iPS cells has opened the door to
the regeneration of organs and tissues. To achieve this goal, however, a deeper understanding ofbroad areas of science including developmental biology is crucial. We have recruited leading
researchers with various backgrounds, including those from the fields of medicine, pharmacology,
and developmental biology. Our research topics include the molecular mechanisms of stem cellmaintenance, lineage specification of early-stage embryos, the establishment of iPS cells from patients, the development andregeneration of the pancreas, kidneys, eyes, and neurons, as well as epigenetics and metabolisms in diseased states. We expectthat these research activities will synergistically contribute to a better understanding of organogenesis and to strategies to treat
diseases. We have seen seminal achievements during the recent several years. They include the induction of three-dimensional
kidney tissue from human iPS cells, the derivation of insulin-producing pancreatic cells from ES/iPS cells, a method of eliminating the undifferentiated cells during tissue differentiation, a drug development using the patient-derived iPS cells, and epigenetic control of energy expenditures and cancers.
This group also seeks to encourage young scientists in research fields related to stem cells and organogenesis. We support
these young scientists by providing in-house grants, travel expenses, and many other benefits. We hope that young researchers
trained in this program will interact and motivate each other to build a global next-generation network in developmental
medicine. We are confident that this environment will help young postdocs and students become globally oriented independentscientists.
TAKIGUCHI Masafumi,Center for AIDS Research

Academic and Research Projects

Institute of Pulsed Power
Science

Part 4▪Group for Globally-advanced Research▪

International Research Center Aiming at the Control of AIDS

More than 30 million people are living with HIV-1 worldwide, and roughly two million people die of
AIDS-related illnesses each year. Among developed countries, Japan has been experiencing
increased incidences of HIV infection. HIV/AIDS remains a substantial threat to the global health, anddeveloping an HIV vaccine and therapies to cure HIV/AIDS have been the ultimate goal. New
program “International Research Center Aiming at the control of AIDS” will establish an enhanced
international research and education core based on the framework of the successfully implemented
global COE “Global Education and Research Center Aiming at the Control of AIDS” Program over thefive years. To further expand international collaborations, research effort will be reorganized andplace a renewed emphasis on studies leading to the development of 1) new therapies to cure HIV/AIDS and 2) an HIV/AIDS
vaccine. This program also enhances educational opportunities for Ph.D. students and assumes its role as a top-level international graduate school. The current international open-educational systems for the AIDS PhD course in Graduate School of
Medical Sciences provides overseas research experience at the Overseas Liaison Laboratories (OLL) and enhance the quality ofeducation.
Three professors from University of Oxford and INSERE in France have joined our research group as Distinguished Professor in
Kumamoto University and are strongly collaborating with us in this field.
KAWAMURA Yoshihito,
Magnesium Research Center

International Research Core for Advanced Magnesium Alloys
One current global environmental strategy to reduce CO2 gas emission is to achieve total weight
reduction in transportation especially relating to automotive, railway, and aerospace applications.
Magnesium alloys have a light weight among structural metals, and are therefore very attractive
materials for the weight-savings initiative. New magnesium alloys possessing excellent mechanicalproperties and non-flammability have been developed at Kumamoto University and are called“KUMADAI magnesium alloys.” This project aims to progress the research and development onthese alloys for their practical application and to establish international research networks with
universities, institutes, and industries, for advanced magnesium alloy science and technology.

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▪Cultural and Social Sciences▪
SUZUKI Katsuaki,
Part 4

Graduate School ofSocial and Cultural Sciences

Creation of Research and Diffusion Center of Instructional Systems: Development and
Diffusion of an Intensive Certificate Package to Train Education Specialists for Supporting
Recurrent Adult Graduate Students

Academic and Research Projects

This project aims at establishing Research and Diffusion Center of Instructional Systems to create
and export an intensive program for future and current college faculty, to be able to support recurrent adult graduate students. An intensive certificate package will be created, based on our fully
online curriculum for training e-learning specialists, to be used in other graduate schools throughout Japan and abroad.

INABA Tsuguharu,
EISEI-BUNKO ResearchCenterITO Hironori,
Faculty of Law

Socio-Cultural Study based on the Daimyo Hosokawa’s Historical Documents
The Daimyo Hosokawa’s Historical Documents are entrusted to the library of Kumamoto University.
We planned the project, with the intent of organizing central research of appropriate historicalmaterials through comprehensive study of that archives, aiding cultural development of the community, and contributing to the cultivation of human resources who can then further contribute tocultural development and studies.

Center of Excellence in Conflict Transformation and Consensus Building
The project aims to construct an interdisciplinary science of dispute resolution which entails twotasks; (1) Building consensus between stakeholders in political and/or social issues which are inneed of some form of collaborative dialogue, as well as building a new system of policy-making, (2)Reaching a new stage of human relationships and a new image of society which need not suppress
conflicts, instead transform the conflicts into a process in which a breakthrough to a new image ofsociety is possible.
Our project encompasses political science, economics, law, communication method, and philosophy. Once again, our goal is not to create a society without conflicts but instead develop a society
with the necessary skills to transform conflicts into a process in which a breakthrough to new formof society is possible.

▪Natural Sciences▪
MACHIDA Masato,
Faculty of Advanced Scienceand Technology

YOSHIASA Akira,Faculty of Advanced Scienceand Technology

Energy Materials Chemistry (EnMaCh)
This project is to develop new materials for sustainable energy production and utilization. The
research topic is ranging from fundamentals to applications for conversions of different forms ofenergy, the efficiency of which is largely dependent on highly functional materials such as catalysts,
photovoltaic cells, fuel cells, batteries, and capacitors.

Precise atomic level structure observation and physical property of condensed
matter under extreme condition
Experimental and simulation studies are promoted to investigate the structure of condensed
matters and properties under extreme conditions. The experiments are performed in-situ, using
technologically advanced equipment. The project aims at the construction of a theory that links
nano-scale structures, the unique local structures of ppb-order trace elements in multi-element
systems, macroscopic properties and histories (related to environmental assessment, understanding mass extinction events by meteorite impact etc.).

MASHIMO Tsutomu,
Institute of Pulsed Power
Science34

Materials science research using extreme conditions
In my laboratory, unique materials science research has been conducted in several extreme
conditions: shock compression, strong gravitational field and pulsed plasma in liquids. We havespecialized in shock compression research of solids for high-pressure phase transition & EOS study(APS fellow, 2011), and, recently we are focusing on pressure-scale problem. Next, we havedeveloped a high-temperature ultracentrifuge, and, for the first time, succeeded in realizing thegravity-induced diffusions of atoms and gravity-induced structure change in alloys and compounds.
Strong gravitational field is expected to exploit a new frontier of materials science, and suchresearch is only-one in the world. We have also developed a new nanomaterials synthesis methodby the pulsed plasma in liquid. It enables us to synthesize nano particles of metals, carbon, alloys
and compounds for energy, environment and medical applications.

TODA Kei,
Faculty of Advanced Scienceand Technology

Center of Mesoscopic Science

SUGIMOTO Yukihiko,Faculty of Life Sciences

TANIHARA Hidenobu,
Faculty of Life Sciences

BABA Hideo,
Faculty of Life Sciences

Global Research Center for Structure-Based Drug Discovery
This project aims to promote innovative and intelligent studies on structure-based drug discovery
for the treatment of intractable diseases such as inflammation, fibrosis, cancer and neurodegeneration. This project also aims to cultivate pharmaceutical researchers and advanced pharmaceuticalspecialists that can provide excellent leadership in a wide variety of fields including the creation of
medicinal products, clinical, environmental and public health administration.

Center for Sensorimotor & Neural Sciences in the Unprecedented Aging Society

Academic and Research Projects▪Life Sciences▪

Part 4

Mesoscopic science is a new research area regarding novel materials, devices and natural sciencesin meso-scales. The mesoscopic researches are proceeded from both of bottom-up of nano-scale(1-10 nm) sciences and down-sizing of macro-scale (>100 μm) sciences to yield fundamentals
knowledge and skills such as meso-scale syntheses and analyses. The members share the foundinformation and apply them to novel materials for electric/energy devices, developing analyticaldevices and investigating environmental sciences. Dynamics in atmospheric particle matter such as
PM2.5 is also a meso-scale chemistry.

In aged societies including Japan, medical care against age-related disability is important for
maintenance of better quality of life (QOL) in elderly population. This project aims to develop novel
drugs and other therapeutic modalities for age-related problems such as visual disturbance,
locomotive syndrome, neurodegenerative disorder, diabetes mellitus and skin disorder. We also aim
to create new therapeutic concepts (including regenerative therapy) based upon close interaction
between clinician scientists and basic researchers.

Research and Education Center for Metabolic Abnormality and Cancer
Cancer is the first leading cause of death in Japan. Recently, accumulating evidence demonstrates
that genetic and epigenetic alterations seem to contribute to the regulation of metabolic gene
expression in cancer cells, thus supporting the potential of “cancer metabolism” as a target forcancer therapy and chemoprevention. In this project, we aim to establish an international researchand education center targeting cancer and cancer metabolism. Unique translational research
projects are carried out in collaboration with campus-intern and/or international partners.

NAKAGATA Naomi,
Institute of Resource
Development and Analysis

OHTSUKI Sumio,
Faculty of Life Sciences

Kumamoto BioResource Project (KBRP)
Genome editing is a powerful technique used to generate knockout and knock-in organisms.
Kumamoto BioResource Project (KBRP) intends to produce (using TALEN and CRISPR), develop,
preserve and supply genetically modified organisms in mice, drosophila, medaka, c. elegans andxenopus. We also aim to raise the level of research and education on genome editing at Kumamoto
University.

Research Core of Human Data-Driven Drug Science
This research core project aims to promote forward- and reverse-translational research, so called
TR cycle, among basic, clinical and analytical sciences for developing optimal drug usage, personalized chemotherapy and functional food. This project also aims to encourage young researchers tobe global research leaders in the new research fields; human data-driven drug science.

