Overview and Comparisonswith Other Universities

Number of Facultyand Staff Members

14. Selection of Research / Education Programs
14-1. Selection of Research Programs
The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2015

Number of Students■ Grants for Research Support System Development Projects
Project Name
University Research Administrator Development Project(Development of a Research Administration System)

Administration Director
Executive Vice President andSenior Vice President,
Masato Wakayama

Admissions

Program Name

Enrollment

Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment

Project Director
President of Kyushu University,
Chiharu Kubo

PeriodFY2015-2020

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2016■ Human Resource Development Program for Science and Technology
Program Name

Graduate Degrees
Conferred

Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers

Project DirectorPresident of Kyushu University,
Tatsuro Ishibashi

PeriodFY2016-2023

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2017

Career Paths andEmployment Status■ Translational Research program; Strategic PRomotion for practical application of INnovative medical Technology (TR-SPRINT)
Project Topic Name

Project Manager

PeriodResearch and Development Project of Novel Medical Technologies
to Aim Their Global Expansion through Linkage between Areasand Translational Research Hub

Director General, Center for Clinical andTranslational Research,
Koichi Akashi

FY2017-2021

Success in Qualification
Examinations■ Human Resource Development Program for Science and Technology
Program Name

Research

Enhancing Development of Global Entrepreneurs for the NEXT
Generation (EDGE-NEXT)
Entrepreneur Development Program based on Diversity
and Creative Collaboration (IDEA: Innovation x Diversity x
Entrepreneurship Education Alliance)

Project Director

PeriodFaculty of Economics,
Department of Businessand Technology Management, Professor/Director General, Robert T. Huang
Entrepreneurship Center,
Megumi Takata

FY2017-2021■ Clinical R&D Promotion Program (Comprehensive Program for Improving Infrastructure to Promote Clinical Application ofInnovative Medical Seeds)

International

Acceleration of Innovative Medical Technology Development byStrengthening and Streamlining of Support Systems

Project Manager

Period (Planned)

Director General, Center for Clinical andTranslational Research,Koji Todaka

FY2017-2024

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2018
None

Selection of Research/Education Programs

Industry-UniversityGovernment Collaboration
University Hospital
Income andExpenditure
Selection of Research/Education Programs

FY2015-2016(FY2012-2014)■ Human Resource Development Program for Science and Technology

Project Topic Name

192

PeriodThe Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2019■ Human Resource Development Program for Science and Technology
Program Name
Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment(Vanguard)

Project Director
President of Kyushu University,
Tatsuro Ishibashi

PeriodFY2019-2024

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2020■ Moonshot-type Research & Development Project
Research & Development Project Name
“Beyond Zero” Research & Development Aimed at a CO2
Circulation System Society
・ Programs selected for the ﬁrst time from FY2015 onward are listed.
Source: Each Department

KYUSHU UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2023

Project Manager

PeriodInternational Institute for Carbon-Neutral
Energy Research, Chief Professor,
Shigeki Fujikawa

FY2020-2029

Overview and Comparisonswith Other Universities

Number of Facultyand Staff Members14-1. Selection of Research Programs (Continued)■ World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) Academy Project Acceleration and Expansion
Institution Name

PeriodProfessor, Petros Sofronis

From FY2020 onward

Number of Students

International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

Director

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2021■ Human Resource Development Program for Science and Technology
Program Name

Project Director

PeriodPresident of Kyushu University,
Tatsuro Ishibashi

Admissions

Initiative for the Implementation of the Diversity Research
Environment (Survey and Analysis)

FY2021-2022■ Advanced Research Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnology
Institution Name

PeriodEnrollment

Center for Innovative Materials DX

Person in Charge of Implementation
The Ultramicroscopy Research Center,
Professor,
Yasukazu Murakami

FY2021-2030

Research & Development Project Name
Realization Hub for Biomedical Innovation

Director

Graduate Degrees
Conferred■ Center for Advancing Translational Research (CATR)
PeriodSenior Vice President,
Koichi Akashi

December 20, 2021 onward

Career Paths andEmployment Status

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2022■ Translational Research Program

Project Topic Name

Project Manager

PeriodSenior Vice President,
Koichi Akashi

FY2022-2023

Success in Qualification
Examinations

Multidisciplinary, Multidomain, Multiregional Research andDevelopment Integration of New Medical Technologies from Japan■ Clinical R&D Promotion Program (Comprehensive Program for Improving Infrastructure to Promote Clinical Application ofInnovative Medical Seeds) (Advanced Clinical Research Environment Infrastructure Development Program)
Project Topic Name

