KYOTO iUP FACULTY GUIDE 2024

FACULTY GUIDE

2024

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FACULTY GUIDE

2024

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02 ● Faculty of INTEGRATED HUMAN STUDIES
04 ● Faculty of EDUCATION
06 ● Faculty of LAW
08 ● Faculty of ECONOMICS
10 ● Faculty of SCIENCE
12 ● Faculty of PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
14 ● Faculty of ENGINEERING
16 ● Faculty of AGRICULTURE

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INTEGRATED HUMAN STUDIESHolistic understanding of human beings andtheir surroundings through interdisciplinary curricula
Features of the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University

10 Divisions for developing
unique human resources

The minor specialization system providing
students with broad perspectives and creativity

The Faculty of Integrated Human Studies is the undergraduate college ofthe Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, and it consists of
10 Divisions: (1) Mathematical and Information Sciences, (2) Humanity, Society
and Thought, (3) Arts and Letters, (4) Cognitive, Behavioral and Health Sciences,(5) Language Sciences, (6) Civilizations of Eastern Asia, (7) Studies on Global
Coexistence, (8) Cultural, Regional and Historical Studies on the Environment,(9) Materials Science, (10) Earth, Life and Environment. Each Division sets its own
education and research objectives; at the same time, the 10 Divisions share acommon goal of developing new and unique types of human resources. In
order to achieve this goal, the Divisions cooperate with each other to provide
a dynamic and interdisciplinary environment where students can learn abouthuman beings and their surroundings from broad perspectives.

The Faculty offers the minor specialization system that allows students to takecourses outside their field of major specialization. The system aims to nurture
students with broad perspectives and creativity, enabling them not only toacquire advanced expertise in their major specializations, but also to deepen
knowledge in other academic fields. Students can decide on their minor
specializations with the help of consultation with their academic advisors. At
graduation, students completing minor specializations will receive certificatesacknowledging their completion of the minor program in addition to theirdegree in major specializations.

Continuing study at the Graduate
School of Human and Environmental Studies
and other institutions

Most high school students in Japan need to decide on their field of study atuniversity before applying for university; however, the Faculty challenges thiswidespread convention. The Faculty provides an education in a wide range ofacademic fields spanning the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences,and freshmen can fully take advantage of such an education by being exposed
to various academic disciplines and exploring their interests. Students selecttheir major specializations from among the 10 Divisions and continue theirstudy toward graduation research. The Faculty’s interdisciplinary nature canalways benefit the students during their school years.

Nearly 40% of the graduates of the Faculty continue their study/research at
the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies. (Graduates canalso pursue their graduate study at other graduate schools at Kyoto University
or at other academic institutions.) The Graduate School of Human andEnvironmental Studies has 10 divisions corresponding to the 10 divisions of
the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, allowing students to continue tolearn and deepen knowledge in their specialized field of study seamlessly
under the same professor who taught them as undergraduates.

Four-year integrated curricula combining
liberal arts education and specialized courses
The Faculty has developed curricula that link “general courses” for helping
students develop flexible and broad knowledge, and “specialized courses”
provided by each of the 10 Divisions. The integrated curricula offer both liberalarts education and interdisciplinary study of specialized courses throughout
the four-year program. General and specialized courses are taught by the firstrate professors from the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
and other graduate schools to ensure that students receive education at thehighest level. The Faculty offers the Professor Advisory System to support
students with guidance on course selection and advice on student life.

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Each division represents a group of faculty members from neighboring disciplines. Students, who also belong to their selected division, deepen their learning
systematically, focusing on courses in their specialized discipline.

Mathematical and Information Sciences

Civilizations of Eastern Asia

In mathematical science, we aim to uncover the mathematical structures underlying
fluctuating processes in various phenomena, primarily using analytical methods. In
information science, we explore a wide range of problems from both theoretical andpractical perspectives. Our focus in mathematical science is on analyzing diverse
mathematical phenomena, such as those described using ordinary differential
equations, partial differential equations, stochastic differential equations, stochastic
processes, discrete dynamical systems, complex dynamical systems, and theoriesof chaos and fractals. In information science, our studies encompass theories
and applications in various fields such as machine learning, data science, media
information processing, as well as the mathematical foundations of puzzles,
games, and the emerging field of quantum computing. Additionally, we engage instudies for understanding the essence of computation, particularly computational
concepts that arise in mathematics, through areas such as programming language
theory, mathematical logic, interactive theorem proving systems, category theory,and descriptive set theory.

Regions in East Asia have developed their own unique cultures, and yet they
have together formed a politically, economically, and culturally coherent zone
through active inter-regional interactions. In this division, we conduct extensive
research on regional languages, literature, histories, and thought that have beendeveloped over time in various parts of East Asia, building on research in specialized
areas—such as Japanese language and literature, Chinese language and literature,
Japanese and Chinese histories, and Chinese and Korean thought—and converging
research across disciplinary boundaries. Through these activities, we aim toestablish a holistic understanding of the history, culture, and society of East Asia as
distinguished from Western civilization.

Humanity, Society and Thought
Humans are beings that live by forming societies and engaging with the world,
others, and themselves. Language and thought are more than just human inventions
to be regarded as subsequent additions. Rather, they fundamentally define andcharacterize the relationships between humans and societies. In this division, we
seek to develop a fundamental understanding of humans as social beings thathave language and thought as well as of their interactions with societies, by tracing
back to their origins. Based on such understanding, we conduct empirical research,taking a detailed look at individual societies as well as specific human behavior anddevelopment within respective societies with an eye on their pathological states,
and attempt to apply research findings in practice.

Arts and Letters* See the next page for more details on each division.

Selecting a major specializationfrom a wide range of academic fields

10 Divisions of the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies

This division explores the essence of the arts and their future possibilities, looking
at English-language literature originating from the United Kingdom and the UnitedStates that has spread across the world, continental European literature founded
on a multi-language culture such as literature from German- and French-speaking
countries, and Hebrew literature. We focus on the creative activities of various
genres, ranging from the writing of literary works such as novels, poems, and plays
to the creation of movies, performing arts, music, and fine arts. Students learn
literary criticism, dramatic theory, film theory, and philosophy of art to acquire skills
to illuminate each work of art as a dynamic and three-dimensional representation
while taking heed of its cultural, social, and ideological backgrounds. By shedding
light on both local and global aspects, we seek to ascertain the uniqueness anduniversality of works of art to explore ways to achieve a symbiosis of different
cultures.

Cognitive, Behavioral and Health Sciences
In this division, we conduct basic research on the mechanisms of psychological andphysical functions, processes of their development, and ways of their formation,
as well as practical research on health promotion and sports activities. Its baseis the foundation of knowledge in diverse areas of study such as neuroscience,cognitive science, psychology, physiology, kinesiology, health science, sports
medicine and science, and psychiatry. We also carry out holistic research on various
challenges facing humanity arising from social changes—such as the accelerating
informatization of society, growing biological and cultural diversity, and symbiosis
between humans and machines—and put research findings into action. On thatbasis, we explore the ways and means for human beings to better realize vitalfunctions, health, and development.

Language Sciences

Freshman Welcome Camp for the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies

The most distinctive feature of human beings, language is essential to various
intellectual activities. This division offers research programs designed to understandthe nature of language from multiple perspectives, with a particular focus on thedisciplines of theoretical linguistics, descriptive linguistics, and applied linguistics(education and learning). In the discipline of theoretical linguistics, we seek tounderstand the grammar and semantics of human language and the cognitive
ability of human beings, using the theories of generative grammar, cognitive
linguistics, and so forth. In the discipline of descriptive linguistics, we explore theuniversality and diversity of human language by investigating and comparing
various languages in terms of historical and geographical variations and variety.
In the discipline of applied linguistics, we investigate, among other things, themechanisms and processes of learning foreign languages, as well as challenges
in and systems of foreign language education from cognitive, psychological, andsocial perspectives.

Studies on Global CoexistenceThis division seeks to examine social systems and social relationships from apluralistic perspective toward the realization of a new community based onpeaceful coexistence, looking at both the possibility and difficulty of realizing
a sustainable symbiotic world or society. To this end, we focus on a wide rangeof phenomena, including international and diplomatic relations, histories andsocieties of various regions in the world (America, Europe, India, etc.), economic
and capitalist systems, the environment and resources, immigration, labor relations,public policy and democracy, the media, and constitutional and judicial systems.
We seek to develop holistic knowledge conducive to the purpose stated above bycrisscrossing a wide variety of academic fields including studies of politics, public
policy, diplomacy, economics, the environment, law, society, history, and thought.
We also train students to be able to put into practice and utilize such knowledge.

Cultural, Regional and Historical Studies on the Environment
In this division, we consider ethnic, cultural, regional, spatial, and landscape traits andhabitational characteristics that have been uniquely developed over a long history
as “cultural and regional environments,” and seek to understand the process of theirformation, development, and preservation as well as their current state. Coveringvarious fieldwork-based disciplines such as cultural anthropology, architecture andurban planning, and human geography, we offer research and education programs
that combine basic and practical studies on cultural and regional environments.
We train future practitioners, instructors, and researchers who can contribute tourban development and city planning, neighborhood revitalization, preservation
and utilization of cultural heritage, cross-cultural and cross-regional exchanges, andsolutions to regional issues.

Materials Science
In this division, we conduct research on diverse material systems that vary in sizeand dimensionality, ranging from electrons and atoms, which are basic units ofmatter, and small molecules such as H2 and CO2, to more complex material systems
such as organic and biological molecules and three-dimensional solid materials.
Specifically, we conduct research to 1) make new organic molecules, nanomaterials,
solid catalysts, battery materials, molecular crystals, and photo-functional materials,
and explore their potential functions; 2) develop new methods and techniques ofanalysis and measurement such as mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonancespectrometry, photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, opticalemission spectroscopy, and tunneling microscopy; 3) discover novel physicalphenomena such as high-temperature superconductivity, strongly correlated
electron systems, cold atom systems, and low-dimensional materials, and elucidate
the mechanisms of their occurrence; and 4) determine the energy conversion
mechanisms of photocatalysts and photothermal catalysts, fuel cells, and photofunctional materials.

Earth, Life and Environment
In an attempt to create a more symbiotic relationship between human beingsand nature, we conduct research on the past, present, and future of the universe
and earth; relationship between living things and the interior and surface of theearth; and functions of living things. Using knowledge and techniques, such as
those in geophysics, geology, paleontology, geochemistry, and planetary science,
we investigate the formation process of planets and satellites, movements in theearth’s interior and surface, and changes in materials and the environment. We also
look into the mechanism under which diverse living things exist and the stability ofthe ecosystem, by investigating the interrelationships between different species ofliving things. Furthermore, we conduct educational research on how living things
adapt to their environments, how they take in and transform energy, and how we
can make sound use of natural resources including living things.

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Outline of Specialty Areas
Multiple perspectives on complex issues in modern education

Studies on Educational Foundations
The courses in this division have been created for students interested in the following areas: working at schools;
participating in the development of school curricula and educational assessments; examining emotional
development or disorders from the preborn period, and; studying educational issues from a historical andphilosophical viewpoints.