UENO Takamasa,
Center for AIDS ResearchInternational Program of Collaborative Research and Education aiming at the Investigation of
Functional Consequence of Invading Retroelements in Human Genome.
Human genomes contain significant fractions of invading genetic elements, or retroelements,
including retroviruses, endogenous retroviruses, and retrotransposons. By promoting international
collaborations as well as fostering and connecting young researchers in this field, we aim to reveal
mechanistic roles of such retroelements in health and diseases and to develop novel therapeutic
approaches for controlling invading elements in human genomes.

35▪Interdisciplinary, Combined Fields, New Disciplines▪
SEKIYAMA Kaoru,
Faculty of Letters

Neurocognitive Plasticity Research Unit

Part 4This unit aims to advance research on human neurocognitive plasticity. This research area isimportant to know how we can adapt ourselves to novel environment, how we can regain sensory,
cognitive, and motor abilities after impairment, how we can keep ourselves away from age-related
decline of these abilities, and how we can improve the quality of life in the aging society.

Academic and Research Projects

OTANI Jun,
Faculty of Advanced Scienceand Technology

International Research Center on the Application of X-ray CT in Medicine and Engineering- X-Earth Center The X-EARTH Center (herein as X-Eco, Aqua, Resource and TecHnology) was established for the
research and education through the X-ray CT methods applied to the various kinds of materials. The
researches performed in this center include many different research fields such as GeotechnicalEngineering, Coastal Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material
Science, Archaeology, Paleontology and so on, using Industrial and Micro-focus X-ray CT scanners.
We also started collaboration with Medical School from this year. Any researchers and students allover the world are welcome to our center and share the latest researches and technologies throughthe X-EARTH international community network.
http://www.civil.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/x-earth/en/index.html

HENMI Yasuhisa,
Center for Marine
Environment Studies

Research and Education Center for Balancing Natural and Social Environment around
Enclosed Coastal Areas
In order to shape sustainable societies in harmony with natural environments around enclosed
coastal areas, we are analyzing regional characteristics and essences by collecting information on
Nature, History, Culture, Society and Economy of target regions. Our missions are also to assess
environmental values, to make policy recommendations aimed at environmental reforms, and to
perform activities in cooperation with residents and regional government for disaster-resistant andenvironmentally friendly societies.

KAWAGOSHI Yasunori,
Faculty of Advanced
Science and Technology

KUBOTA Hiroshi,
Institute of Pulsed Power
Science

ARIMA Hidetoshi,
Faculty of Life Sciences

Basin grand-design to realize a sustainable and strategic use of groundwater resource
In Kumamoto Region, one million people depend their drinking-water demand on groundwater only.
This research project aims at solving social, economic and environmental issues on the groundwater resource by forming a cross-sectional research team and developing the best solution forgroundwater management to realize the strategic and sustainable use of the precious groundwater
resource.

Nano-Pico-Femt-Atto-scales production under newly developed manufacturing sciences
Beyond the high-mix low-volume manufacturing era, advanced semiconductor production requires
various kinds of products in large lots instead of the low-volume ones because the production line
should keep running to realize the reduction of the cost by quantity output effect. General semiconductor products have an average of 550 individual steps of production process, which take approximately 12 to 16 weeks. Then, the set of the individual products in the line should be converted
quickly and reset dynamically. What we have to develop are, 1) fine NaPFA scales (Nano-, Pico-,
Femt-, Atto-scales) syntheses and metrologies, 2) knowledge based IT techniques, e.g. virtual
metrology, feed forward control, statistical fault detection. We present the pilot line moving underatomic scale to incorporate many ideas from all of our professors, students and engineers in thedevice unit.

Interdisciplinary research core for multi-mode cancer therapy mediated by nanomaterials
responding to external stimuli
In this project, we aim to develop novel therapeutic techniques consisting of multiple modes suchas hyperthermia, pharmacotherapy, immunotherapy, gene/oligonucleotide therapy and regenerative
medicine mediated by simple materials and external stimuli. Multi-disciplinary collaboration ofresearchers in medical, engineering, pharmaceutical, and basic science research fields will achieve
the aim this project.

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International Exchange Agreements

Country
Australia
Australia
Bangladesh
Burkina
Faso
Cambodia
CanadaCanada
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Egypt
FranceFranceGermany
Hungary
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Korea
Korea
Korea

Lists of University-level Exchange Agreements
100 partner institutions (32 countries and regions)
University / Institute
The University of Newcastle
Queensland University of Technology

Since
1986
2014

University of Dhaka

2000

University Ouaga I Professor Joseph KI-ZERBO

2016

Royal University of Phnom Penh
2016
University of Alberta
2001
McGill University
2016
Guangxi Normal University
2005
Tongji University
2005
Dalian University of Technology
2006
Nanchang University
2006
Shanghai Normal University
2008
Harbin Institute of Technology
2009
Jilin University
2009
Nankai University
2009
Shandong University
2009
Sichuan University
2009
Northeastern University
2010
Beijing University of Technology
2011
Shenzhen University
2011
The University of Macau
2011
East China University of Political Science and Law 2011
Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology
2013
Northeast Normal University
2014
Chongqing University
2014
NanJing Normal University
2015
Guilin University of Technology
2015
Anhui University
2015
Wuhan University of Technology
2016
University of Mbuji-Mayi
2015
Djibouti University
2013
Suez Canal University
2006
Fayoum University
2008
Bordeaux Institute of Technology
2006
Pole University of Bordeaux (University of Bordeaux,
Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Bordeaux Institute 2007
of Political Studies, Bordeaux Institute of Technology)
Saarland University
2001
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
2015
The Consortium of Institut Teknologi Sepuluh
Nopember, Indonesia (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh
Nopember, Universitas Sam Ratulangi, Universitas 2008
Mataram, Universitas Cenderawasih, Universitas
Nusa Cendana)
Institut Teknologi Bandung2011
Gadjah Mada University
2013
Airlangga University
2013
Udayana University
2015
University of Indonesia
2016
University of Brawijaya
2016
Pai Chai University
1999
Dong-A University
2005
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technolo- 2006
gy

Country
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Myanmar
Nepal
New
Zealand
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
PolandPolandRomania
RwandaSlovenia
Spain
TaiwanTaiwanTaiwanTanzania
ThailandThailandThailandTurkeyTurkey
UK
UK
UK
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
VietnamVietnamVietnamVietnamVietnam(As of September 1, 2016)
University / Institute
Chosun University
Pukyong National University
University of Seoul
Ajou University
Chungbuk National University
Pusan National University
Chonbuk National University
Hannam University
National University of Laos
University Sains Malaysia
Yangon Technological University
Pathein University
Pokhara University

Since
2009
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2016
2011
2012
2015
2016
2010

Massey University

1996

University of the Philippines, Diliman

2002

University of the Philippines, Los Baños

2015

Ateneo de Manila University

2016

International Exchanges

1

chart

Part 5

Kumamoto University has formed cooperative relationships with foreign academic institutions by concluding academic exchange agreements. As of September 1, 2016 we have 208 partner institutions in 44 countries and regions.

University of Warsaw
2009
Lublin University of Technology
2015
University of Bucharest
2015
University of Rwanda
2014
University of Maribor
2016
University of Valencia
2014
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technol- 2008
ogy
National Tsing Hua University
2015
National University of Kaohsiung
2016
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences 2016
Kasetsart University
1994
Khon Kaen University
2004
Mahidol University
2013
Ege University
2000
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
2015
Durham University
1993
University of Birmingham
1993
University of Leeds
2006
The University of Montana
1987
Montana State University
1987
Virginia Commonwealth University
1989
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1990
Texas Tech University
1994
The University of Texas at San Antonio
2010
University of California, Los Angeles
2014
VNU University of Science
2007
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
2010
Hue University
2010
National University of Civil Engineering
2010
University of Social Sciences and Humanities,
2016
Vietnam National University, Hanoi

37

International Exchange Agreements
Part 5chart

International Exchanges

2

108 partner institutions (31 countries and regions)

Country

University / Institute(As of September 1, 2016)
Counterpart

Since

Australia

Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University

Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology

2012

Australia

Division of Materials Engineering, The University of
Queensland
Australian Phenomics Facility, The Australian National
University
Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of
ViennaMagnesium Research Center

2013

Institute of Resource Development and Analysis

2014

Center for Policy Studies

2016

BrazilUniversity of Campinas

2009

CanadaFaculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo

CanadaQueen's University at Kingston

China
China

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Medical
Sciences

Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
School of Medicine
Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology

1993

China

Harbin Medical University

School of Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Graduate School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences

1999

China

Shanghai Laboratory Animal Center, Chinese Academy of
Science

Institute of Resource Development and Analysis

2004

China

College of Science, Yanbian University

2006

China
China

Guangxi Medical University
College of Civil Engineering & Architecture, School ofChemistry & Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University

China

College of Engineering, Peking University

China

Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences

2009

Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences

2010

Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology

2010

School of Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

2010

China

Wenzhou Medical University
School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan
University
School of Foreign Languages, Hangzhou Normal University
Civil Engineering College, Municipal and Environmental
Engineering College, Transportation Engineering College,
Graduate School, Shenyang Jianzhu University
Institute of Neuro Sciences and Medical College, Xiamen
University
Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Life Sciences
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Life Sciences

2010

China

Hezhou University

China

Czech

School of Energy and Civil Engineering, Harbin University ofCommerce
National Institutes for Food and Drug Control
School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
School of Tourism and City Administration, Zhejiang
Gongshang University
Technical University of Ostrava, Institute of Geonics of the
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

Czech

University of Pardubice

Czech

Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic

FranceUniversite Blaise Pascal – Clermont-Ferrand II

FranceUniversite Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I

FranceÉcole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne

FranceCRM2 Laboratory, University of Lorraine

FranceGermany
Germany

School of Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Center for Policy Studies
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced
Science and Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced
Science and Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced
Science and Technology
Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Faculty of Letters
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology

The Institut Pasteur
Faculty of Arts, University of Bonn
Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Ruhr-University Bochum
Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering, Institute Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andof Physical Metallurgy and Metal Physics, RWTH Aachen
Technology
University
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andFaculty of Engineering & Technology, Annamalai University
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andManipal University
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andNational Institute of Technology Karnataka
Technology
Electrical Engineering School, Graduate School, Telkom
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andUniversity
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andFaculty of Engineering, Hasanuddin University
Technology
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences
College of Education, Kangnam University
Faculty of Education
Advanced Process and Materials R&BD Group, Korea Institute Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andof Industrial Technology
Technology
Nano Materials & Products Regional Innovation Center,
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andHoseo University
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andCollege of Engineering, Hoseo University
Technology
College of Health Science, Korea University / Department of
Bio-convergence engineering, Korea University Graduate
School of Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences
SchoolLaw School, Yeungnam University
School of Law
College of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering,of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andRegional Innovation Center for Environmental Technology of FacultyTechnology
Thermal Plasma, Inha University

2015
1997
2013

of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andCollege of Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University FacultyTechnology

2011

Australia
Austria

China
China
China
China

China
China
China
China
Czech

Germany
Germany
India
India
India
Indonesia
Indonesia
Kenya
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea

38

Lists of Department-level Exchange Agreements

2013
2014
1983

2007
2007
2008
2008

2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2015
2009
2010
2015
2015
2010
2011
2012
2014

2014
2015
2006
2009
2009
2014
2015
2015
2002
2003
2004
2007
2007
2010
2011

University / Institute

Since

Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced
Science and Technology

2011

Korea

Institute of Resource Development and Analysis

2012

Korea

College of Engineering, Yonsei University

Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology

2013

Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Korea
of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Korea
Light Metal Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science
Magnesium Research CenterCollege of Natural Sciences, Teachers' College, Kyungpook
Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andKorea
National University
Technology
Magnesium
Technology
Innovation
Center,Seoul
National
Korea
Magnesium Research Center
University
Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of National Institute of Pulsed Power Science
KyrgyzAcademy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic
Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, Institute of Natural Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced
Kyrgyzand Applied Sciences, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
Science and Technology
Laos
Faculty of Nursing Sciences, University of Health Sciences
Faculty of Life Science
Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced
Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Science and Technology
Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced
MexicoAutonomous University of Nuevo León
Science and Technology, Institute of Pulsed Power Science
SchoolofMathematics
andComputer
Science,National
Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andMongolUniversity of Mongolia
Technology
Schoolof
Economics
andBusiness,
Mongolian
UniversityofFaculty of Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andMongolLife Sciences
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andMongolMongolian University of Science and Technology
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andMyanmarMandalay Technological University
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andNetherlands Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente
Technology
College of Engineering, De La Salle UniversityFaculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andPhilippines Gokongwei
ManilaTechnology
FacultyofMaterials
ScienceandCeramics,
AGH
UniversityofPolandGraduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Aircraft and Mechanical Engineering Faculties, Novosibirsk Institute of Pulsed Power Science
RussiaState Technical University
RussiaInstitute of Advanced Technologies, Togliatti State Univeristy Magnesium Research Center
Spain
The Spanish National Research Council
Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Faculty of Life Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Sri Lanka
Kelaniya
Sudan
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Institute
Faculty of Life Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Sudan
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum
School of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
TaiwanNan Jeon University of Science and Technology
Faculty of Education
College of Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering and Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTaiwanComputer Science, National Kaohsiung First University ofTechnology
Science and Technology

2013
2014
2014
2015
2014
2016
2014
2012
2015
2013
2013
2016
2015
2015
2011
2010
2008
2015
2012
2014
2012
2016
2005
2009

National Laboratory Animal Center, National Applied
Research Laboratories
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chang Jung
Christian University
College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tamkang
University
National Cheng Kung University Hospital
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National
Taipei University of Technology
Mariculture Research Center, Fisheries Research Institute,Council of Agriculture

Institute of Resource Development and Analysis

2010

Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences

2011

Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences

2013

University Hospital, Faculty of Life Science
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology

2014

Center for Marine Environment Studies

2014

ThailandFaculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University

2011

ThailandThailandTurkeyFaculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute ofTechnology Ladkrabang
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University

TurkeyEngineering Faculty, Cankiri Karatekin University

TurkeyUK
UK

Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Natural andApplied Science, Gazi University
Mary Lyon Centre, MRC Harwell
The School of Engineering, University of Glasgow

USA

College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

USA
USA

Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Institute of Pulsed Power Science
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andTechnology
Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences

The Jackson Laboratory
School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences
FranciscoCollege of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
University
Mouse Biology Program, University of California, Davis
Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Georgia State Faculty of Life Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Universityof Pulsed Power Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington Instituteand Technology
Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources,
Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andMinistry of National Resources and Environment
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andDanang University of Technology
Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science and
Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture
Technology
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Science andHanoi University of Mining and Geology
Technology

TaiwanTaiwanTaiwanTaiwanTaiwanTaiwan

USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
VietnamVietnamVietnamVietnamVietnamInternational Exchanges

Counterpart

Graduate School of Kosin University, College of Natural
Science, Kosin University
National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation(NIFDS), Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)

Part 5Country
Korea

2014

2014
2016
2008
2015
2015
2011
2014
1996
2004
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2015
2007
2008
2008
2012
2015

The department names above are written as they existed when the agreements were concluded / renewed.

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International Exchange Agreements
Part 5chart

International Exchanges

3

Changes in Numbers of Partner Institutions
208

210
200
185

190

Total
Department-level
University-level

180
170
160
150

165
151

143

140
130

125

120

Numbers of Partner Institutions

113

110

102

98

100

92

90
74

80
70
50
40 35

39

49

45

42

30

27

62

54

32

20

22

23

10 15
0

17

19

18

19

22

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

20

75

64

60

30

79

52
37

40

37

39

2007

2008

37

100

83

82
73

63
62

68

69

2011

2012

2013

51

46

27

2006

2009

2010

2014

2015

As of September 1 each year

chart

4

World Map with the Numbers of Partner Instituions

University-level
Department-level

Kumamoto University

9

10

14

Total 19
North America
02Total 2South America

40

24

Total 38
Europe108

73Total 10Africa65

2

3

Total 5
Middle East

63

Total 128
Asia

3

3

Total 6
Oceania

2016

Asia

MiddleEast

AfricaOceania

North
AmericaSouth-MiddleAmerica

Europe

1
1
1
3
1
3

5
1
37

0

1
1
8
4
2
1
4
5
30

0

14

0

13
1
4
14
1
24
23
22
319

4
1
4
4
7
2
3
57
1

6

2

6

3

6

1
1
4
2
22

1
1

1
1
2
2
1
3
2

1

1
0
2

0

2
2
6
12
18

4
5
25
30

0
1

0
1

0

0

0

5
23
1
2
1
27
27
276
303
1
1
1
3
12

0
1

1
1

1
2
3
8
11

0

1
17
17

0
1

1
1

5
4
8
1
3
42
40
4
2
2
28
1
1
15
1
7
10
1
11

2

5
3

2
6
1

2
3

2
3

1
6

20
80

19
83

0
14

1
1

2
2

5

1
1

1

1

1

1
1
1

7
15
11
10
37

3
2

2

278
941

15
88

14
56

1

4
7
123
9
38
105
5
14
2
28
3
16
20
2
41
30
32
479
1
0
0
8
1
10
0
0
1
1
0
3
2
2
0
9
29
1
5
1
36
41
338
379
1
1
1
3
15
1
7
4
11
1
3
51
56
4
4
2
30
1
1
17
1
9
11
5
12
0
7
16
11
16
50
0
0
346
1262

1
1
1
1

1
2

2

3
1
18
1
4
4
1
4
10
4
10

20
11

15
2
4
1
1

1
1
1
1

2
2
3
1
32
1

1

7

5

10

18
3
81
1

1
7

2

42

26
2

1
1
2

1

4

1

1

1

0

1
1

1
1
5

2

4
1
2
3
1

1

0

1
2
13
13

0
1

0
1
4
5

0

0

0

0

2
1
5
2

1
10
2

1

2

3
1
17
18

4
2
6
8

0

0
3

0

0

1

0

1
2

3
9

1

1
2

12
4

3

2

4

1

1

1
1
1
2
6

28
82

5
17

0
10

1
5
3

1

2
3
1
1
37
145

1
2

9
74

2
31

Sub-total

Private-Funded

Foreign Governments/ Institutes

1

Other Domestic Funds

2
1
8
1
4
5

Japan International
Cooperation Agency(JICA)

Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science(JSPS)

62

Sub-total

1
17
1
3
5
3
2

Private-Funded

2
3
94
2
26
79
1
10

Ministry of Education(MEXT)

1

Foreign Governments/ Institutes

2
2
2
3
1
6

Japan International
Cooperation Agency(JICA)

1
3
1
8
9

Other Domestic Funds

Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Korea
Laos
Malaysia
MongolMyanmar
Nepal
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
TaiwanThailand
Vietnam
Sub-total
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Syria
TurkeyUAE
Sub-total
DR Congo
Egypt
Ghana
Kenya
NigeriaSouth Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Tunisia
Sub-total
Australia
French Polynesia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Sub-total
CanadaUSA
Sub-total
BrazilMexicoUruguay
Sub-total
Austria
BelarusBelgium
Croatia
Czech
Denmark
FinlandFranceGermany
GreeceHungary
IrelandItaly
KyrgyzLiechtenstein
Netherlands
NorwayPolandPortugal
Romania
RussiaSlovakia
Slovenia
Spain
SwedenSwitzerland
UK
UkraineUzbekistan
Sub-total
Total

Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science(JSPS)Country

Visiting Foreign Researchers

6
2
62
5
24
11
2
6
11
9
0
11
2
0
5
36
4
196
4
1
2
2
0
9
1
8
0
0
4
1
0
5
1
20
5
0
4
0
9
4
40
44
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
5
0
0
16
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
1
2
6
4
0
5
11
1
1
81
359

International Exchanges

RegionMinistry of Education(MEXT)

University Staff Sent Abroad
Funding
SourcePart 5

Researchers and Scholars Exchanges (April 2015- March 2016)41

(As of May 1, 2016)

33

1
44

1

2
9

5
23
3
2
2

10

1
56

1

0

12
3
2
97

1
0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
1

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1
1

3
3
1
1

0
58

0
1

0
0

1
1
10
108

104
4
38
7
2
2
22
2
3
6
3
8
234
12
2

1
9

6
5

2

1
1
2
3
1
1
1
4

3
16

8

16

1
15
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
4
1
1
8
2
2
3
1
3
4
1
26
1
1

0
1
1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
1

1
1
1
5
285

0
17

0
8

1
17

33
0
1
119
4
45
8
0
3
4
25
3
4
10
7
8
274
12
2
0
1
0
15
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
4
1
1
8
2
2
3
1
3
4
0
1
26
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
6
327

0
1
1
0

0

0

0

0
1

Total

Japanese Language
Trainees

Sub-total

33

Special ResearchStudents

0
1
1
78
0
7
32
3
12
2
0
0
0
12
3
3
154
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
3
1
1
0
1
1
10
168

Research Students

Graduates

1

Sub-total

Graduate Schools
Special Auditors

Auditors

Country
Bangladesh
Brunei
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Korea
Laos
Asia
Malaysia
MongolMyanmar
Nepal
Philippines
TaiwanThailand
Vietnam
Sub-total
Afghanistan
Iran
Middle Iraq
East
Oman
TurkeySub-total
USA
North
America Sub-total
BrazilSouth- Dominican Republic
MiddleAmerica Guatemala
Sub-total
Papua New Guinea
Solomon
Oceania
Tonga
Sub-total
Benin
Cabo Verde
Egypt
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
AfricaSouth Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
UgandaZimbabwe
Sub-total
Armenia
Bulgaria
FranceGermany
Hungary
EuropePolandRussiaSpain
UK
Sub-total
Total (From 48 countries)

Research Students

International Exchanges

StatusRegionUndergraduates

Faculties

Special Auditors

Part 5International Students

33
1
2
197
4
52
40
3
15
6
25
3
4
22
10
11
428
12
2
1
1
1
17
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
4
1
1
8
2
2
3
1
3
4
1
1
27
1
1
4
3
1
2
1
1
2
16
496

Japanese Students Study Abroad
The table below indicates the number of exchange students who went abroad for more than three months and up to one
year, to study at foreign universities that have concluded student exchange agreements with Kumamoto University or at otherinstitutions of higher education.
In addition to the above-mentioned students, there are some Japanese students who studied abroad at their own expense.
Country
Australia
U.K.
U.S.A.
RussiaFranceFranceFranceGermany
Germany
Slovenia
Indonesia
Malaysia
China
China
Taiwan42

University / Institute
The University of Newcastle
University of Leeds
Montana State University
Novosibirsk State Technical University
The Member of the University of Bordeaux
University of Lorraine
Universite Blaise Pascal - Clermont Ferrand II
University of Bonn
Saarland University
University of Maribor
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Tongji University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Total (April 2015-March 2016)

Number of Students
4
5
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
27

Part 5International House
vide accommodation for international students andforeign researchers. To respond to the increase in thenumber of foreign students and researchers, Residence B was built in 1995, followed by Residences C,
D and E in November 2009. As of May 2016, international students and researchers from about 34 countries are residing in all 232 rooms. The I-House officein Residence A is available to respond to questions
from residents and to provide consultation and assistance.
(Address)
7-763 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 860-0862(Location)
About 1.5 km east of the Kurokami Campus

Residence
A
B
C
D
E
Total number of rooms

Family3
4

Couple3
3

7

6

Room Type
Single Shared (quad)
49
50
36
36
48
147
72

Total
55
57
36
36
48
232

International Exchanges

umamoto University International HouseK Residence A was constructed in 1985 to pro-Common Facilities
LoungeConference room
Japanese-style room
Public Lobby
Multipurpose room
Laundry room

2
1
1
1
1
10

Japanese Language Classes
he College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisci-

T plinary Studies offers the following classes

related to the Japanese language and Japanese studies
for international students and researchers at Kumamoto University.
◦ Japanese Language and Japanese Studies classes(General Education classes)◦ Japanese classes for the “Kumamoto University
Short-Term Exchange Program” and “Intensive
Japanese course for Japanese Government Scholarship students”, “Teacher-Training students”, and“undergraduate students in the Japan - Korea Joint
Exchange Program in Science and Engineering”

Undergraduate students, students in the ShortTerm Exchange Program and students in the JapaneseStudies Program may enroll in most of these classes
for academic credits.
Various levels of classes are offered so that students
can choose classes according to their Japanese
proficiency and their interests. Japanese Studies
classes are also offered to provide students with abroad knowledge and understanding of Japaneseculture, society and technology.

43

Part 5International Programs

International Exchanges

Kumamoto University
Short-Term Exchange Program(Note: Most specialized subjects and General Education classes are taught in Japanese.)

The Kumamoto University Short-Term Exchange
Program is designed for full-time undergraduate students who are from universities that have a student
exchange agreement with Kumamoto University, and• J Course (Program in Japanese)
Students in this course mainly take classes in specialized subjects for undergraduate students of eachfaculty, as well as classes in the Japanese Language andJapanese Studies. Also, they can take General Education classes and Short-Term Exchange Program
classes taught in English.

have foreign citizenship. The program offers undergraduate foreign students, who are interested in theJapanese language, Japanese and Asian society andculture, advanced science and technology, and interactions with foreign students, the chance to study for
up to a year in Japan while still retaining their fulltime status at their home universities. The university
also hopes that the program will promote exchange
between university students from foreign countries
and Japanese university students.
• E Course (Program in English)
As a general rule, this course is intended for thirdyear undergraduate students who are currently at theirhome universities. Students in this course mainly take
Short-Term Exchange Program classes taught in English. Also, they can take Japanese Language and Japa-

Kumamoto University
Japanese Studies Program
The Kumamoto University Japanese Studies program is a one-year program intended for undergraduate international students who are majoring in fields
related to Japanese language and culture. The aim of
the program is to improve Japanese proficiency, toimpart the knowledge and skills required to conduct
Japanese studies, and to help students acquire a practical knowledge of Japanese language and culture foruse in society.

nese Studies classes. The students can take specialized
subjects for undergraduate students of each facultyand General Education classes which are not included
in program completion requirements as well.

Kumamoto University Summer Program 2015
From July 27 to August 8, the Kumamoto University
Summer Program 2015 was held by the College for
Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies.
This program was designed to provide an opportunity for undergraduate students from overseas partner
universities to enjoy a short stay in Kumamoto while
deepening their interest and understanding of life inJapan.

44

ing traditional Japanese sweets, wearing yukata, tea
ceremony, and a home visit with local families in Kumamoto. Participating students also made presentations based on what they researched during their Japa-

This program was started in 2006, making this year’s
program is the 9th, and was attended by participantsfrom China, Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S.A.

International Exchanges

nese language classes. At the end of the program, they
were awarded certificates by the Director of the College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies.

Part 5The contents of the program included Japanese language classes, lectures on Japanese life and culture,
education excursions to Kumamoto Castle and Mt.
Aso, and several cultural experiences including mak-Kumamoto University 2015 Summer Program in English
From July 23 to July 31, the first Summer Programin English was held by the College for Cross-Culturalprofessors at Kumamoto University; educational excursions to Kengun, Lake Ezu, Suizenji Park,and Multidisciplinary Studies in Kumamoto University. The program was attended by 36 international
students from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.

Kumamoto Castle, Mt. Aso, and Minamata; tours of
the university’s medical and engineering facilities; aninternational exchange event with local high school
students.

While similar to the other Summer Program offeredat Kumamoto University, the Summer Program in
English requires no Japanese language ability. Over thecourse of 9 days, program participants enjoyed a variety of cultural and scientific educational experiences.
The contents of the program included: lectures fromAll 36 participating students gave positive reviews of
their experiences, with many expressing their gratitude
at being given the opportunity to come to Japan, andan interest in returning to Kumamoto University to
study in the future.

45

Topics of International Activities
Part 5International Exchanges

Grand Opening
Event for the CollegeofsciofTCross-Cultural
and Multidisciplinary
op ionaltanStudiesr Building of Kumamoto UniverInte ivities
sityAct
In commemoration of its completion and opening, a
grand opening event for the College of Cross-Cultural
and Multidisciplinary Studies building of Kumamoto
University was held on April 6, 2016. The building was
created as a symbol of Kumamoto University’s globalized
education.
The opening ceremony was attended by approximately
100 people who are active in education both inside andoutside Kumamoto Prefecture. Following the ceremony,
Mr. Takanori Sonoda from the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation delivered a lecture on the importance ofdeveloping leaders who have gained some experienceabroad as well as in Japan.

courses) and hold various events. These events include
the ‘english-TALKmon’ program, an extracurricular
activity aimed at helping Kumamoto University students
improve their English skills, and the ‘Kumamoto University Global Youth Campus program,’ which provides a
global education environment for high school students
and technical college students even before they enter
university.