PeriodDirector General, Center for Clinicaland Translational Research,Koji Todaka

July 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023
ResearchEstablishing a Decentralized Clinical Trial Infrastructure with aStandardized Electronic Worksheet as its core, from both Systems
and an Operational Perspective

Project Manager■ Translational Research Program(Project for Promotion of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research and Developmental Initiatives)
Project Topic Name

Project Manager

PeriodSenior Vice President,
Koichi Akashi

International

Establishment of the Transdisciplinary Research Platform based on“Integrative Knowledge”

June 1, 2022 - March 31, 2025

■ JST START
PeriodJune 15, 2022 - March 31, 2027

Research & Development Project Name
Creating A Society Whose Citizensʼ Health is Monitored by
Remote Control of Intracellular Cybernetic Avatars

Project Manager
Faculty of Engineering, Professor,
Yoko Yamanishi

PeriodFrom FY2022 onward

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Selection of Research/Education Programs

Source: Each Department

Income andExpenditure・ Programs selected for the ﬁrst time from FY2015 onward are listed.

University Hospital■ Moonshot-type Research & Development Project

Selection of Research/Education Programs

University Ecosystem Promotion Type(Supporting Creation of Startup Ecosystem in Startup Cities)

Project Director
Open Innovation Platform (OIP),
Vice President/Assistant Department Head of the OIP,
Professor,
Shinji Ohnishi

Industry-UniversityGovernment Collaboration

Program Name193

Overview and Comparisonswith Other Universities

Number of Faculty
and Staff Members

14-2. Selection of Education Programs

Number of Students

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2011
Program Name

Department Responsible

Initiative Name

Initiative Period

Subsidy Program for the Developmentof Centers for Training Policymakersetc.

Center for Science, Technologyand Innovation Policy Studies

Science for RE-designing Science,
Technology and Innovation Policy (SciREX)
Project to Develop Hub Institutions for
Fundamental Research and Human
Resource Development

FY2011-2025

Admissions

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2014
Program NameTop Global University Project

Initiative Name

Initiative Period

Strategic Hub Area for Top-Global Researchand Education (SHARE-Q)

FY2014-2023

Department Responsible

Initiative Name

Initiative Period

Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Sciences

Cooperational Graduate Education Program
for the Development of Global Human
Resources in Energy and Environmental
Science and Technology-A New Challenge

FY2016-2020

Graduate School of
Human-Environment Studies

Cooperative Educational Program forFostering Human Resources to Lead
Development of Sustainable Urban andArchitectural Environment in Asia

FY2016-2020

University-Wide

Enrollment

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2015None

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2016

Graduate Degrees
Conferred

Program Name

Career Paths andEmployment Status

Re-Inventing Japan Project

Success in Qualification
Examinations

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2017

ResearchProgram Name

Initiative NameInitiative Period

Project for Human Resource
Development of Advanced Medical
Innovation

Graduate School of Medical
Science, Graduate School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences

Department Responsible

Kyushu Promotion Plan for the Platform of
Human Resource Development for Cancer

FY2017-2021

Project of Human Resource
Development for Nuclear Energy

Faculty of Engineering

Enhancement of Kyushu University Nuclear
Engineering Curriculum with Emphasis on
Regulations and Comprehensive Thinking

FY2017-2021

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2018

International

Program Name

Department Responsible

Initiative Name

Initiative Period

Training Data Scientists to Realize aSuper-Smart Society

Graduate School of Information
Science and ElectricalEngineering

Advanced Data Science Education Program
Minor by the Kyushu Consortium

FY2018-2022

Initiative Name

Initiative Period

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2019
Program Name

Selection of Research/Education Programs

Industry-UniversityGovernment Collaboration
University Hospital
Income andExpenditure
Selection of Research/
Education Programs

194

Department Responsible

Joint Usage Education Center

Department Responsible
Faculty of Arts and Science

Institution for Center for the Future
Development of Education

FY2019-2023

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2020
Program Name

Plus-DX (a Plan for Universities/
Colleges Aiming for a Smart-Campus
through Digital Transformation in theCurrent/Post COVID-19 Crisis)

Department Responsible

Initiative Name

Initiative Period

Learning Analytics Center

Kyushu University, “Educational DX”- Implementation of Learner-Centered
Learning, based on Learning Analytics. We
will Promote Educational DX for Kyushu
University

FY2020-2021

Innovation Center for
Educational Resource

Kyushu University “DX in Education” Project-Improving the Quality of Learning throughthe Use of Advanced ICT-FY2020-2021