Researching human minds, human relations,and social foundations of education
Overview

Enriched learning opportunities
with high social impact

Smooth transition fromfoundation courses to specialization

One primary objective of the Faculty of Education is to guide students as theyacquire expert knowledge about human minds, human relations, and social
foundations of education, through learning various ways to interpret diverse
phenomena at the intersection of education and human society. Another goal
is to encourage them to contribute to constructing a global society where
people with different backgrounds can co-exist peacefully. The key outlook
we seek to cultivate is one of wide perspective, understanding of diverse
experience, synthetic thinking and critical judgement.

In the first year, students study Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses to acquire a
broad general education. As the year progresses, they are introduced to basic
subjects for their specialized fields and subjects.
In order to foster a broader view and multifaceted thinking, the faculty
recommends that students also enroll in Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses
offered by other faculties.

Interdisciplinary approach to education
The Department of Educational Sciences offers three specialty areas. As
undergraduate students need comprehensive understanding, this institutional
structure allows us to provide them with the fundamental knowledge
concerning the various fields related to education. In addition, our study
trajectory of gradual specialization allows them to address the complex andmultilayered issues that modern education faces from multiple viewpoints.
*See the next page for details on each division.

＜Curriculum Ladder＞●First year / Students take courses such as “Introduction to Educational Studies” (required)and “Informatics” (recommended). They might also benefit from enrolling into courses fromthe teacher training program, or Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses and ILAS seminars (small
group education) offered by the Faculty of Education.
●Second year / Students mainly take basic courses in specialized fields and, based on
their interest and aptitude, start thinking about the divisions they will affiliate themselveswith during their third year.
●Third year / Students take specialized courses from within their chosen division:
Studies on Educational Foundations, Educational Psychology, or Interdisciplinary Studiesof Education Systems.
●Fourth year / Students write a graduation thesis — the culmination of their studies up
to this point. For those that will go on to graduate school, writing the graduation thesis
will be the first step to becoming a researcher.

Specialty Areas◆Pedagogy◆School curriculum◆History of Education＜Main subjects＞●Philosophy of Education, History of Education / Students analyze various educational issues fromphilosophical and historical viewpoints (e.g., Why do we need education? What types of schools are desirable?).
They also study the establishment of school educational system, attitudes toward education from a historical
viewpoint, and explore changes to education over time. Students obtain knowledge in general and concerning
educational methodology in preparation to present their ideas on new learning experiences and forms ofeducation.
●Study of Educational Methods, Developmental Science / Students learn the established theories
and practices on curriculum, classroom instruction, and assessment. They also explore human physicaland emotional development based on developmental science in areas where the humanities and scienceintersect. Overall, students should aim to discover appropriate and effective educational methods. This subject
emphasizes fieldwork.
●Educational Anthropology, Clinical Education / Students primarily study thoughts by exploring thethemes present under educational anthropology including the arts, the body, and languages. Students
develop a sensitivity towards the deeper meanings of “words” and the ability to think practically in the field.

Discussion in Clinical-Philosophical Pedagogy

Broad-based knowledge and innovative thought on the mechanisms and functions of mind

Educational Psychology
This Division fosters broader knowledge and flexible thinking about the mechanisms and functions of themind. It has an extensive curriculum that focuses on educational and cognitive psychology and clinicalpsychology, providing active educational and research activities in cooperation with other units or professorsof psychology in other faculties.
＜Main subjects＞●Cognitive Psychology in Education / Students learn major theories and develop their base of knowledge
on aspects of higher-order cognitive processes, including memory, language, inference, decision-making,intelligence, understanding others, empathy, and social cognition. Students also acquire and apply knowledge
on psychological aspects closely related to educational activities, such as development, instruction andlearning methods, motivation, and use of educational media and computers. Students develop fundamental
skills for psychological research by conducting psychological experiments, surveys, and data analysis.
●Clinical Psychology / Students learn psychotherapy, psychological assessment techniques, survey methods,
and methods of image representation, such as drawing and sandplay therapy, to deepen their understandingof themselves and acquire the skills necessary to support others mentally. Such expertise and skills are valued
in multiple fields of work and will help interested students obtain certification as clinical psychologists throughthe master's course at the Graduate School.

◆Human Developmental Studies

Colloquium on Educational Psychology II lesson.

Psychology experiment◆ GuidanceConnecting education and society for the futureInterdisciplinary Studies of Education Systems
In the 21st century, not only schools, but the entirety of society plays a role in education. As a result, flexibility andnetworking for education have become important issues. Therefore, students in the Division of Interdisciplinary
Studies of Education Systems embark on creative explorations of the connections between educationand society. The Division curriculum focuses on important issues that society and the next generation are
anticipated to encounter and tackles these in unique courses, including small-group seminars and lectures.

Studies on
Educational
Foundations

Faculty of
Education◆ Cognitive Psychology of Education◆ Clinical Psychology◆Psychotherapy

Department of
Educational Sciences
Educational
Psychology◆Sociology of Education

Interdisciplinary
Studies of
Educational
Systems◆Media Studies◆Lifelong Education◆ Comparative Education◆Library and Information Sciences◆Educational Administration◆ Cultural Policy

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＜Main subjects＞●Sociology of Education / Students study the effects group education has on society and develop thesociological skills to examine related issues, such as a society based on academic credentials, juvenile problems,and educational changes.
●Lifelong Education / Students analyze education and culture from perspectives beyond compulsory
schooling. Specifically, they study issues concerning social education, library and information science, andmedia culture.
●Comparative Education, Educational Policy / Students explore various education systems comparatively,
through examination of policies, practices, and theories in countries across the world. This comparative
research is done in conjunction with studying educational administration, financial systems, and concrete
policy development from a policy science perspective.

Introduction to Library and Information Studies

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LAW
Fostering the conceptual ability to lead in the design andoperation of systems and organizations
Features of Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

Major Subjects

Seminars

The Faculty of Law at Kyoto University offers the following elective major
subjects aimed at broadening students' horizons and developing individuals
capable of re-evaluating the concepts of the state and society, and taking
leadership roles in organizations:

Our seminars prepare students to engage in vigorous debates and discussions
and have been a prominent feature of the Faculty of Law since its very
foundation. Seminars can be taken in the following areas:●Legal / Legal Philosophy, Sociology of Law, Japanese Legal History,
European Legal History, Roman Law, Chinese Legal History, Introduction to
Anglo-American Legal Systems, German Law, French Law, Constitutional Law
I, Constitutional Law II, Administrative Law I, Administrative Law II, Tax Law,
International Law I, International Law II, Law of International Organizations,
Civil Law I, Civil Law II, Civil Law III, Civil Law IV, Commercial Law I, Commercial
Law II, Economic Law, Intellectual Property, Law of Civil Procedure, Private
International Law, International Trade Law, Labour Law, Social Security Law,
Criminal Law I, Criminal Law II, Criminal Procedure, Criminology, Introduction
to Law I, Introduction to Law II, Family and Law●Legal / Sociology of Law, Japanese Legal History, Roman Law, AngloAmerican Legal Systems, German Law, Constitutional Law, Administrative
Law, Tax Law, International Law, Law of International Organizations, Civil
Law, Commercial Law, Economic Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law of Civil
Procedure, International Trade Law, Labour Law, Private International Law,
Social Security Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law●Political Science / Principles of Political Science, Political Process,Comparative Politics, American Politics, International Politics, Analysis ofInternational Political Economy, Political History, Political and Diplomatic
History of Japan, History of Political Thought, Public Administration●Political Science / Principles of Political Science, Political Process, Comparative
Politics, American Politics, International Politics, Analysis of International Political
Economy, Political History, Political and Diplomatic History of Japan, History of
Political Thought, Public Administration, Public Policy Analysis, Introduction to
Political Science I, Introduction to Political Science II

Fostering talent for business, law, government,
and many other spheres of society
The name "Faculty of Law" often makes people think of a place for the trainingof professional lawyers such as law schools in the United States. However,faculties of law in Japan have long functioned as places to foster talent forthe business world. At most, only one in every four graduates from the Kyoto
University Faculty of Law enters the legal profession. Most of the remaining
three quarters pursue careers in private companies. Many have taken up
executive posts at major Japanese corporations to become leaders of Japaneseindustry. This is one of the reasons that the Kyoto University Faculty of Law has
gained an excellent reputation in the business world.

●Research on Foreign Literature / Research on Foreign Literature (English/
German/French)●Special Classes / Civil Execution and Civil Provisional Remedies, Historyof Japanese Political Thought, Diplomatic History, Introduction to European
Law, Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective, International History
1900 to the Present, Modern Society and Justice, Modern Society and Lawyers,
Practice and Law in Asset Management, Practice and Law of Life Insurance,
Financial Law and Banking Business, Theory and Practice of Trust Law, A
Practical Guide to International Business Practice and Law

Studying major courses
in law and political science
The Faculty of Law offers introductory major courses during the first-year,
and students start to take most of their major courses in the second year.
The curriculum centers on courses in law and political science (in the ratioof around three to one), but students can also take a variety of courses
from the Faculty of Economics. These courses aim to allow students to gain
broad insights into society, the corporate world, and the nation-state, andespecially to understand the rules that govern them. As mentioned above,
most graduates of the Faculty of Law go on to work in the business world asJapanese companies place a high value on students who have undergone thistype of training.

Overview of Major Courses●Economic Relations / Microeconomics 1, Microeconomics 2, Political
Economy 1, Political Economy 2, Public Finance, Economic History 1, Economic
History 2, Tax System, Money and Banking, Monetary Policy, Basic Statistics,
Economic Statistics, Accounting 1, Accounting 2, History of Economics, Economic
History of Japan, Theory of Social Policy

Honing your research, presentation,and debating skills in seminars
The Faculty of Law offers small-group courses called "seminars" for students
in their third and fourth years. In seminars, all students pursue research on apredetermined theme, report their findings to the class based on a research
paper, and discuss their report with the instructor and other students in theclass. By proactively engaging in these courses, students can expect theirskills of research, presentation, and debating to improve dramatically. For
this reason, the Faculty of Law strongly encourages students to take seminarcourses, and in fact almost all students do (it is possible to take one seminarcourse each semester with a maximum of up to three in total). English is thedesignated language of instruction in some seminars.

Solid, incremental curricular requirements combinedwith respect for students' autonomy in learning choices
In order to encourage solid progress through the curriculum, the Facultyof Law sets limits (caps) on the number of credits students can take eachsemester. With a view to incremental learning, the major curriculum available
to second-year students focuses on a range of foundational courses. However,as none of the major courses are mandatory, students are free to make theirown course choices in line with their individual plans for the future. In thisway, students take the initiative for selecting their courses and planning theirstudies based on the idea that "all students design their own future." This is
another distinctive feature of the Faculty of Law at Kyoto University.