The opening ceremony

On the same day, various other programs were alsooffered, including trial lectures for liberal arts courses inEnglish (global courses), a briefing session on the Global
Leader Course that will open in AY 2017, and a facility
tour. More than 100 high school and university students
participated in these programs. Comments heard fromparticipants included, I want to develop the communication skills needed to work in a global environment, andI want to study abroad at least once during my university years.
The College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary
Studies will offer liberal arts courses in English (global

Kumadai
Youth Campusfs oGlobal
c
i
p
al
To
Encourages
tion International Exchange

rna esInOnteFebruaryitivit 22 2016, during the first-ever SpringcA
Program at Kumamoto University, high school students

Trial lecture “Music and Mind”

This is the second “Meet & Greet” event organized by
the Kumadai Global Youth Campus. Due to its popularity,
similar events are planned to be held in the future.

from around Kumamoto prefecture gathered at the 100th
Anniversary Hall on Kumamoto University’s Kurokami
south campus to take part in the “International Students
Meet & Greet.”
41 high school students came from 6 different schools
to join the 39 international students who attended theSpring Program. The international students’ homecountries included Nepal, Indonesia, China, Taiwan,
Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand.

International students make English presentations

During the event, the international students first madesimple self-introductions in Japanese, and then madepresentations in English about their experiences withJapanese culture (namely kendo and calligraphy) and theplaces they visited during the Spring Program, including
Yamaga, Kumamoto Castle, and Reigando. Finally, theparticipating students enjoyed free talking time in English. Many participating high school students reported
that they “were able to have a great experience” and“enjoyed the chance to speak with foreign students.”
International Student Meet and Greet group photo46

Part 5

tie
ctivi
A
For the internship program that runs from DecemberI2015 to March 2016, the International Research Center
for Medical Sciences (IRCMS, Director Toshio Suda)
accepted international students from overseas universities who were identified as being strongly motivated to
study advanced medical research.
Interns and PI visiting the president

Eight students from seven countries – the UK, Ukraine,
China, Malaysia, Egypt, Tanzania, and Iran – participatedin this program. Under the guidance of the principal
investigator (PI) in the state-of-the-art research environment offered at IRCMS, they proactively worked on
research in the areas of AIDS, ATL, and hematopoiesis,
hoping to learn the latest experimental techniques and to
get as much out of the course as possible.
Many of the students who participated commented
that they would like to return to Kumamoto University as
PhD or PD students in the near future. One of the targetsof IRCMS is to achieve a graduate student body that is
50% composed of international students. To meet that
goal, IRCMS will further promote the creation of aninternational research environment, lead in the globalization of the university, and facilitate advanced medical
research.

French-Japan
Joint Lab for ChiralofsciNanostructures
Top
nal Establishediornat esetn
I Researchti of the Graduate School of Science andviteams
Acti Kumamoto University and the University ofTechnology,
Bordeaux have engaged in joint research and personnel
exchanges in the area of supermolecular chemistry forover 10 years. This led to the creation of a joint FrenchJapan lab to develop chiral nanostructures (UA-CNPA :Laboratoires internationaux associes -Chiral Nanostructures for Photonic Applications), which was establishedin accordance with the agreements of 5 institutions,
including the CNRS (National Center for Scientific
Research) and University of Bordeaux. The kickoff

International Exchanges

Internshipf Program Provided for Intercs o al
national
and Graduate
Topi tioUndergraduatenanStudentss
nter

Guidance at the IRCMS BSL3 labmeeting was held at the University of Bordeaux on
October 2 and 3, 2015. Attendees from Kumamoto
University at the signing ceremony and the memorial
lecture included Prof. Hirotaka Ihara, the principal researcher, and Prof. Takashi Hiyama, head of the International Collaborative Research Group for Science andTechnology. In November, a research proposal on the
topic of molecular technology from the members of the
UA-CNPA was selected by JST-ANR as a Strategic
International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP),
which will further accelerate research in this region.
Academic, personnel and student exchanges with the
University of Bordeaux are also expected to be further
enhanced, and will include the utilization of the double
degree program that was agreed to between the universities in March 2015.

Kickoff meeting at the University of Bordeaux47Administrative Officers
President
Part 6

Trustees

Facts

Dean
Director
Dean
Principal
Principal
Principal
Principal
Director
Dean
Dean
Dean
Dean
Director
Director
Director
Dean
Director
Director
Dean
Dean
Dean
Dean
Director
Director
Dean
Dean
Dean
Dean
Dean
Dean
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director

HARADA Shinji, M.D., D.M.Sc.
FURUSHIMA Mikio, D.Sc.
MATSUMOTO Yasumichi, D.Eng.
YAMAZAKI Kodo, LL.D.
TAKEYA Motohiro, M.D., Ph.D.
NISHIKAWA Izumi
TAKASHIMA Kazuki, D.Eng.
YAMAGATA Yuriko, D.Pharm.Sc.
MIZUTA Hiroshi, M.D., Ph.D.
ASAI Yutaka
TSURUTA Tetsuzo
MIZUMOTO Toyofumi, M.Lit.
INABA Tsuguharu, D.Lit.
YAHATA Hideyuki, Ph.D.
OGATA Nobuyuki, M.ed.,M.F.A.
SHIMADA Hideaki, Ph.D.
SHIMATANI Hiroshi, M.A.
SAKASHITA Reiko, Ph.D.
KOGA Noritsugu, M.D.
FUKAMACHI Kiminobu, LL.M.
ICHIKAWA Fusao, D. Sc.
NISHIMURA Yasuharu, M.D., Ph.D.
KAI Hirofumi, Ph.D.
SUGIMOTO Yukihiko, Ph.D.
HIRATA Sumio, Ph.D.
WATANABE Takashi, Ph.D.
USAGAWA Tsuyoshi, D.Eng.
MACHIDA Masato, D.Eng.
TOMIMURA Toshio, D.Eng.
YAHATA Hideyuki, Ph.D.
ITO Hironori, Ph.D.
USAGAWA Tsuyoshi, D.Eng.
USAGAWA Tsuyoshi, D.Eng.
USAGAWA Tsuyoshi, D.Eng.
MATSUDA Taiji, D.Eng.
NISHIMURA Yasuharu, M.D., Ph.D.
NISHIMURA Yasuharu, M.D., Ph.D.
KAI Hirofumi, Ph.D.
YOSHINAGA Kazuya, D.V.M., Ph.D.
YAHATA Hideyuki, Ph.D.
MATSUBARA Hironobu, LL.M.
MATSUBARA Hironobu, LL.M.
MIZUTA Hiroshi, M.D., Ph.D.
YAMAO Toshitaka, D.Eng.
SUGITANI Kenichi, D.Eng.
TAKASHIMA Kazuki, D.Eng.
MATSUMOTO Yasumichi, D.Eng.
ITO Juko, D.Eng.
HENMI Yasuhisa, D.Sc.
KAWAMURA Yoshihito, Ph.D.
AKIYAMA Hidenori, D.Eng.
OIKE Yuichi, M.D., Ph.D.
MATSUSHITA Shuzo, M.D., Ph.D.
NISHINAKAMURA Ryuichi, M.D.,Ph.D.
HARADA Shinji, M.D., D.M.Sc.
MATSUMOTO Yasumichi, D.Eng.
FURUSHIMA Mikio, D.Sc.
HARADA Shinji, M.D., D.M.Sc.
SUDA Toshio, M.D., Ph.D.
HIYAMA Takashi, D.Eng.
SOEJIMA Hirofumi, M.D., Ph.D.
TOGAWA Kenichi, D.Ecs.
KINOSHITA Naoko, D. Lit.
FURUSHIMA Mikio, D.Sc.

General Manager
General Manager
General Manager
General Manager
General Manager
General Manager(General Affairs)
General Manager (Finance)
General Manager (Facilities)OYA Satoshi
YANASE Hisashi
NAKAMURA Takeshi
KITAMURA Toshio
FUKAZAWA Hiroaki
MOTOMURA Toshitaka
MAETANI Yoshikazu
MEGURI Masahiro

Vice-Presidents

Vice-Presidents
Auditors
Faculty of Letters
EISEI-BUNKO Research Center
Faculty of Education
University Kindergarten
University Elementary School
University Junior High School
University Attached Special Support School
Center for Educational Research and School Development
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Science
School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
Research Institute for Drug Discovery
Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
Eco-Frontier Center of Medicinal Resources
Faculty of Engineering
Engineering Research Equipment Center
Creative Engineering and Design Education Center
Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences
Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Global Joint Education Center for Science and Technology
Implementation Research and Education System Center for Reducing Disaster Risk
Faculty of Life Sciences
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduate School of Health Sciences
Graduate School of Teacher Education
School of Law
Clinical Legal Education and Research Center
University Hospital
University LibraryCenter for Management of Information Technologies
College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies
Center for Policy Studies
Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School
Center for Marine Environment Studies
Magnesium Research Center
Institute of Pulsed Power Science
Institute of Resource Development and Analysis
Center for AIDS ResearchInstitute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics
Priority Organization for Innovation and ExcellenceInnovative Collaboration Organization
Headquarters for Admissions and Education
Organization for Community Development
International Research Center for Medical Sciences
International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology
Health Care Center
Environmental Safety Center
Research Center for Buried Cultural Properties
Institute for e-Learning Development
Administration Bureau
Strategic Management Planning Department
External Affairs Department
Research / Education Affairs Department
Student Affairs Department
University Hospital Administrative Department
Administrative Department

48(As of April 1, 2016)

Faculty and Staff Size30

2Faculty of Education

50

44

4

Faculty of Law

14

13

3

3

85
1

3

Faculty of Engineering
91

83

Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences

8

8

Faculty of Life Sciences

74

45

24

School of Law

9

8

1

Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics

8

3

1

Institute of Pulsed Power Science9

Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence

2

34

102

183

1

Total
60

3

31

1

Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology

Administrative andTechnical Staff

60

Faculty of Science
School of Pharmacy

Sub-total

Teachers(Attached School)

Research Assistant

Assistant Professors

Lecturers (Full-time)

Associate Professors

Professors
28

Facts

Faculty of Letters

Part 6Classification(As of June 1, 2016)