・ Programs selected for the ﬁrst time from FY2015 onward are listed. Programs before that time are also listed, if still continuing.
Source: Each Department

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Overview and Comparisonswith Other Universities

Number of Faculty
and Staff Members

14-2. Selection of Education Programs (Continued)
The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2020 (Continued)
Program Name

Initiative Period

Inter-University Exchange ProjectGraduate School of Engineering

An Innovative Program for Development ofCore Human Resources for Smart Mining toLead Sustainable Resource Development inSouthern Africa (*Representative University:
Akita University, Aﬃliated University: Kyushu
University)

FY2020-2024

WISE Program (Doctoral Program forWorld-Leading Innovative & SmartEducation)

Graduate School of Mathematics

Graduate Program of Mathematics forInnovation (GPMI)

FY2020-2026

JST, the Establishment of University
Fellowships towards the Creation ofScience Technology Innovation

Graduate Schools of Information
Science and ElectricalEngineering, Engineering,
Sciences, and I2CNER

Kyushu University Innovator Fellowship

FY2020-2027

Admissions

Initiative Name

Number of Students

Department Responsible

Enrollment

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2021
Program NameFY2021-2022

Project for Training Medical Personnel
to Handle New Healthcare in the
COVID-19 Era

School of Dentistry,
School of PharmaceuticalSciences

Kyushu University Project for Training
Medical Personnel to Handle New Healthcarein the Covid-19 Era

FY2021-2022

Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Sciences

Cooperational Graduate Education Program forthe Development of Global Human Resources
in Energy and Environmental Science andTechnology - Expansion to ASEAN -FY2021-2025

Graduate School of
Human-Environment Studies

Cooperative Educational Program for
Fostering Human Resources to Lead
Sustainable Development of Recycle-BasedZero-Emission Urban and Architectural
Environment in Asia

FY2021-2025

Approved Program for Mathematics,
Data Science and AI Smart Higher
Education (Literacy Levels)

Education and Research Center
for Mathematical and DataScienceKyushu University Data Literacy Program

FY2021-2025

Support for Pioneering Research
Initiated by the Next Generation

University-Wide

Open Platform Fostering System for
Ph.D. Students Who will Open up the Future

FY2021-2027

Initiative Name

Initiative Period

Inter-University Exchange ProjectResearch

School of Agriculture,
Graduate School of Bioresource
and Bioenvironmental Sciences

Success in Qualification
Examinations

Initiative Period

Career Paths andEmployment Status

Initiative NameDNA Human Resource Development Programto Drive DX in Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries,
Food and Biotechnology Industries in the near
Future (DNA: Digital Native in Agriculture)

Graduate Degrees
Conferred

Department Responsible

Project to Foster Highly Specialized
Human Resources Driving Industry DX
by Integrating Digital and SpecializedFields

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2022

Project for Designing Graduate
Programs Emphasizing Digital Literacy
across Diverse Fields; X Program

Graduate School of Humanities

Establishing a Graduate Program inDigital Humanities Centered on Well-Being

FY2022-2027

Initiative Name

Initiative Period

The Center Project Selected for the First Time in FY2023
Department Responsible

Recurrent Education Platform
Development Support Project throughIndustry-Academia-Government
Collaboration to Meet Local Needs

Open Innovation Platform (OIP)

Recurrent education platform construction
project aimed at accumulating humanresources for business growth in Fukuoka
Prefecture

FY2023Training Program for Next-Generation
Health Professionals with Cancer Care

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Training Program for Next-Generation HealthProfessionals with Cancer Care in Kyushu

FY2023-2028

Acceleration Program for Reorganizationof Universities and KOSEN

Faculty of Information Science andElectrical Engineering, Graduate
School of Information Science andElectrical Engineering

Kyushu University Open-Education Project
on Advanced Information Science andTechnology

FY2023-2032

Source: Each Department

KYUSHU UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK 2023

Selection of Research/Education Programs

・ Programs selected for the ﬁrst time from FY2015 onward are listed. Programs before that time are also listed, if still continuing.

Income andExpenditure

Program Name

University Hospital

FY2022-2026

Industry-UniversityGovernment Collaboration

Kyushu University Data Literacy Program(Advanced Literacy Levels)International

Department Responsible
Education and Research Center
for Mathematical and Data
Science

Selection of Research/Education Programs

Program Name
Approved Program for Mathematics,
Data Science and AI Smart Higher
Education (Advanced Literacy Levels)

195