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ECONOMICS
Promoting flexible thinking and greater creativity
to pave the way for the future
Features of the Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University

Develop judgment to overcome difficulties
The Faculty of Economics at Kyoto University enables students to identify
problems and find solutions for themselves in line with the fundamental
learning principle of “self-study.” This is based on the idea of “academic
freedom,” allowing us to pursue diverse methods of thinking and respondreasonably to the demands of a developing society along with scientificdevelopment. It is essential to build a foundation with which to exercise
academic freedom under a spirit of self-study. Based on this belief, theeconomics and management studies offered at Kyoto University focus ondeveloping the ability to make effective judgments, regardless of social
position.

Four fields across the areas of economics andmanagement studies
The Faculty of Economics at Kyoto University emphasizes the connection
between economics and management studies and has combined theminto one department. The Department offers four groups of fields: (A)Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, (B) Institution and Economic History,(C) Management and Accounting, and (D) Mathematics, Statistics, andInformation. Students are able to develop their expertise by taking classes in
specialized subjects recommended for each field.

Building the foundation for specializationin the first year
In the first two years, students mainly take Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses
including language skills. To acquire independent learning skills in the firstyear, they participate in introductory seminars and attend nine introductory
subjects: Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics,
Introduction to Political Economy, Basic Statistics, Introduction to Economic
History and History of Social Thought, Contemporary Economic Affairs,
Introduction to Management, Introduction to Accounting, and Introduction to
Information Processing. (See the next page.)

Building expertise in the second and third years
In accordance with their goals for the future, students select subjects fromthe basic specialized subjects and specialized subjects. Furthermore, fromthe third year onward, students can enroll in law and political science classes
provided by the Faculty of Law in addition to their specialized subjects ineconomics and management studies.

Overview of Studies
Building the foundation of both economics and management studies
for interdisciplinary learning

Nine introductory subjects
The Faculty of Economics at Kyoto University has introduced a one-department
system, wherein the former Departments of Economics and Department ofManagement are integrated into the new Department of Economics andManagement. Students are thus able to transcend the boundaries of theseclosely related fields by studying them in conjunction. In this system, students
must develop a solid foundation of both economics and management studies
by taking nine introductory subjects in the first year. An overview of the subjects
is provided as follows:＜Microeconomics＞＜Accounting＞

Microeconomics is the analysis of how economics functions based on the market
mechanism. It adopts a perfect competition model that stems from the maximization
principle popularized in the 19 th and 20 th centuries. Today, however, the economy tends
to be dominated by mega corporations, making evident the fictitiousness in perfectcompetition models.
These factors have resulted in the emergence of the Game Theory, wherein strategic
decisions are made by playing a game, such as Shogi, Japanese chess. With a focus on thisGame Theory, modern microeconomics has become a fundamental tool for cutting-edge
applied economics, including healthcare and welfare economics, marketing economics,
economics of information and communication, urban and transportation economics,
business and organizational economics, and environmental economics.

Accounting, or the “language of business,” provides an accurate understanding of thestatus of entities and allows for the consideration of the best accounting status.
Accounting is broadly classified into two categories: macro accounting (including
social accounting and national accounts) and micro accounting (including household
accounting, corporate accounting, non-profit organization accounting, and public
accounting).
In addition, based on the users, it can be further split into an additional two categories:
financial accounting (intended for shareholders, outside enterprises, and creditors) andmanagement accounting (intended for business managers). Thus, two academic fields,
financial accounting studies and management accounting studies, have been developedfor its examination.

＜Macroeconomics＞＜Information Processing＞

Macroeconomics is the economics area that analyzes economic activities from a wider
perspective. In other words, macroeconomics is not used to analyze economic activities
of a specific individual, company, or industry; rather, it provides a comprehensive visionof national and world economies. This causes the following questions to arise: Why does
the economy experience booms and busts? What measures should the government
take to control economic changes? How did developed countries successfully transformtheir industrial structure and increase their income? Why do developing countries fail tochange their agriculture-dependent economic structure and continue to have a lowincome status? Macroeconomics provides the information to accurately respond to suchquestions.

Information processing is a social activity that refers to the decision-making process ofhuman beings, requiring the support of information communication technologies, suchas the Internet and computers. In addition, the rapid development of technology has
drastically changed society; businesses not using them (or without familiarity with them)would fail.
However, this information processing class is not limited to the study of economics andmanagement. Students learn about information processing technologies, including
communication, while analyzing society and organizations using computer simulations,forecasting the future, and examining the foundation of economics and management
studies.

＜Social Economics＞＜Basic Statistics＞

Social economics was previously used as a generic term for the theories of classicaleconomists, such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and Karl Marx. They had a wide social
perspective that was not limited to economics, but which extended to politics andculture. Their long-term vision enabled the examination of centuries of history. However,in the early 20 th century, classical economic theories began losing their validity due tochanges in technology and organizational structure; mass-production technology wasestablished and gigantic corporations emerged. With these changes in capitalism, John
Maynard Keynes and Michał Kalecki created new theories. Modern social economics
helps analyze the structure and system of modern capitalism, combining the social andhistorical viewpoints from classical economists with Keynes’ and Kalecki’s theories.

Statistics was previously used to provide the necessary materials for public administrationand to collect figures for the organization of populations, incomes, and cultivated land tomeasure national power. Currently, however, it covers a wide range of data and is applied
to multiple fields, including public administration and commerce, as well as being acriterion for investments in stocks and currencies.
Thus, in this class, students mainly learn about two areas: descriptive statistics andmathematical statistics. In descriptive statistics, students learn about tools, such as theprice index, that are primarily used in professional practice. In mathematical statistics, theylearn to verify various estimations and hypotheses from a mathematical viewpoint.

＜Management＞

In the study of human society, economics is used to address economic and social issues;
this concept is also referred to as “interest in policy.” The topics of Economic Policy, Finance,
Financial Theory, Social Policy, World Economics, and Public Economics included in thissubject are common to the approach of “study based on current social and economic
issues.” Although there are many approaches to address economic issues, understanding
complex social phenomena requires a holistic and multifaceted analytical perspective.
The shared objective across the lessons in this subject is to develop sensitivity and amultifaceted view toward actual economic issues.

Management studies broadly examine business phenomena. Management implies
planning, directing, and running business activities to achieve a specific goal. The conceptof management was previously limited to private companies; however, it has extended
to other social entities where management quality is important, such as hospitals,
government, local authorities, and NPOs. In addition, businesses are being required
to not only pursue profits for themselves, but also benefit individuals referred to as
stakeholders, creating a more complicated management system. This also makes theories
of management studies that address optimal solutions more complex. Taking on thesechallenging issues of theory and practice is the essence of management.

＜Contemporary Economic Affairs＞＜Economic History and History of Social Thought＞
The study of Economic History and History of Social thought is based on the notion of “温故知新 (Onkochishin),” which refers to the development of new ideas based on studying
the past. The significance of studying these two areas is that students will examine
current economic society from a historical perspective, rediscover the “forgotten issues”
of economics and society, and generate “new issues” with a view toward “how economics
should be.” For example, students discover the secrets, conditions, and issues of thecountry with the largest economy by analyzing the process of their creation; consider therole of management by examining the growth and collapse of a company; or understandvarious issues experienced when forming a group. In this way, they can develop an
opinion on ideal social models, acquire the ability to analyze matters from a historicalperspective, and develop a viewpoint that facilitates the discovery of new possibilities in
aspects of everyday life usually taken for granted.

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SCIENCE
Question Nature and Learn from It
Learning in the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University

Mathematics is a discipline that aims to understand the laws governing changes in numbers, figures, and quantities, and has
a long disciplinary history. Nowadays many new mathematical problems have arisen, including those in other disciplines,
such as physics, earth planetary science, chemistry, and biological science, requiring new theories to solve them. Additionally,
because of its universal nature, mathematics maintains close ties not only with the natural sciences, but also with many social
science fields, such as informatics and economics. Within the context of mathematics, the Major provides a broad educationon the basics of algebra, geometry, mathematical analysis established in the first half of the 20 th century, as well as encourages
students to explore the latest mathematical theories.
●Learning areas / Number theory, algebra geometry, algebraic phase geometry, differential topology geometry, differential geometry,
dynamical system, complex manifold theory, complex function theory, representation theory, function analysis, differential equation theory,
stochastic theory, algebraic analysis/mathematical physics, theory of operator algebras, computer science, applied mathematics, and insurance
mathematics●Learning areas / Irregular system physics, quantum optics/laser spectroscopy, low temperature physics, optical properties, solid quantum
properties, quantum condensation properties, space-time/life physics, soft matter physics, nonlinear dynamics, condensed matter theory, phasetransition dynamics, fluid physics, non-equilibrium physics, nuclear and hadron physics, particle physics, cosmic-ray physics, particle theory, nuclear
theory, nuclear astrophysics, solar physics, solar and astronomic plasma physics, stellar physics, galactic physics, and theoretical astrophysics

Years 2 and 3: Five majors of targeted expertisein the natural sciences
Students select one of the five majors at the end of Year 2 and begin studyingin their specialized fields in Year 3. (Kyoto iUP students select their majors at
the time of application and they are determined before Year 1.) In the majors,
students take specialized subjects, including seminars, experiments, andpracticums, to acquire the most advanced knowledge accumulated by the
Faculty of Science, Kyoto University.
●Mathematical Sciences Major: Mathematics subjects●Physics and Astrophysics Major: Physics and Astrophysics subjects●Earth and Planetary Sciences Major: Geophysics and Geology Mineralogy subjects●Chemistry Major: Chemistry subjects●Biological Sciences Major: Zoology, Botany, and Biophysics subjects* For details on the majors see the next page.

Year 4: Graduation work
All the students are required to submit a final piece of research in Year 4. The
students are provided with personalized instruction from their supervisors
to learn research methods and develop their ability to summarize results.
Through these activities, their motivation to engage in more advanced
specialized research is expected to increase.

Application for Graduate School at Year 3
The Division of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences and the Division ofChemistry, Graduate School of Science provide undergraduate students who
have studied in the Faculty for at least three years with admission to apply
to the master’s degree program if the candidates have been in excellent
academic standing for the specified subjects. Graduates who are enrolled
in the doctoral program may be granted a doctoral degree within the
combined five-year master’s and doctoral program period if they demonstrate
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Seminar on physical science.

Earth and Planetary Sciences Major: Committed to educational and research activities
around apparent but profound and far-reaching events
The Major deals with the Earth, the planet where we live, and the space between the planets surrounding the Earth. Courses
encompass a wide scope of research, covering topics such as 1) the atmospheric flow’s effect on cloud movement; 2) oceanic
flows that occur deep below the Pacific Ocean beside Japan; 3) crustal movements inside the Earth, which cause earthquakes
and form volcanos; 4) particles reaching the Earth from the sun that cause auroras and affect the Earth’s magnetic field; 5)mantle flow, which built the Himalayas and split the continents of South America and Africa; 6) high-temperature and highpressure environments, which created diamonds; 7) the evolution of organisms that originally existed as “rose algae” 3.5 billion
years ago into their present forms and 8) the existence (past or present) of organisms on other planets. Although relatively
familiar, these topics are related to profound and far-reaching events covered in the major.
●Learning areas / Solid-earth geophysics, hydrosphere geophysics, atmospheric physics, solar-planetary electromagnetism, earth tectonics,
petrology, mineralogy, stratigraphy, historical geology, and geochemistry, and cosmochemistry

Observation of a hot-water reservoir
located at the first crater of Nakadake, peakof Mount Aso, for a Year 3 assignment.