186
31

0

3

3

7

5

12

0

42

42

210

210

16

16

246

9

18

255
18

7

19

8

27

5

2

16

1

17

9

4

13

13

Innovative Collaboration Organization

1

3

4

4

Headquarters for Admissions and Education

2

1

3

3

Center for Management of Information Technologies

4

College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies

2

1

Center for Policy Studies

2

The Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School

1

5

2

3

8

5

5

3

5

5

1

1

1

Institute for e-Learning Development

1

1

2

1

3

Center for Marine Environment Studies

2

2

4

1

5

Magnesium Research Center

3

1

Institute of Resource Development and Analysis

32Center for AIDS Research

4

2

2

1

5

5

12

2

8

8

1

1
3

Environmental Safety Center1

Research Center for Buried Cultural Properties

1

2

3

1

3

Health Care Center

1

1

University Hospital

4

8

32

69

0
323

279

73

230

7

3

19

6

113 1126 1239

Administration Bureau
Total

5

3

85

422

422

993 1634 2627

49

Student Enrollment(The 2016 School Year)Part 6▪Undergraduate Students▪
Faculty and School▪Graduate Students▪

NumberFaculty and School

MasterDoctor

Juris Doctor

Facts

—

—

78

33

—

124

213

45

—

25

15

333

96

—

Health Sciences

58

33

40

19

—

Pharmaceutical
Sciences

72

26

77

25

—

1,342

340

741

218

Letters

778

556

Education

92

42

Education

1,275

707

100

901

408

Social and Cultural
Sciences

165

Law
Science

802

206

Science andTechnology

930

Medicine

1,335

683

Medical Sciences

Pharmacy504

236

Engineering

2,386

373

Total

7,981

3,169

School of Law▪Diploma Course▪

Total

Faculty and School

Number

Diploma Course inSpecial Education

23

19

5

19

5

17

▪Attached Schools▪

▪Special Course▪

Classification

Faculty and School

NumberSpecial Course in School Health4039*Colored figures indicate the number of females includedin the figures.

NumberElementary School

654

328

Junior High School

475

237

Special Support
School61

22

Kindergarten

141

65

Total

1,331

652

Student Financial Aid▪Japanese Students▪

(As of March 1, 2016)
Number ofStudents

Japanese
Government
Scholarship

Other
Scholarships

8,006

4,293

103

4,396

54.9%

Master

1,329

662

11

673

50.6%

Doctor

728

69

2

71

9.8%

Juris Doctor

32

22

0

22

68.8%

10,095

5,046

116

5,162

51.1%

Classification
Undergraduate Students

Graduate Students

Total▪International Students▪

Rate(As of May 1, 2016)
Number ofStudents

Japanese
Government
Scholarship

Other
Scholarships

Undergraduate Students

168

19

33

52

31.0%

Graduate Students

327

70

120

190

58.1%

Japanese Language Trainees

1

1

0

1

100.0%

Total

496

90

153

243

49.0%

Classification

50

Total

Total

Rate

Student Admission(The 2016 School Year)

Faculty and School

Applicants

Newly Enrolled
Students

Rate of Enrollment

669

181

27.1%

Education

853

317

37.2%

Law

770

217

28.2%

Science

634

194

30.6%

Medicine

411

115

28.0%

Health Sciences

539

154

28.6%

Pharmacy

413

92

22.3%

Engineering

1,331

531

39.9%

Total

5,620

1,801

32.0%

Newly Enrolled
Students

Rate of Enrollment

Facts

Letters

Part 6▪Undergraduate Students▪

▪Graduate Students▪
Faculty and School
Education
Social and Cultural Sciences
Science and Technology
Medical Sciences
Health Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Law

Applicants
Master

60

43

71.7%

Master

80

58

72.5%

Doctor

20

12

60.0%

Master

557

441

79.2%

Doctor

28

26

92.9%

Master

18

12

66.7%

Doctor

67

65

97.0%

Master

29

21

72.4%

Doctor

13

8

61.5%

Master

36

34

94.4%

Doctor99100.0%

16

11

68.8%

933

740

79.3%

Newly Enrolled
Students

Rate of Enrollment

23

85%

Newly Enrolled
Students

Rate of Enrollment

40

64.5%

Juris Doctor
Total▪Diploma Course▪
Applicants
Diploma Course in Special Education

27▪Special Course▪
ApplicantsSpecial Course in School Health62

Student Costs(As of May 1, 2016 / Unit: yen)
Entrance exam fee

Admission fee

Tuition fees

Undergraduate Students

17,000282,000

535,800/ year

Graduate Students

30,000282,000

535,800/ year

Graduate Students (School of Law)

30,000282,000

804,000/ year

Research Students

9,800

84,60029,700/ month

Auditing students*

9,800

28,20014,800/ credit* Includes non-degree course students
51

Degrees Awarded
Part 6▪Master's Degree▪

(As of March 31, 2016)▪Doctoral Degree▪
New System

New System

Facts

Classification

2015.42016.3

Total

Master of Arts

29

1017

Master of Education

32

1,137

Master of Law

2459

Master of Public Policy

2

88Classification

Old
SystemCourse Completion

Thesis Submission

2015.42016.3

Total

2015.42016.3

Total

Doctor of Literature

—

4

66

1

18

Doctor of Public Policy

—

—

22

—

3

Doctor of Laws

—

1

8

—

—

—

6

197

—

30

Master of Medical Sciences

15

284

Doctor of Science

Master of Health Sciences

5

55

Doctor of Engineering

—

23

645

—

110

Master of Nursing

1273

Doctor of Philosophy

—

19

321

1

20

Master of Pharmaceutical
Sciences

29

1,733

Doctor of Medical
Sciences

1,663

60

2,069

8

986

Master of Clinical Pharmacy—

76

Doctor of Health Sciences

—

3

6

—

—

Master of Health Life Science5

15

Doctor of Nursing

—

—

2

—

—

Master of Science

89

2,260

Master of Engineering

345

8,901

Doctor ofPharmaceutical
Sciences

—

14

280

3

156

Master of Philosophy

894

Master of Science inInstructional Systems

—

—

7

—

—

10

106

Doctor of ClinicalPharmacy
Doctor of Life Sciences

—

1

23

—

5

583 16,298

Total

Juris Doctor

—

11

172

—

—

Total

1,663

142

3,818

13

1,328

After Graduation(The 2016 School Year)▪Undergraduate Students▪
Number of Continuing
Higher Education

Faculty and School

Numberof
Graduates

Letters

168

9

5.4%

141

83.9%

18

10.7%

Education

320

58

18.1%

219

68.4%

43

13.4%

Number of Employed

Rate

Others

Rate

Rate

Law

221

5

2.3%

185

83.7%

31

14.0%

￼ Science￼

185

108

58.4%

66

35.7%

11

5.9%
43.5%

Medicine

260

21

8.1%

126

48.5%

113

Pharmacy

82

38

46.3%

42

51.2%

2

2.4%

Engineering

572

342

59.8%

203

35.5%

27

4.7%

Total

1,808

581

32.1%

982

54.3%

245

13.6%

▪Graduate Students▪
Faculty and School

Number of Continuing
Higher Education

Number of Employed

Rate

OthersRate

Rate

Education

Master

32

0

0.0%

29

90.6%

3

9.4%

Social andCultural Sciences

Master

51

2

3.9%

25

49.0%

24

47.1%

Doctor

7

0

0.0%

3

42.9%

4

57.1%

Science andTechnology

Master

434

19

4.4%

394

90.8%

21

4.8%

Doctor

47

0

0.0%

31

66.0%

16

34.0%

Master

15

2

13.3%

13

86.7%

0

0.0%

Doctor

72

0

0.0%

51

70.8%

21

29.2%

Master

17

0

0.0%

17

100.0%

0

0.0%

Doctor

3

0

0.0%

2

66.7%

1

33.3%

Pharmaceutical
Sciences

Master

34

13

38.2%

20

58.8%

1

2.9%

Doctor

14

0

0.0%

10

71.4%

4

28.6%

Law

Juris Doctor

11

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

11

100.0%

737

36

4.9%

595

80.7%

106

14.4%

Medical Sciences
Health Sciences

Total
52

Numberof
GraduatesBudget Breakdown▪Statements of Income (FY2016)▪
Unit: million yen
14,879Tuition and University Hospital

31,044

Commissioned Research

3,771

Subsidy for Facility

446

Loan for Facility

1,495

Total

51,635(2.9%)

3,771(7.3%)

Grantsfor Management

3,771(7.3%)

51,635
Statements
51,635of IncomeGrants14,879forManagement(28.8%)
14,879Facts

Grants for Management

Commissioned
Research

Loan for Facility
1,495(2.9%)
Loan for Facility
1,495Part 6

Subsidy for Facility
446(0.9%)
Subsidy for Facility
446
Commissioned(0.9%)
Research(28.8%)

Statementsof IncomeTuition andUniversity Hospital
Tuition31,044
and(60.1%)
University
Hospital
31,044(60.1%)▪Statements of Expenditure (FY2016)▪
Unit: million yen
Personnel Cost

19,978

Cost of Supplies

23,097

Debt Redemption

2,848

Commissioned Research

3,771

Expenditure for Facility

1,941

Total

51,635

Commissioned Research
3,771(7.3%)
Commissioned Research
3,771(7.3%)
Debt
Redemption
Debt 2,848(5.5%)
Redemption
2,848(5.5%)

Expenditure
for Facility
1,941
Expenditure(3.8%)
for Facility
1,941(3.8%)

51,635
Statements
51,635ofExpenditure
Statementsof Expenditure

Personnel Cost
19,978(38.7%) Cost
Personnel
19,978(38.7%)

Cost of Supplies
23,097(44.7%)
Cost of Supplies
23,097(44.7%)▪Funds from Other Sources (FY2015)▪
Categories