Chemistry Major: Seeks creation of useful new substances based on understandings of nature
Chemistry works to discover structures, nature, and reactions at the atomic level and to create useful new substances basedon scientific findings of nature. The Chemistry Major covers investigation of all the substances existing in nature, ranging fromatoms to molecules and organisms to space, with vastly unexplored areas. Research methods and approaches vary greatly
depending on the subjects and fields involved, ranging from the fields centered on experiments (synthesis, analysis, andmeasurements) to the theoretical and calculation-based fields. The wide variety of the fields and methods characterizes thevarieties in chemistry, and students can select the major according to their interests and career objectives.
●Learning areas / Solid state physical chemistry, biostructural chemistry, quantum chemistry, theoretical chemistry, physical chemistry,
molecular spectroscopy, photophysical chemistry, molecular structure chemistry, electron spin chemistry, surface chemistry, metallography,
inorganic material chemistry, organic chemistry, organic synthetic chemistry, agglomerate organic molecule function, biochemistry, molecularmaterial, and genetic dynamics

A chemical experiment

Biological Sciences Major: Applies diverse methodologies to understand organisms andthe environment holistically
The Major focuses on the various ways organisms exist on the Earth and the underlying phenomena of life. Macroscopic
approaches are used to address ecology, behavioral science, phylogenetic taxonomy, anthropology, natural history, andoutdoor research and seek to clarify the mechanisms underlying biological diversity. Life sciences are now shifting to a newstage of exploring the new frontier of genome decoding. Microscopic approaches used in cell biology, embryology, molecularbiology, and structural biology have also produced creative works and contributed to our understanding of various life
phenomena at the molecular level. The major seeks to understand organisms, taking their environments into account andusing methodologies from both microscopic and macroscopic viewpoints.
●Learning areas / Natural anthropology, human evolution, animal phylogeny, animal behavior, animal ecology, animal development, stressresponse biology, plant physiology, plant chronobiology, plant systematics, plant molecular cell biology, plant molecular genetics, genome
information expression, theoretical biophysics, molecular physiology, neurobiology, structural physiology, and molecular embryology

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Lecture on mathematical science.

Physics seeks to determine the universal laws of nature and to understand the various phenomena that result from differencesin types of substances and scales of time, space, and energy. Based on the scientific nature of the discipline, the Physics andAstrophysics Major is divided into three departments. The Department of Physics I focuses on the structure and properties ofsubstances. The Department of Physics II studies the basic structure of space-time, elementary particles, nucleus, gravity, andcosmology. The Department of Astronomy focuses on various scales of phenomena that can be observed, from the sun to
the farthest known galaxies. Those departments are devoted to a wide range of research and educational activities, including
theoretical exploration, experiments, and observations.

The Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, has two educational objectives fornurturing students to take the responsibility for the future progression of thenatural sciences in the next generation:❶Provide opportunities to learn the fundamental knowledge of the naturalsciences and develop students’ ability to creatively apply that knowledge.
❷Develop students’ ability to integrate knowledge into new intellectual
values.
To achieve these educational objectives, we provide a liberal academic culture
and encourage creative scientific activities and autonomous learning. We haveestablished a one-faculty system, which allows students to first engage in aprocess of “gradual specialization” and then move forward to the forefront of
the sciences.

All the students in the Faculty of Science of Kyoto University learn common
subjects (subjects learned by the entire faculty) in Years 1 and 2, comprising
mainly Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses and the basics in specialized fields.
Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses include eight groups: Humanities and Social
Sciences, Natural Sciences, Languages, Informatics, Health and Sports, Career
Development, Interdisciplinary Sciences, and Seminars in Liberal Arts andSciences(academic staff from the Faculty of Science provide lectures in many
natural science subjects). The basic subjects for the specialized fields lay thefoundation for more specialized major studies in Year 3 and later. The first two
years provide students with opportunities to develop basic knowledge andskills to excel in specialized sciences, to explore various academic disciplines,
and to broaden their horizons.

Mathematical Sciences Major: Students learn the basics of higher mathematics andexplore cutting-edge mathematical theories

Physics and Astrophysics Major: Provides a wide range of research and programs,
including theoretical examinations, experiments, and observations

Develop creativity with clear goals

Years 1 and 2: Focus on the Liberal Arts
and Sciences Courses and the basics
in specialized fields

Study programs for the five majors

Students in a specialized
learning environment.

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Faculty of
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Contribution to medical care and society throughinnovative drug discovery and improvement

Curricula■Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences ＜4-year program＞
The main objective is to nurture experts on drug discovery (graduates from the division are ineligible to take the national examination for pharmacists)■Division of Pharmacy ＜6-year program＞
The main Objective is to nurture experts on medical pharmacy (graduates from the division are eligible to take the national examination for pharmacists)

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Division of
Pharmaceutical
Sciences

Liberal arts subjects
Fundamental subjects for
specialized studies

Pharmaceutical sciences are multi-disciplinary studies for the discovery,
manufacturing, and use of pharmaceutical products that cure diseases
and enhance health. Physics, chemistry, and biology form its scientificfoundation. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, offers
students opportunities to thoroughly learn the basic sciences. It integrates
and applies the findings from scientific studies and provides more advanced
pharmaceutical education and research.

Develops consciousness ofsocial responsibility and morality
The recent advances in medical technology and advent of the aging society
have increased the social importance of pharmaceutical sciences. Researchand development and appropriate use of pharmaceuticals are closely related
to human health and life. Because of the social implications of the discipline,
our education and guidance place great emphasis on providing students
opportunities to understand the scientific backgrounds essential for theacademics involved in pharmacology and cultivate their consciousness aboutsocial responsibility and morality.

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, includes two
divisions: the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences (4-year program), whichaims to nurture scientists and engineers in the drug discovery sciences;and the Division of Pharmacy (6-year program) dedicated to producing
pharmacists and medical pharmacy researchers and technicians. The students
are assigned to one of the two programs according to their intentions andacademic standings when they are enrolled in the fourth-year course. The
Faculty provides the following curricula for undergraduates.
●The curricula of Years 1 and 2 include all-faculty common subjects, primarily comprisedof liberal arts subjects including foreign languages in addition to fundamental subjects
for specialized knowledge. The curricula are intended to encourage students to acquire ahigh-level knowledge of cultural backgrounds and scientific ways of thinking by accessing
a wide range of disciplines. They also seek to develop basic skills and thinking required forlearning more specialized subjects. Students are required to take fundamental subjects
for specialized knowledge, including An Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences, An
Introduction to Health and Life, Fundamental Physical Chemistry for Pharmaceutical
Sciences, and Basic Organic Chemistry. Year 2 students are required to take all-facultycommon subjects, lectures, and exercises for Fundamental Scientific Communication, oneof the fundamental subjects for specialized knowledge. In addition, they are also required
to take some specialized subjects in pharmaceutical sciences.
●The Year 3 curriculum is based on specialized subjects for acquiring expertise inpharmacology and experimental techniques. Students are required to take some researchbasics subjects in order to acquire a high level of expertise, which will assist them intheir graduate school education. In addition, all specialized practical training courses
are compulsory for acquiring experimental techniques related to all specialized areas ofpharmacology.

●Years 4, 5, and 6 (Division of Pharmacy): In the first semester of Year 4, lectures are
conducted before noon, and medical pharmacy workshops are held in the afternoon.
The objective here is to ensure that students acquire get a holistic idea about medical
pharmacy. Special laboratory training begins in the second semester of Year 4 andcontinues through to Year 6. Students are enrolled in one of the laboratories to attend thespecial laboratory training and work on a specific specialized study area, with guidance
and advice provided by academics in the laboratory. Through the process, students forma general idea about medical pharmacy and begin to think about their future career
paths as medical pharmacy researchers/pharmacists. In Year 5, a five-month practicaltraining course is provided at the Department of Pharmacy of Kyoto University Hospitaland at off-campus dispensing pharmacies to help students understand the functions andresponsibilities as pharmacists in medical institutions and learn pharmacist practices on
the job.

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Master course(2 years)

Doctoral course(3 years)

Drug discovery
experts

Nurtures drug discovery scientists andmedical pharmacy researchers/pharmacists●The Year 4 curriculum of Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences primarily includes special
laboratory training, which covers most of that year. For this training, students enroll in
one of the laboratories and work on a specific specialized study area, with academic
staff providing guidance and advice. Special laboratory training is also important inthat the students acquire a general idea about drug discovery research and because
the experiences provide them opportunities to think about their future career paths as
researchers.

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Drug discovery
innovators

Integrated doctoral course(5 years)Specializedlaboratory
training(graduation work)

Specialized subjects in drug discovery,
Life, and material sciences
Specialized subjects in clinical and medical pharmacy.

Learning in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University

Develops pharmaceutical sciences throughthe synthesis and application of
integrating scientific research studies

Fundamental
experiments forpharmaceuticalsciences

Small group seminars, active learning, hands-on learning

Division of
Pharmacy

Doctoral course(4 years)Specialized laboratory training(graduation work),
pharmacy internship

Experts inmedical sciences
and services*You cannot enter the Division of Pharmacy through Kyoto iUP.
Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Study Programs in Divisions and Laboratories
Focuses on producing drug discovery sciences researchers and technicians

Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences ＜4-year program＞
The curriculum of the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences is designed to equip students
to work on questions related to the design and synthesis of pharmaceutical agents andtheir interactions with biomolecules. It also offers opportunities for students to acquire
knowledge and develop technical skills related to the basics and application of drug
discovery sciences, integrated knowledge body about structure, functions, effects,
and kinetics field of pharmaceutical agents. In Year 4, students enroll in preferredlaboratories and work on special laboratory training, which provides them access tothe most advanced drug discovery sciences. The objective of the overall education
program is to nurture researchers and technicians trained in drug discovery sciences.
Many graduates proceed to the graduate school (master and doctoral courses involving
5 years) in order to deepen their expertise from a broader perspective and to develop
their research capabilities, which is one of the prominent characteristics of the division.

Focuses on producing medical pharmacy researchers andpharmacists who can usefully work in advanced medical care settings

Division of Pharmacy ＜6-year program＞

Pharmacy is an integrated knowledge body intended to ensure appropriate use ofpharmaceutical agents. Students of the Division of Pharmacy learn the knowledge andtechnical skills related to the basics and application of the discipline through clinicalpractices. Special laboratory training, hospital internship, and pharmacy internship areprovided in Years 4 through 6. The objective of the Division of Pharmacy is to nurture
medical pharmacy researchers and technicians and pharmacists who can usefully
work in advanced medical care settings. The students are eligible to take the national
examination for pharmacists once they graduate from the Faculty. Those students whowish to deepen their expertise from a broader perspective and develop their researchcapabilities can proceed to the graduate school (4-year doctoral course).

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Faculty of
ENGINEERING
Contributing to society through original thinking
and innovative engineering
Features of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

Development of problem solving skills andexecution of ideas
The Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, aims not only to provide students
with opportunities to acquire expertise in a specific field, but also aims tonurture young researchers who can envision future scientific and technicaldevelopments and contribute to the creation of new fields. Therefore, all
six schools described in the next page, focus on providing a solid base ofknowledge, cultivating critical thinking, and evaluating the growth potentialof ideas.

divisions and faculties based on their interests.

Focusing on Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses
The first- and second-year students of the Faculty primarily learn Liberal Arts
and Sciences Courses centered around cultural education with the objective of
broadening their individual perspectives. Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses areclassified into eight subject groups: Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural
Sciences, Languages, Informatics, Health and Sports, Career Development,Interdisciplinary Sciences, and Seminars in Liberal Arts and Sciences (small
group education). During the first two years, students strengthen theirfoundation of knowledge in preparation for studying advanced specialized
fields.

Creative research toward graduation
The fourth-year students undertake specialized research in their own subjects
called “Special Research” under the instruction of subject teachers. This is amajor project required for graduation with research results presented in theform of a bachelor’s thesis. In order to complete this project, each student
works in a laboratory to experience creative research activities while engaging
in discussions with teachers and graduate students.

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Undergraduate School of Civil, Environmental andResources Engineering

Undergraduate School of Electricaland Electronic Engineering

Civil, Environmental and Resources Engineering consists of three fields:
the technical system of resources and energies necessary for civilization,
the technical system of infrastructure (social infrastructure) that supports
civilization, and the technical system that maintains the balance of thenatural environment and human society. The Undergraduate School of Civil,
Environmental and Resources Engineering thus covers a wide variety ofscience & technologies and aims to support rational global development andenvironmental protection as well as sustainable human development basedon the well-known principle of “Think Globally and Act Locally”. Education
offered by the division intends to develop considerable insights of thecomprehensive nature of science & technologies associated with relevant
disciplines. Concerning more specialized science & technologies, students also
develop their ability to execute advanced research and practical operations
while acquiring cutting-edge knowledge in the field. This division also offers
an International Course Program of Civil Engineering wherein all classes areprovided in English as a way to develop international engineers.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering supports science and technologies
essential to all industries of modern society and supports much of social
activities. In addition, it plays an important role required to enrich future society,such as building sophisticated and safe information and telecommunications
networks, creating materials and devices with new functions basedon nanotechnology, developing precise and sophisticated diagnostic
technology, producing human-friendly medical technology, and using energy
in highly efficient ways. Based on such needs, the Division aims to develop
individuals with a wide range of integrated knowledge and expertise, as well
as vision broadened by multiple aspects, innovative creativity, and a sense of
morality. Therefore, the curriculum is designed in such a way that students
learn the basic subjects widely and are gradually introduced to their selected
specialized subjects. This approach enables young researchers to acquire
the knowledge and techniques required to develop electrical and electronicengineering further.

Undergraduate School of Architecture

In the Faculty, the first-year students of almost all divisions are introduced tothe basic subjects in their area, while the second-year students primarily focus
on specialized subjects. Specialization, begun in the second year, intensifies
for the third-year students who primarily take advanced courses dealing
with specialized subjects. By gradually transitioning from basic to advanced
specialized subjects, students steadily develop their intellectual capabilities
and make flexible use of their solid knowledge base.

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Supporting science and technologies requiredby all industries and infrastructures

Learning about human technologies imbeddedin every aspect of human civilization

Gradual transition to advanced
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Supporting rational global development and conservation,
as well as sustainable human development

Solving complex system issues in accordance withthe developments of an advanced information society

Flexible learning to foster creativity
Creativity through flexible approaches to problems incorporating research,development, and technology is essential for the success of students
embarking on study in the Undergraduate Schools of Chemical Scienceand Technology, Engineering Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Informatics and Mathematical Science, Civil, Environmental and Resources
Engineering, and Architecture. Based on this premise, respective Divisions
have based their curricula on a commonality of flexibility with the goal of
encouraging creative thinking. In addition to the basic curriculum, students
can broaden their knowledge by studying specialized subjects from other

Introduction of the six schools

Architecture, which is responsible for creating human living environments
and is relied upon to develop safe, healthy, and comfortable living, involves
creative endeavors integrating multiple technologies. It can also be referred
to as “human” technology because of its deep connection to every aspectof our lives. Because of these characteristics, the education offered by the
Undergraduate School of Architecture covers a wide range of natural sciences,humanities, and social sciences. Graduates have diverse career options,
including architectural design and construction, structural engineering,building environment engineering, building administration, new technologies
research, and consulting for a wide variety of development businesses.
Therefore, the division welcomes not only students who are interested innatural sciences, but also those who are interested in humanities, social
sciences, and the arts by providing a broad-based education to fully cultivate
their skills.

Undergraduate School of Informatics
and Mathematical ScienceAs our society becomes more and more information-oriented, we must treat
larger and more complicated systems and analyze big data, an enormous
collection of information obtained through such systems. To accomplish thistask, we need to understand how the systems function and generate information
flow, and to develop efficient methods for the analysis. The Undergraduate
School of Informatics and Mathematical Science consists of two courses,
Computer Science; and Applied Mathematics and Physics. Students acquire acomprehensive education from the basic to the advanced level in informatics
and mathematical sciences. In the Computer Science course, they acquire
the fundamental ability to design, implement and utilize computer hardware,system software, and information systems. Furthermore, the Computer Science
course provides advanced education on AI, Data Science, and Robotics todevelop computational thinking for solving various problems related tosocietal problems. The Applied Mathematics and Physics course provides
more focused education on mathematics and physics. Students develop
competence in advanced mathematics and physics skills and learn how toapply them to various problems in diverse disciplines, including AI, Data Science,and Robotics.

Five interdisciplinary courses aimed at cultivating
individuals who create new technologies

Undergraduate School of Engineering Science
There are great expectations for 21st century engineering science with regard
to the development of new systems, materials, and energy sources, as well
as for the resolution of issues, such as utilization of cosmic space. To create
new technologies that can meet such needs, students need to have a deep
understanding of basic subjects. Based on this philosophy, the Undergraduate
School of Engineering Science promotes education and research focusing
on grasping the basics. In addition, five courses —Mechanical and Systems
Engineering Course, Materials Science Course, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Course, Nuclear Engineering Course, and Energy Science Course— collaborateclosely to offer an interdisciplinary education. Furthermore, the Graduate
School of Engineering (to which most students proceed) has divisions, suchas Mechanical Engineering and Science, Micro Engineering, Aeronautics andAstronautics, Nuclear Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering,which are affiliated with the divisions within the Graduate Schools of Energy
Science and Informatics and other affiliated research centers allowing students
to conduct basic research and advanced interdisciplinary study.

A foundation of cutting-edge science technologies
which supports comfortable living

Undergraduate School of Chemical Science andTechnology
Chemistry, which studies the reactions and processes of various artificial
substances, as well as physical properties that determine the functionsof materials, ensures a level of comfort in modern lifestyles and is thefoundation of cutting-edge science technologies. Based on this premise,
the Undergraduate School of Chemical Science and Technology provides
education aimed at developing individuals involved in research, development,
and technology who will play active roles in a wide range of chemistry-related
fields. Specifically, first-year students learn natural science-related basic
subjects, such as chemistry, physics, and mathematics, while concurrently
learning languages, the humanities, and social science subjects. Second-year
students primarily learn basic specialized subjects of the Division in the firstsemester and then choose to join either the Frontier Chemistry Course, theAdvanced Chemistry Course, or the Chemical Process Engineering Course in
the latter half of the academic year. They then receive specialized educationin Years 3 and 4. Fourth-year students strengthen their foundation as either
a researcher or an engineer by undertaking sophisticated work in theirlaboratory required for graduation.

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Faculty of
AGRICULTURE
Sciences for Life, Food, and Environment
Learning in the Faculty of Agriculture

Five departments offer opportunities to acquire academic
and advanced knowledge and develop broadened perspectives.
The objective of the Faculty of Agriculture is to provide opportunities to learn about agriculture and related knowledge and to nurture individuals with a solid senseof social responsibility. The Faculty supports the following objectives: (1) to ensure students develop broad perspectives enabling them to envision scientific solutions
to address the challenges that mankind are facing, (2) to ensure students understand the significance of the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries, including theimportance of food- and life science-related industries for society, and (3) to ensure students understand the latest developments in both natural and social sciences
related to life, food, and environment.
To achieve these objectives, the Faculty of Agriculture has six departments, all of which strive to create a liberal academic culture, one of the Faculty’s most respectedcharacteristics, intent on nurturing graduate, who view issues with an open mind and seek holistic solutions to problems.
Human society coexists with various organisms, such as animals, plants, and microorganisms, on the Earth for our survival. To use these bioresources more sustainably,
it is essential to acquire a deep understanding about the mechanisms, by which organisms maintain their life and the ways, in which ecosystems are constructed.
Additionally, analysis through technological expertise and social science methodologies is also needed to ensure human activities support vital ecosystems. Students
are required to obtain fundamental knowledge offered by the individual department, in which they major and to make active efforts to broaden their vision byextending their interest into related fields.
In next academic year, 5 of 6 Departments, namely the Department of Bioresource Science (Agricultural Biology), Department of Applied Life Sciences (Agricultural
Chemistry), Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Department of Food and Environmental Economics and Department of Forest and Biomaterials
Science offer opportunities to study in the Faculty of Agriculture.

Year 1 / Introductory learning
In the Faculty of Agriculture, students are enrolled in the individual department
upon admission and follow a four-year education program specified by theirdepartments. In addition to knowledge about natural sciences, such as biology,
chemistry, and physics, methodologies used in social sciences must also be learned
to study the agricultural sciences. The departments have established integrated
curricula (lecture programs) that incorporate liberal arts subjects together withspecialized subjects. It is important for first-year students not to limit their study
within the disciplines selected in their departments in order to expand their baseof knowledge. Therefore, first-year students should primarily concentrate on
general education subjects, including subjects in natural sciences, humanities/
social sciences, and foreign languages. They can also participate in health andphysical education courses or add other subjects, including courses in international
education, which provide opportunities for social exchanges with international
students.

Years 2 and 3 / Enhanced learning
Department of
Bioresource Science

Department ofFood Science andBiotechnology

Department ofApplied Life Sciences

Faculty ofAgriculture

Department ofAgricultural andEnvironmental
Engineering※Enrollment is currently notpossible through the program.