Proposals
Selected

Research
ExpenseGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

642

1,783,050

Grants & Endowmen

1,446

1,568,707

Commissioned Research

285

2,265,917

Cooperative Research with Private Sector
Total

318

411,737

2,691

6,029,411

Unit: thousand yen▪Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (FY2015)▪
Categories
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas

Proposals
Selected*Research
Expense34

346,450

Scientific Research (S)139,000Scientific Research (A)11142,090

Scientific Research (B)65

339,180

Scientific Research (C)296

436,337

Challenging Exploratory Research

64

101,270

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)1056,940Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)135

200,785

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

13

18,200Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results

2

4,800

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

38

36,300Total

669

1,721,352* Includes overhead costs/ Unit: thousand yen

53Campus Maps ※ National Important Cultural Property ▪Registered Tangible Cultural Property
Part 7

Kurokami North Campus

Access

7

11

9

8

13

12

To Tatsuda Nature Park

14
6
5
3

43

10
15

1

4

45

2
36

35

27

29

18

44

28

40

42
16

34

41
39

38
26
33
30
19

22

31
37

21

23

20

17

24

25

To Aso32

To City Center

Kurokami North Campus
1 Kurokami North N1(Faculty of Letters) (Faculty of Law)
2 Kurokami North N2(Faculty of Letters) (Faculty of Law)
3 Kurokami North N3 (School of Law)
4 Kurokami North N4(Faculty of Letters) (Faculty of Law)
5 Kurokami North N5(Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences)
6 Kurokami North N6(Faculty of Letters) (Faculty of Law)
7 Kurokami North N7 (Faculty of Education)
8 Kurokami North N8 (Faculty of Education)
9 Kurokami North N9 (Faculty of Education)
10 Kurokami North N10 (Faculty of Education)
11 Kurokami North N11 (Faculty of Education)
12 University Archives

13 ‘Ai Work’ Job Café

29 The Chemical Laboratory of the Fifth High School ※14 Chimeido Hall

30 Environmental Safety Center

15 Kusunoki Hall

31 College of Cross-Cultural and Multidisciplinary Studies

16 Kurokami North Facility and Administration Building

32 Club Rooms 1

17 Kurokami North C1

33 Kurokami Gymnasium(Academic Commons Kurokami Bldg. 5)
18 The Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School ※19 University Library
20 University Library (South Building)/
The Open University of Japan Kumamoto Study Center
21 Health Care Center
22 North Student Hall Bldg. A(Cafeteria, Bookstore and Shops)
23 North Student Hall Bldg. B
24 Guard Station
25 The Front Gate (The Red Gate) ※26 Kurokami North E1 (General Education Building)
27 Kurokami North E2(Academic Commons Kurokami Bldg. 6)
28 Kurokami North E3(Academic Commons Kurokami Bldg. 6)

34 Club Rooms 2
35 Club Rooms 3
36 Athletic Field (Bufugen)
37 Swimming Pool

University Attached Special Support School
38 Kurokami North E8 (Faculty of Education)
39 Kurokami North E9 (Special Support School Bldg. A)
40 Kurokami North E10 (Special Support School Bldg. B)
41 Kurokami North E11 (Special Support School Bldg. C)
42 Kurokami North E12 (Special Support School Gymnasium)
43 Kurokami North E13 (‘Suzukake-no-ie’ ADL Training House)
44 Swimming Pool
45 Athletic Field

Kurokami Campus (311, 478m2)
54

Campus Maps ※ National Important Cultural Property ▪Registered Tangible Cultural Property
Part 7

Kurokami South Campus
65

68

64
66

56

To City Center
57

69

58

67
47
49

46

48

73
62

50

53 54

76
74

59
60
61

52

87

72

71
63

55

51

To Aso70

AccessPrefecture Road

78

77

75

80
85

84

90
88 89

79

82
83

81

86

Kurokami South Campus
46 Kurokami South W1(Mathematics and Engineering)

60 Kurokami South C5

47 Kurokami South W2

61 Kurokami South C6 (Acoustic Laboratory)

77 South Student Hall

(Laboratory for Nanostructure Characterization)
78 FORICO (Cafeteria and Convenience Store)(Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)79 Kurokami South S1 (Hydraulic Laboratory)
62 Kurokami South C7

48 Kurokami South W3(Academic Commons Kurokami Bldg. 3)(Academic Commons Kurokami Bldg. 1)

80 Kurokami South S2(Instrumental Analysis Center for Engineering Research)
63 Kurokami South C8 (Engineering Lecture Hall)

49 Kurokami South W4(Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry)81 Kurokami South S3 (Disaster Prevention Laboratory)
64 Kurokami South C9(Center for Management of Information Technologies)

82 Kurokami South S4 (Kurokami Radioisotope Laboratory)

50 Kurokami South W5(Engineering Research Laboratories)

65 University Archives

83 Kurokami South S5(Research Center for Buried Cultural Properties)
51 Kurokami South W6 (Machine Shop A)

66 University Hall (Administrative Ofﬁces)

52 Kurokami South W7 (Machine Shop B)

67 Museum of the Engineering Faculty ※53 Kurokami South W8

68 Guard Station

85 Kurokami South S7 (Incubation Center)

69 Kurokami South E1 (Faculty of Science Bldg. 1&2)

86 Kurokami South S8 (Shock Wave Laboratory)

70 Kurokami South E2 (Faculty of Science)

87 Kurokami South S984 Kurokami South S6 (Venture Laboratory)(Creative Engineering and Design Education
Laboratory 1)
54 Kurokami South W9(Creative Engineering and Design Education
Laboratory 2)(Graduate School of Science and Technology)(Shock Wave and Condensed Matter Research Building)(Engineering Experimental Laboratories)

71 Kurokami South E3 (Faculty of Science Bldg. 3)

88 Kurokami South S10 (MRC Casting Laboratory)

72 Kurokami South E4 (Faculty of Science Bldg. 4)

89 Kurokami South S11

55 100th Anniversary Hall
56 Kurokami South C1(Academic Commons Kurokami Bldg. 7)(MRC Forming and Machining Laboratory)
73 Kurokami South E5(Research Building for Science and Technology)
57 Kurokami South C2(Architecture and Building Engineering)(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
58 Kurokami South C3(Mechanical System Engineering)(Materials Science and Engineering)74 Kurokami South E6(Experimental Building for Science and Technology)

90 Kurokami South S12(International Research Center for
Advanced Science and Technology)(Magnesium Research Center(MRC))

75 Kurokami South E7(Acoustic Analysis Laboratory for Underwater Environments)
76 Kurokami South E8

59 Kurokami South C4(Low Temperature and He Gas Recovery Station)(Academic Commons Kurokami Bldg. 2)

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Campus Maps ※ National Important Cultural Property ▪Registered Tangible Cultural Property
Part 7

Honjo North, Center, South
CampusShirakawa

Access

1

River

12

13

9

3

14

4

15

5

8
11

6

17

18

7

San

gyo

22
21

Honjo Center Campus

Roa

19 Honjo Center1 (Institute of Resource Development anddAnalysis (Center for Animal Resources and Development))29

20

20 Honjo Center2 (Center for AIDS Research, Center for

Animal Resources and Development )To Aso24
28

1 West Tower
2 East Tower
3 Central Examination Building
4 Outpatient Building
5 Administration Building
6 Outpatient Examination and Clinical Research Building
7 Old Administration Building
8 Yamasaki Hall ■9 Welfare Facilities
10 Facilities Management Building
11 Honjo North1 (Clinical Research Building)
12 Honjo North2 (Medical Education & Library Building)
13 Honjo North3 (General Medical Research Building)
14 Honjo North4 (Basic Research Building)
15 Honjo North5 (The Center for Medical Education and Research)
17 Multistory Parking Garage 1
18 Multistory Parking Garage 2

2
10

To Kumamoto Station

Honjo North Campus

21 Honjo Center3 (International Research Center for

19

Medical Sciences(IRCMS))

23

25

22 Honjo Center4 (Lecture Building)
23 Honjo Center5 (Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics)
24 Honjo Center6 (Institute of Resource Development and26

27

Analysis (Gene Technology Center / Radioisotope Center))

25 Honjo Center7 (Academic Commons Honjo-1)
26 Club Room 1
27 Club Room 2
28 Club Room 3
29 Higo Iiku Monument Hall

30
31
35

7

34

8
2

32

36

10

3

5

33

30 Student Union “Kaiju”
31 Gymnasium
32 Honjo South1 (School of Health Sciences Bldg. A, B, C)
33 Honjo South2 (Academic Commons Honjo-2)
34 Honjo South3 (School of Health Sciences Bldg. E)
35 Club RoomTo Minami Kumamoto
36 Kobato Nursery

14
13

15

19

16

To Misotenjin

17
18

19

Oe Campus

Oe Campus

1 Oe C1 (Main Building A, B, C)
2 Oe C2 (Main Building D)
3 Oe C3 (Main Building E(Library, Research Institute for Drug Discovery))Honjo North, Center, South Campus (133, 312m2)
56

12

4

1

Honjo South Campus

11

9

6

4 Oe C4 (Lecture Building)
5 Oe C5 (Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences)
6 Oe W1 (Animal House)
7 Oe W2 (Joint Research Building)
8 Oe W3 (Radioisotope Center)
9 Oe E1 (General Research Building)
10 Oe E2 (Instrumental Analysis Center)
11 Oe E3 (Medicinal Plant Garden Administration House)
12 Compost Depot
13 Banjikan Hall (Restaurant, Seminar Room, Liaison Ofﬁce)
14 Oe Gymnasium
15 The Kumayaku Museum and Miyamoto Memorial Hall
16 School of Pharmacy Resource Center
17 Staff Residence
18 Athletic Field
19 Eco-Frontier Center of Medicinal Resources(Medicinal Plant Garden)

Oe Campus (51, 264m2)

Location
Part 7KYUSHU Island

People’s Republic of
China
Russian Federation

Access

Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea

Kumamoto University
Republic of Korea

Kumamoto CityTOKYO

Aitsu Marine Station

OSAKA

Kumamoto
Prefecture

JAPAN

KUMAMOTOKUMAMOTO CityTo Hakata(Fukuoka)