Second-year students take the basic courses in their specialized subjects in thesecond semester of Year 2 (autumn and winter) and prepare for a more intense
specialized education in Year 3. In addition to lectures, the Faculty preferentiallyoffers students opportunities to participate in specialized courses offeringexperiments, practical exercises, and seminars. In this way, students receivehigh-quality training in experimental techniques and methods, in preparation
for specialized study later in their respective departments. The Faculty is one of
the most enthusiastic at Kyoto University in terms of encouraging international
exchange activities, sending many undergraduates to international institutions.
In the third year, students only take specialized subjects. Year 3 is an important year
as the students take their first significant steps toward becoming researchers. The
third year is when students must determine their study fields (laboratories). Thirdyear students are required to investigate their future career options by visiting
laboratories and attending lectures with regularity. The departments have welldesigned mechanisms to help assign third-year students to their laboratories.

Year 4 / Finalized learning
Department ofForest andBiomaterials Science

Department ofFood andEnvironmental
Economics

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In Year 4, students work on research projects and assignments in their research
fields throughout the year and prepare graduation theses. This is the first step theytake as researchers by working on contemporary topics with graduate students
under the supervision and mentorship of academic staff. Therefore, fourth-year
students are devoted to their own research, as well as assigned work in their study
field seminars. Students intent on pursuing advanced studies also need to prepare
for the Graduate School entrance examination. The students who earn the required
credits are awarded a bachelor’s degree (in agriculture).

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Faculty of AGRICULTURE

Study programs in the five departments

Department of Bioresource Science (Agricultural Biology)
Humans have harnessed a vast diversity of plants, animals, and microorganismsthat inhabit and flourish on the land or in the ocean—not just to sustain our
livelihoods and activities, but also to support and enrich our daily lives. For
centuries, humans have applied a great deal of effort and wisdom to find ways
to grow and raise bioresources so as to maximize their potential and to develop
environments suited for their habitation and growth, while at the same time
improving such precious resources to better serve our purposes at any given time.
These efforts have paid off to an extent, and an abundance of food and othernecessities are within easy reach in some countries. On a global scale, however,humans are faced with the harsh reality that food production is not likely tokeep pace with the population explosion of this century, and the excessive useof bioresources is severely damaging the global environment and destroying
ecosystems. As this is the case, the citizens of earth are required to confront
the momentous challenge of ensuring the stable production of bioresources
and constantly increasing their productivity and quality. At the same time, wemust achieve harmony with the environment and reduce negative impacts on
ecosystems.

The Department of Bioresource Science offers a broad range of educational
opportunities, from foundational knowledge to applied technology, in orderto develop individuals who are ready to tackle this immense challenge. The
Department covers as many as thirty-one specialized fields (see below for
details) to study a diverse range of organisms, including food crops andother plant resources, livestock and other animal resources, and seafood andmicroorganisms in the ocean, from multifaceted perspectives on macro andmicro levels, i.e., from populations and individuals to cells and molecules.
Relatedly, efforts are being made to carry out various research projects, in a bid
to protect each bioresource from invasive enemies, maintain preferred growth/
habitation environments, and ensure high productivity in adverse environments.
Some of those projects even attempt to create new species.

Field

Keywords

Quality Analysis and Assessment

Molecular mechanism on gustation, flavor, sensory evaluation, palatability, functional compound, mass spectrometry,metabolomics

Food Quality Design andDevelopment

Molecular design, food proteins and enzymes, food allergy, environmental allergy, plant protein utilization, antibody,protein engineering

Weed Science

Weed management, life-history traits of weeds, herbicide-resistant biotypes of weeds, invasion/colonization anddissemination of invasive weeds, crop-weed complexes, mimetic weeds

Tropical Agriculture

Agricultural resources, meteorological environment, water dynamics of soil and plants, environmental stress, cropping
system analysis, changes in land utilization, distribution and transmission of crops, environment and physiology of tree
crops, tropical horticulture, GIS

Due to the broad range of subjects and disciplines within this Department,
the educational curriculum is structured into four course options as outlinedin the table below. During the first and second years, students initially study
bioresource science in its entirety. As they enter the third year, students selectone of the courses based on their growing interests and affiliations. In theirfourth year, students further narrow down their focus by choosing specific fields
within their selected course.

Soil Science

Degradation of tropical land and arid land and soil management technology, material dynamics in the soil ecosystem,
evaluation of and restoration from soil pollution, space variation analysis of soil characteristic values, analysis of soil nutrient
supply mechanisms

Animal Breeding and Genetics

Genetics of qualitative and quantitative traits, systems biology, omics analysis, big data analysis, genetic assessment, breed
improvement, individual classification, preservation of animal resources and rare animals

Reproductive Biology

Oocytes, preimplantation embryos, zygotic genome activation, cell differentiation, reprogramming, epigenetics,
developmental origins of health and disease, mammalian embryogenesis, in vitro fertilization, transgenic animals, genome
editionNutritional Science for Animals

Comparative animal nutrition, nutritional physiology, adipocyte differentiation, vitamin nutrition, mineral metabolism,
metabolic regulation by bioactive substances in food and feed

Animal Physiology andFunctional Anatomy

Evaluation of animals’ physiological and producing functions, animals’ ecophysiology and global warming, environmental
pollution and endocrine-disrupting chemicals, cryopreservation of ovaries

Animal Husbandry Resources

Biological and economic assessment of animal production systems, comparison of animal production systems from aroundthe world, environmentally sound animal production, evaluation of animal genetic resource conservation plans

Bioresource Informatics

Research on how to extract, analyze, and use the information on the utilization and conservation of bioresources interrestrial and marine environments using big data, biotelemetry, and environmental DNA.

Fisheries andEnvironmental Oceanography

Coastal ocean, conservation of the marine environment, fisheries oceanography, marine ecosystem mechanisms,
transportation of organisms/substances, interactions among rivers, coastal seas, and open seas, mechanisms ofeutrophication and poor oxygenation, stable isotope ratio, material cycle

Marine Stock Enhancement Biology

Metamorphosis, hormone, organismal physiology, morphological abnormality, early life history, population structure,
species diversity, interspecific hybridization

Marine Microbiology

Marine hyperthermophilic archaebacteria, deep-sea hydrothermal environment, physiology and ecology of extremophiles,
extremozymes, biohydrogen production, physiology and ecology of denitrifying bacteria, genomic analysis and genetic
diagnosis of poisonous microalgae

Marine Environmental Microbiology

Our research interests include microalgal productions of ω-3 fatty acids, carotenoids and biofuels by genetic analyses andengineering. In addition, we have studied ecophysiology and evolution of ‘earth-eating’ microorganisms inhabiting various
extreme marine environments such as deep-sea hydrothermal fields.

Marine Bioproduct Technology

Unused resources, functional food, search for physiologically active substances, physiology of highly unsaturated fatty
acids, molecular control of lipid metabolism

Marine Biological Function

Marine biological function, gene manipulation for fish, genome editing, fish genetics, genetic improvement of cultured
fish, functional food, health promoting compounds in marine products, marine peptide, biological active compounds.

Plant Genetics

Wheat, cell genetics, genome, chromosome, disease resistance, polyploid, cytoplasmic inheritance, population genetics,
evolution, hybrid incompatibility, speciation, bioinformatics

Plant Physiology

Regulation of growth phase transition in response to environmental signals, flowering, long-distance systemic signaling
in development (florigen), sexual reproduction process (especially germline specification and gametogenesis), origin andevolution of regulatory systems for plastic development

Crop Evolution

Evolution of crop plants and their wild relatives, plant genomics and genetics, co-evolution of plants and humans, coevolution of plants and pathogens, bioinformatics, ethnobotany, genetic resource management, fieldwork, natural history

CourseFieldsPlant Production Science

Crop Science, Plant Breeding, Vegetable and Ornamental Horticulture, Pomology (Fruit and Fruit Tree Science), Plant
Production Systems, Plant Production Control, Quality Analysis and Assessment, Food Quality Design and Development,
Weed Science, Tropical Agriculture, Soil Science

Animal Science

Animal Breeding and Genetics, Reproductive Biology, Nutritional Science for Animals, Animal Physiology and Functional
Anatomy, Animal Husbandry Resources, Bioresource Informatics

Marine Life Science
Fundamental and Frontier Biology

Fisheries and Environmental Oceanography, Marine Stock Enhancement Biology, Marine Microbiology, Marine
Environmental Microbiology, Marine Bioproduct Technology, Marine Biological Function
Plant Genetics, Plant Physiology, Crop Evolution, Plant Pathology, Insect Ecology, Insect Physiology, Terrestrial Microbial
Ecology, Ecological Information

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Crop Science

Food production and the environment, crop productivity and genotype-environment interaction, environmental stress
tolerance, growth and development prediction modeling, information measurement, environmentally conscious crop
production technology

Plant Breeding

Breeding of rice, soybean, and wheat, genomic and genetic analysis of important agronomic traits, transposon as a sourceof genetic variation, plant-microbe interaction in soil, mutation, morphogenesis, gametogenesis, genetic resources

Plant Pathology

Plant pathogenic fungi, plant viruses, host specificity, plant immunity, virulence factors, generation of resistant plants,
coevolution, molecular biology, omics, bioinformatics

Vegetable andOrnamental Horticulture

Environment control and growth and development control, development of functional vegetables, elucidation of
flower color mutation mechanisms, breeding of useful varieties, application of organic matter to plants in an unsterile
environment by using chlorination and insoluble phosphoric acids

Insect Ecology

Evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology, reproductive strategies, social insects, transgenerational epigenetic inheritance,
self-organizing system, longevity

Pomology（Fruit and Fruit Tree Science）

Fruit tree physiology of flowering and fruit set, fruit development/ripening mechanisms, fruit tree breeding andbiotechnology, fruit tree molecular genetics, postharvest physiology of fruit

Insect Physiology

Physiology, endocrinology, molecular genetics, genomics, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, evo-devo, ecoevo-devoPlant Production Systems

Agricultural production ecosystem, paddy-upland rotation, nitrogen cycle, environmentally friendly agricultural production
system, remote sensing

Terrestrial Microbial Ecology

Mycology, fungal genetics, fungal adhesion and penetration mechanism, mode of action of fungicide

Ecological Information

Interaction among agricultural fields, natural enemies, integrated pest management, biological control, spider mites andminute pest insects, molecular ecology, genetic variation, evolution of adaptive characters, insecticide resistance

Plant Production Control

Genetic seedlessness in fruits vegetables, mechanism of selfish genes, elucidation of floral regulatory mechanism, crosscombination and seed development, elucidation of fruit development and senescence mechanisms, development of
postharvest technology, development and application of next-generation type crop model, farm system for generating
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Department of Applied Life Sciences (Agricultural Chemistry)

Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering

The 21st century is said to be the era of “bioindustry,” and it is thought to be a time of progress for the environment, food, energy,
health, and welfare. At the core of this fast-growing sector is biotechnology, a means of utilizing biological functions in advanced
applications.

Food security is the most vital necessity for the survival of humanity. In this respect,agriculture is one of the most sublime and fundamental human activities, playing
an integral part in the process of food production. It is believed that agriculture(cultivating plants and livestock) dates back roughly 10,000 years. The “discovery”
of agriculture (i.e., a new method of procuring food whose carrying capacity
was much higher than that of conventional ways of hunting and gathering) led
humankind on to a path of rapid evolution. From that point onward, humans
have utilized wisdom and innovation to advance and sustain the art of agriculture
while meeting the needs of our times. At the same time, progress in engineeringand technology that form the foundations of agricultural production has been
instrumental in enhancing the productivity of land and agriculture workers. Thisis evidenced by the fact that the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University had anengineering department (the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering,later reorganized into an engineering department, the Department of Agriculture
Engineering, to specialize in agriculture studies) since its inception in 1923 to
conduct pioneering education and research on engineering/technical strategies
and methodologies that maximize agricultural productivity. Towards the end of
the last century, the emergence of global issues that could threaten the survivalof humankind promoted a paradigm shift, and it also became necessary in theengineering field to redesign our basic research approaches to and perspectiveon the world under the more comprehensive and contemporary framework of“the environment.” Based on this background, the Department of Agricultural andEnvironmental Engineering came to be in 2001.

At the Department of Applied Life Sciences, students learn basic and advanced knowledge across a broad range of academic
disciplines, giving them the ability to follow the principles of life phenomena. This in turn allows them to analyze various issues that
may arise on the frontlines of agricultural production, the fermentation, food processing, and chemical industries, and environmental
conservation, and then to apply their research findings to the burgeoning realm of biotechnology.
Our Department encompasses the 13 fields of education and research below, which cover a wide range of organisms—from humans
to microbes. The underlying academic purpose here is to elucidate life phenomena on the molecular level. Targeting inorganic
compounds, low-molecular organic compounds, and other biomolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides,
we set for ourselves the task of bringing to light biofunctions that may be caused by properties of individual molecules as well asinteractions among molecules. Another fundamental research topic is the elucidation of how biomolecules work in relation to theircell structures.
To serve these purposes, we offer a four-year integrated curriculum. In the first two years, students take common basic subjects ofphysical chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry, as well as introductory subjects that cover the entire range of academic
disciplines that our Department has to offer, so that they can set their own learning goals. In the last two years, students systematicallylearn a broad range of disciplines—from basic to applied research—that concern animals, plants, and microorganisms, while
performing lab work and practical training carefully prepared for them to understand related theories empirically. In the fourth year,
students are assigned to laboratories, where they learn about approaches and attitudes toward creative research as they work on
new challenges as budding researchers.
Through this curriculum, we develop self-driven biotechnology researchers and engineers who can respond to societal demands.
Successful students must be motivated with a sharp and clear vision and be fully prepared to challenge themselves to attain theireducational objectives.
Through its research and education, the Department of Applied Life Sciences aims to develop students who:
1. Study organisms and life phenomena deeply at the cellular and molecular levels and understand them in a chemical context;
2. Understand the commonality and diversity of biofunctions of microorganisms, plants, and animals;
3. Spearhead new discoveries and inventions to applied research; and4. Gain skill with research approaches and logical thinking through the aforementioned research experience and make the mostof applied education through lectures by guest speakers from private enterprises and visits to plants.

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Keywords

Cellular Biochemistry

Extracellular matrix, collagen, cell adhesion, cholesterol homeostasis, signal transduction, structure and functions of membraneproteins, migration and metastasis of cancer cells

Biomacromolecular Chemistry

Correlation between dynamic structure and functional expression of biological macromolecules based on atomic-levelmeasurements, elucidation of mechanisms of gene expression, and basic and applied research on life, health, and food

Bioregulation Chemistry

Organic chemistry, mass spectrometry, bioactive molecules, animal toxins, crop protection

Chemical Ecology

Chemical interpretation of survival strategies of living organisms, specifically plant stress tolerance, insect adaptations, hostdiscrimination substances, defence compounds and insect hormones, based on organic chemistry of physiologically active
substances

Plant Nutrition

Molecular mechanism of photosynthesis, plant nutrition and growth, plant metabolism and functions, environmental, stress andplants, algal biotechnology

Fermentation Physiology andApplied Microbiology

Applied microbiology, including fermentation, stemmed from screening and breeding of useful microorganisms with uniquefunctions for useful substance production, health promotion, crop and food production, environmental control, and ecosystemmanagement

Microbial Biotechnology

Metabolism and physiology of C1-microorganisms, heterologous gene expression, organelle dynamics, autophagy, plant-microbe
interaction, redox dynamics, bioconversion of natural gas

Bioanalytical andBiophysical Chemistry

Bioelectrochemistry, enzymatic catalysis chemistry, photosynthesis and respiratory energy conversion, biosensors, microbial fuelcells, analysis of nitrogen metabolism

Biofunctional Chemistry

Chemical biology, organic chemistry, bioenergetics, mechanisms of mitochondrial respiratory enzymes

Applied Structural Biology

Appearance and workings of proteins, X-ray crystallography, folding of polypeptides, functional improvement of proteins

Molecular Microbiology

Metabolic stress and signaling, microbial biotechnology, microbial genome science, mechanism of gene expression, mechanismof response to environmental stress, reactive oxygen species and biological defense system, proteomics and metabolome.

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Totipotency of plant cells, functional differentiation of chloroplasts, photosynthetic function and stress tolerance, functional
expression of secondary metabolism and production of useful substances, molecular breeding of plant cell functions

Plant Molecular Biology

Environmental response of photosynthetic organisms, reproduction of plants, genome science of plants, gene expression control,
molecular genetics

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This Department is devoted to research and education on the use of engineeringand technology in “agricultural and farming regions;” namely, rural regions inwhich people engage in agricultural production activities for a living. Recent
years have seen a growing recognition that rural regions have much more
distinguishing precious features, compared to urban regions. This renewedrecognition is chiefly attributable to the multifunctionality of agriculture,
which serves the preservation of national land, the natural environment
and ecosystems, on top of its inherent function of food production. Now, forrural regions to develop in a sustainable manner, it is necessary to properly
develop and preserve water and soil (land), two key elements of environmental
infrastructure in such regions, the production environment, such as production
control systems and systems for harvesting, processing, and storing farm
products, and the living environment in the regions. At the same time, harmony
with the natural environment must be achieved. It is also important to utilize
wisely potential resources unique to the rural regions, such as the developmentof biomass energy. The concept of “achieving harmony with the naturalenvironment” means to stop to think how humankind should produce food anddevelop energy, both of which are necessary for human survival, while working
in harmony with biosystems, ecosystems, and landscapes by respecting theirinherent right. “All regions are cells of planet Earth,” and maintaining a soundregional environment is vital for the conservation of the global environment. To
make this ideal state of rural regions a reality, it is crucial to pursue engineeringand technology studies in the realm of applied science based on the solid
foundations of interdisciplinary fundamental sciences, with fields ranging fromnatural science to social science. Studies of agricultural and environmental
engineering take scientific approaches to rural regions within such a paradigm.
As a body of engineering and technological knowledge, these systematicstudies are expected to play a significant role in solving the problems thatthreaten the survival of humankind, including those concerning agriculture andfarming villages, the environment, and food and energy.
Education at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering isgiven mainly in seven research fields, which are divided into four fields of the“Rural Environmental Engineering” and three of the “Bioproduction Engineering.”
The first- and second-year students gain a basic overview of agricultural andenvironmental engineering, while third-year students mainly take subjects froma family to which the field that they plan to be affiliated with in their fourth year
belongs.
In the fields of the “Rural Environmental Engineering” which consists of 4 fields(Agricultural Facilities Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Hydrological
Environment Engineering, and Rural Planning), students learn about theories forcreating rich and beautiful regional environments that encompass production,living, and natural spaces. They also go on to learn how to improve and conserve
such regional environments with engineering techniques that work on water,soil, and the environment, as well as study the technological approaches neededto achieve this. Students also learn how to utilize water and land in a regionalsetting with the conservation of national land and the environment in mind, alongwith how to plan, design, construct, and maintain various structures that give a
concrete shape to their learning outcomes.
In the fields of the “Bioproduction Engineering” which consists of 3 fields(Agricultural Systems Engineering, Field Robotics, and Bio-Sensing Engineering),
students learn how they should go about controlling production, harvesting,processing, and storing food, and developing biomass energy. They do sowhile considering not only the local natural environment but also the global
environment, resource circulation, labor-saving, and energy-saving, as wellas learning their underlying principles. Students are also expected to learn
the skills and methodologies needed to realize all of the above. To this end,
students study relevant bioresources, information processing, systems design,
measurement and sensing technologies for organisms, machine design,
mechatronics, physical properties of farm products and their non-destructive
quality evaluation, and processing technology.

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Department of Food and Environmental Economics

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Field

Keywords

Rural Environmental Engineering
Agricultural Facilities Engineering

Storage dams, underground dams, water facility design theory, analysis of water-use structure inverse problems, constitutive
equation and structures of soil, geotomography of foundation ground, seismic design of structures

Water Resources Engineering

Optimal management of water resources and hydro-environments, hydro-environment modeling, dynamics of farm irrigation
systems, rainwater harvesting, multiple functions of reservoirs and paddy fields for agriculture

Hydrological Environment
Engineering

Irrigation and drainage, soil physics, hydrology, hydrochemistry, regional water and geochemical cycle management,
groundwater management, water and soil quality conservation, agricultural water management for climate change
adaptation and mitigation

Rural Planning

Rural sustainability, community development planning, rural revitalization, landscape planning, participatory planning tools,
resource management, resilience building, social capital, knowledge management, system modeling, multi-agent simulation,
virtual reality, information communication technology and drama theory

Bioproduction Engineering
Agricultural Systems Engineering

Biomass energy, optimization of food production, system analysis, LCA for environmental management, resource recycling,methane fermentation, sensing and data analysis for soil, plant, and environment, data science

Field Robotics

Robot farming, intelligent farm machinery, precision agriculture, remote sensing, monitoring of plant growth, GPS/GIS,
artificial intelligence (AI) for agricultural machinery, harmful animal repelling system by AI

Bio-Sensing Engineering

Physical properties of agricultural and aquacultural products and foods and their non-destructive quality evaluation,near-infrared spectroscopic imaging, prediction of peak ripeness, freshness determination, detection of rice bran traces,
identification of individual farm animals by biometric authentication techniques, traceability, food manufacturing processmonitoring technology

Of the challenges that humankind faces today, those concerning food andenvironment are particularly relevant to everyday life. Although they are faced
differently depending on the context, food issues and environmental problems
arise in both developed and developing countries, regardless of political andeconomic system. Indeed, they are increasingly understood as the consequenceof economic policies fixated on growth and rapid development. With growing
awareness of our declining natural resources, more emphasis has been placedon the possibilities for sustainable development. To bring about such analternative development path, governments around the world need to not only
adjust their domestic policy, but also to coordinate with their counterparts at
the global level to ensure that progress can be achieved collaboratively at theinternational scale. Unlike manufacturing industries, which rely on inorganic
resources and global commodities, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries have auniquely local character that is rooted in natural ecosystems and communities.
Here, sustainable development means achieving harmony between economic
output, environmental conservation, and local culture. We strongly believe thatsince food and environmental problems are the byproducts of human institutions
and economic systems that humans can also solve these problems.
The Department of Food and Environmental Economics aims to find solutions tothese problems using a diverse social science approach, while at the same timeabsorbing relevant knowledge and experience from the natural science approachof the departments in the Faculty of Agriculture. This organization allows us todetermine how research findings can be applied and accepted in the real world,with the ultimate goal of encouraging more progressive and interdisciplinaryscientific approaches in the agricultural sciences.
To this end, we deliberately look at agricultural production in a broader culturaland economic context. While other departments in the Faculty of Agriculture
adopt predominantly natural science methods, this Department alone advocatesa social science approach, rooted in the belief that this can better clarify the nexusof human and natural activities that comprise agriculture. In more concrete terms,
we study the characteristics of people working in agriculture, forestry, fisheries,
and livestock businesses as well as the social and economic contexts, such as thefarm, mountain, and fishing villages they work in, with an eye toward developing
rural industries sustainably and equalizing conditions with urban areas. To balance
conservation of local environment and culture at both regional and global levels
with the need to encourage economic advancement, we draw insight frominternational studies of agriculture, rural and urban community development
studies, and environmental management as well as relevant industries.
The Department of Food and Environmental Economics is divided into eight fieldsof education and research, which can be roughly clustered into three groups, as
outlined below.