To Fukuoka•University Elementary School•University Junior High School•Center for Educational Research and
School Development•Student Dormitory, International house•Kurokami North Campus•Kurokami South Campus•University Attached Special
Support School3

Kami-Kumamoto
StationTo AsoTatsutaguchi
Station337
Tokaigakuen-mae
StationKokai
Bridge•University Kindergarten

gyo

Kagoshima Line

Kyushu Shinkansen

Kumamoto
CastleSandRoa•Oe Athletic Field

Municipal Ofﬁce
Bus Center•Oe Campus
Suizenji Station

iver

aR
kaw

ra

Shi
Kumamoto
StationShin-Suizenji
Station•Honjo North, Center
South Campus
hi

Ho

e

Lin

Minami-Kumamoto
StationHeisei Station
To Kagoshima

Kyushu Shinkansen
Japan Railway
Bus
Rail

57

History
Part 81874 Kumamoto Teachers College established1885 Kumamoto Pharmaceutical College established

History1887 The Fifth High School established1896 Kumamoto Medical College established1897 Kumamoto Technical College established
There were five institutions of higher education in Kumamoto during the Meiji Era
which eventually united to form Kumamoto University. Among these institutions was
The Fifth High School, which was a center for higher learning in western Japan, andprovided students with preparatory education to enter the Japanese Imperial Universities.
A number of foreign teachers joined the school to offer western culture and knowledge tothe students.
These young men, aged from their teens to late twenties, resided in a dormitory, andbuilt a tradition of student community as well as lasting friendships.
1949 Kumamoto University established
Kumamoto University was established under the National School Establishment Law
that reformed the preceding Japanese educational system. The new university incorporated the older institutions described above.
At its establishment, The Fifth High School comprised six departments, with an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students.
Discussion of the school’s curriculum began soon after the founding of the school.
After the Graduate School of Medicine was established in 1955, other graduate schools
were subsequently established within the university.
The establishment of research and education institutions within the university wasstarted early on. In the 1950s, both Kumamoto University Hospital and the University
Library were completed. In addition, a number of research centers that conduct the highest level of scholarly research have been consecutively established over the past 20 years.
2004 Kumamoto University enters the 21st Century
The acceptance of government-sponsored international exchange students started
around 1960, but records indicate that several international exchange students studied in
the Faculty of Medicine as early as the 1950s. Since the 1960s, though, the number of international students has been steadily increasing. There were approximately 50 international students at the university in 1984, and that number increased to over 300 twenty
years later in 2004.
Since Kumamoto University became a National University Corporation in 2004, theuniversity has been ushering in an era of change. Nevertheless, the university will still
continue to strive for further advancements in education, research, and medical carebased on the knowledge and experience it has gained since it was first established, in order
to contribute to society in the 21st century.

History of the University Hospital

The history of Kumamoto University Hospital goes back to the opening of the Hosokawa Clan Hospital in 1870.
After being reorganized and relocated several times, the hospital was moved to its current location in 1901.
In 1949, after Kumamoto Medical College was absorbed into Kumamoto University, the name of the hospital waschanged to Kumamoto University Hospital. It started with a system of eleven medical departments.
In the past several decades, in order to respond to the segmentation and advancement of medical services, the hospital established central consultation facilities as well as new medical departments with the aim of increasing efficiency, among other improvements.
Kumamoto University Hospital has grown to become a general hospitalwith technologically advanced medical facilities and a comprehensive
medical system. It is still continuing to make advancements in its aim tobecome a university hospital that can continue to provide quality medicalcare in the 21st century.

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Part 8

Historical Figures

History

Lafcadio Hearn(1850-1904)

Natsume, Soseki(1867-1916)

Ikeda, Hayato(1899-1965)

Sato, Eisaku(1901-1975)

Though he was of Irish extraction, he was born in
Greece. He came to Japan in
1890. In 1891, he took up his
new post at The Fifth HighSchool. His work “Ghost Stories” (“Kaidan”) introduces
Japan’s mysterious traditions
in English, and is widely
known.

In 1896, he came to Kumamoto to take up his new post
as a lecturer at The Fifth HighSchool. He was residing inKumamoto during the time
he went on the trip that appears in his famous novel“Kusamakura”.

Hayato Ikeda was a politician
who was born in Hiroshima
prefecture and studied at The
Fifth High School. He became
the Prime Minister of Japan in
1960, and his administration
led Japan for a prolonged time
during its era of high economic
growth.

Eisaku Sato was a politician
who was born in Yamaguchi
prefecture and studied at The
Fifth High School. He became
the Prime Minister of Japan in
1964, and played a key role in
the return of Okinawa to Japanese rule and the creation ofJapan’s “Three Non-Nuclear
Principles.” He received theNobel Peace Prize in 1974.

History of the University

2000’s1900’s1800’s1700’s
September 1756

Saishunkan established(Origin of
School of Medicine andUniversity Hospital)

February 1896

Renamed as Kumamoto
Medical College

May 1929

May 1949

RenamedasKumamoto
Medical
University

May 1874

Kumamoto Teachers
College established(Origin of Faculty of
Education)

July 1756

Uniﬁed as
Kumamoto
University

March 1885

Banjien established(Origin of
School of Pharmacy)

April 2004

Renamed as Kumamoto
Pharmaceutical College

Renamed as National
University Corporation
Kumamoto University

May 1887

The Fifth High School
established(Origin of Kumamoto
University)
April 1897

Engineering Division of theFifth High School established(Origin ofFaculty of Engineering)

March 1906

RenamedasKumamoto
Technical
College

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Kumamoto University Museum
Part 8

History

The main building of the former Fifth High School, now the Memorial Museum, is the symbol of Kumamoto University. The building has been designated as a National Cultural Property, along with the Chemical Laboratory, themain gate, and the Museum of the Engineering Faculty. We also preserve the tangible cultural properties of the Yamazaki Memorial Hall on the Honjo campus and the Kumayaku Museum on the Oe campus. We are planning tocreate the “Kumamoto University Museum,” which will consist of these buildings and artifacts. As the first step in thisprocess, the university initiated the renewal of the Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School in 2006, and is now
gathering historical documents and materials. An exhibit is currently open to the public.
五高記念館

The Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School(National Cultural Property)

The Fifth High school was established for young boys as themost prominent educational institution in Kyushu in 1887. Jigoro
Kano, Yakumo Koizumi (Lafcadio Hearn) as well as Soseki Natsume were among the more celebrated professors who taught here.
Even after 100 years, the original Fifth High School building is still
well-maintained and very much appreciated by the public.
Hours

10:00 – 16:00 (Entrance allowed up to 15:30)

Days Closed

Every Tuesday, August Obon holidays
Year-end and New Year’s holidays
National holidays between December and February only

Admission

Freehttp://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/dept/fifth/※ It is currently closed because of Kumamoto earthquake in 2016

正門
（赤門）

The Front Gate (The Red Gate)(National Cultural Property)

The front gate of the Fifth High School is popularly known as
the Red Gate (AKAMON) and is still the dignified main gate of
the north campus of Kumamoto University.

化学実験場

The Chemical Laboratory of the Fifth High School(National Cultural Property)

This building was used as the lab for chemical experiments.
There is a row of labs as well as a tiered lecture hall with a corridor
situated on the west side.

工学部研究資料館

Museum of the Engineering Faculty(National Cultural Property)

This is building was constructed in 1908 as a machine shop forstudents of the former Kumamoto Junior College of Technology.
The exhibits include various machines and tools still in working
condition. The public is welcome to visit the museum during
Open Campus Days, the University Festival and of course the following Days.

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Days Opened

The third Friday of the month (13:00–16:00)

Admission

FreeThe Kumamoto Area
Kumamoto University is located in the city of Kumamoto in Kyushu, the southern-most main island of Japan.

history and plenty of rich nature; and Aso National Park,
crowned by the active volcano Mt. Aso, with the largest

Kumamoto City is the third biggest city in Kyushu. It has
a population of approximately 740,000, which is equivalent to about 41% of the total population of the prefecture.
By air it takes 90 minutes from Tokyo and 60 minutes
from Osaka; by Kyushu Shinkansen it takes 40 minutes
from Fukuoka City.
The weather is generally mild, though there is a rainy

caldera volcano in the world. Because of its proximity to
Mt. Aso, the Kumamoto area also has an abundance of
natural hot springs. Kumamoto is also well-known inJapan for its delicious drinking water. Because the rainfallthat soaks into the ground in the mountains of the Aso
region takes many years to come out, one can always beable to drink delicious water.

season from early June to mid-July, followed by a subtropically hot summer season. Autumn and spring offer
the most comfortable weather. Warm clothing is necessary in January and February. It seldom snows even in
midwinter, and never more than a few centimeters.
Known for its abundance of trees and greenery, Kumamoto is one of Japan’s oldest cities. While offering thelatest in modern facilities, Kumamoto has managed toretain a purity and simplicity of old Japanese customs,
flavor, and spirit which make it an interesting place tovisit and a delightful place to live.
Local attractions include Kumamoto Castle, one of theoldest and grandest medieval castle in Japan; Kumamoto
downtown area, located 10-15 minutes away from Kumamoto University by bicycle and known for a lot of officebuilding and shopping streets; the Amakusa Islands, a
chain of 120 islands known for their exciting Christian61

“Forest of Creative Powers, Blaze
of Challenging Spirits”
Kumamoto University (KU), a globally active research university withroots in local communities, has
adopted a motto that symbolizes theuniversity's brand attributes andexpresses its essential quality: "KU
Spirit."Chuo-ku,

Calligraphy by Mr. Takehiko Inoue,
a manga artist known for SLAMDUNK, Vagabond and many more.
He is a former student of the Facultyof Letters of Kumamoto University.