The first group covers two fields, in which students take micro-level approaches
to studying problems involving agriculture and farm families. In these fields,
students learn agricultural business management and accounting information
processing to understand agricultural problems from the perspectives ofindividual farming families and agricultural organizations. As such, this grouprelies primarily on field survey methodology. The second group comprises four
fields that provide students with a micro- and macroscopic approach to resourceand environmental problems on a regional level using rigorous empirical analysis.
In these fields, students have opportunities to encounter current food andenvironmental problems from regional and national perspectives and then learn
basic theories about conservation and development of regional environmental
resources, policies for agriculture and forestry, and the development of farming
communities in developing countries. The third group includes two fields in which
students consider issues of food, agriculture and farming communities on thebasis of history and philosophy, learn basic techniques to discover how such issues
have evolved, and conduct cross-national comparisons. In these fields, students
are given opportunities to examine the industrial and post-industrial aspects ofagriculture, forestry, and fisheries and food system development, as well as theimpact that historical trends have had in shaping farming communities, ruralurban relationships and, more generally, agriculture as a field of science.

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Agri-Food System
Management

Management and structure/behavior of agri-food organizations, environmental changes and development of farm management, distribution
and marketing of agricultural products, comparative institutional analysis of farm management around the world, roles of family-run farming,
food system/agribusiness, fair trade, agricultural/consumer cooperatives, food safety management

Farm Managerial
Information
and Accounting

Planning and managing farm systems under uncertainty, business improvement, business growth/development, business administration,technical/management/accounting information, competency of business managers and enterprise operators, HR development/training, industrialorganizations offering management support services, survey methods for farming communities, regional agriculture, and farm management

Regional
Environmental
Economics

International and domestic food supply/demand and environmental problems, sustainable development of regional economies andenvironmental conservation, farm product trade and regional environments, technical change and productivity of agricultural sector, agriculturalland issues, problems in hilly and mountainous areas and subsidies, commons and regional resilience

Agricultural andEnvironmental Policy

Global environmental problems, outlook of food supply/demand, multiple functions of agriculture and farming communities, external economic
effects, import liberalization of farm produce, economic analysis of food safety, agriculture and biodiversity, GIS

Forest Policy andEconomics

Forest resources in Japan and abroad, forestry production, forestry and lumber industries, production, supply, distribution, and consumption oftimber, timber trade and environmental system, revitalization of mountain villages, ecosystem management, environmental functions of forests

International
Rural Development

Agricultural development, poverty, rural institutions, income inequality, consumption smoothing, social capital, culture, risk sharing, area studies,
field survey, political economy, field experiment, development economics

Comparative
Agricultural History

Development patterns of socioeconomy and agriculture, history of relationships between urban and rural communities, history of relationships
between agriculture and nature (technology, production capacity), history of farmers/history of farming communities/history of farmer
movements, modern world-systems and agricultural problems and policies

Philosophy ofAgricultural Science

Roles of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in various human societies, changes in agriculture and farming communities around the world, issues
and methodologies of new agricultural science, world food problems, exchange and unification between urban and farming communities
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Department of Forest and Biomaterials Science
Recognizing that excessive and non-sustainable use of resources is the main driversof global environmental problems, we must move away from a mere emphasis on
economic productivity to a new set of social priorities that achieve sustainable andenvironmentally friendly use of natural resources. In other words, we must seek fora new way that enables harmonious coexistence of the earth and the humankind.
Globally, forests cover 31% of the land, and they provide various ecosystem services
including production of renewable resources. Hence, conservation and protectionof forests, in combination with utilization of forest-based resources, are important
for the survival of the human kind. More than ever, we need young people who
can develop innovative strategies based on scientific understanding of forests andforest resources, in order to tackle global environmental issues.
The Department of Forest and Biomaterials Science promotes research andeducation on forests and the various forest-based resources. Our unit conducts
basic research on forests, including biological and biogeochemical research
addressing biodiversity and ecosystem matter cycles. We also analyze chemicaland physical properties of wood, cellulose and various organic substances.
We also conduct applied research relevant for reduction of greenhouse gas
emission. and for achieving a society with sustainable resource cycles. In addition
to natural science approaches, we use sociological and economic approaches.
Through collaboration of researchers across various fields of specialization, we
aim for a transdisciplinary science on forests and biomaterials. In educational
activities, we aim to nurture broad perspectives on forest science, as well as tobuild capacities for investigation through thesis research activities.

The Department of Forest and Biomaterials Science has 17 laboratories,
covering a wide range of research topics. They can be grouped roughly inthree groups. The six laboratories in the first group, including “Forest Biology”,“Forest Ecology”, “Tropical Forest Resources and Environments”, “Forest
Hydrology”, “Forest Utilization”, and “Biosphere Informatics”, conduct basic
and applied research on forest ecosystem. The eight in the second group,
including the laboratories of “Wood Processing”, “Biomaterials Design”, “Fibrous
Biomaterials”, “Tree Cell Biology”, “Chemistry of Composite Materials”, “Chemistryof Biomaterials”, “Forest Biochemistry”, and “Energy Ecosystems”, conduct
basic and applied studies on biomaterials. The three laboratories in the thirdgroup, including “Forest Resources and Society”, “Landscape Architecture”,
and “Erosion Control”, study management of forests and landscapes, as well as
disaster preventions in forested hills and mountains. In addition to these corelaboratories, the Field Science Education and Research Center and the ResearchInstitute for Sustainable Humanosphere support our research and education
missions through their field research center in Hokkaido and Ashiu, or throughtheir large or advanced experimental facilities.
During the first three years of our curriculum, undergraduate students will build
foundational and comprehensive knowledge on forest and biomaterials sciencethrough lectures and field and lab courses. The 4th year students belong to oneof the 17 laboratories to conduct thesis research. Our goal is to help students
obtain specialized knowledge on forests and biomaterials, and build capacity tocontribute to research and innovation with high moral standards.

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Forest Resources and Society

Deforestation and conservation, sustainable forest management, small-scale forestry, forest industry, silvotourism, forest andculture, forest certification system, forest resources and rural livelihoods

Tropical Forest Resources andEnvironments

Functional understanding of forest trees and forest ecosystems, plant functional traits, forest stand structures, light utilization,
seedling regeneration, plant-soil interactions, ecosystem matter cycles, sustainable forest management, climate-change
mitigation and adaptation, with emphasis on tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Forest Utilization

Forests’ functions on environmental conservation, biomass production of forests, growth dynamics of trees’ root system、
effect of environmental factors on tree growth and xylem formation, plantation management and wood quality

Forest Biology

Forest structure and dynamics, biodiversity conservation, phylogenetic and ecological analysis of forest organisms based on
genetic/genomic information, prevention of forest damage caused by wildlife, interaction between forest insects and trees,
insect damage control

Landscape Architecture

History of gardening, planning and design of gardens, urban parks, nature parks, conservation of landscape and biodiversity,urban afforestation, natural restoration, assessment mitigation of natural environments

Erosion Control

Prevention and mitigation of sediment disasters, impact of forest management on rainwater discharge, impact of forest
management on sediment discharge, rainwater holding capacity of forest soil, prediction and forecast of debris flow,mechanisms of slope failure and landslides, warning and evacuation system against sediment disasters

Forest Ecology

Diversity of forest organisms, material cycle mechanism, soil decomposing organisms, plant behaviors, forests ecosystems fromthe arctic to the tropical

Forest Hydrology

Hydrological cycle, carbon cycle, gas exchange, ecosystem fluxes, plant-water relations and eco-physiology, methane
dynamics, precipitation-runoff response, water quality formation, longterm monitoring

Biosphere Informatics

Geographical information systems, remote sensing, ecosystem modeling, conservation ecology, ecosystem service evaluation,
environmental observation methods, ecological/environmental information systems and database

Biomaterials Design

Physical properties of forest biomass materials (lumber, bamboo, etc.), elucidation of properties of new wood-based materials,
image analysis of wood surfaces, wood and human relations, fracture mechanics of wood, effective use of hardwoods fromsatoyama woodlands

Wood Processing

Technologies of wood processing, nondestructive evaluation of wood property and degradation of wood, and automatic
recognition of wood and its processing

Fibrous Biomaterials

Structure and properties of cellulose and other polysaccharides, synthesis of polysaccharides by genetically engineered
enzymes, functionalization of polymers by magnetic field orientation, development of novel NMR/MRI methods,
decomposition of biomass in environmental water

Tree Cell Biology

Forest resources of the world, growth of trees, formation and function of cell walls, significance of forms and diversity oforganisms, from macro to micro

Chemistry of Composite Materials

Precise polymer synthesis, block/graft copolymers, liquid crystalline polymers, biomass-based polymer blends, conversionof biomass to plastic materials, liquefaction and resinification of biomass, biodegradable plastics, bioplastics/nanofiller
composites, structure-property-performance relationships of biomass-based functional materials

Chemistry of Biomaterials

Organic chemistry of biomass, elucidation of structure, properties, physiological bioactivity, and functions of cellulose,
hemicelluloses, lignin, and extracts (tannin) and their utilization, efficient use of tropical forest produce

Forest Biochemistry

Material cycle of forests, molecular biology of wood-rot fungi, genetic engineering, genome editing, biodegradation
mechanism of wood, biotechnology of fungi, plant tissue culture, DNA/RNA analysis of trees, translocation of sugar in plants,
flowering control mechanism, plant molecular biology of bamboo, bamboo grass, and rice

Energy Ecosystems

Biomass, bioenergy, biochemicals, bioethanol, biodiesel, high temperature wood chemistry, molecular level thermal
degradation mechanism, reaction control of pyrolysis/gasification, supercritical fluids, plasma treatment

Reconstructed forest structure from laser scanning
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