About the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and SurvivableSocieties (Admission policy)
The GSS Program intends to cultivate human resources in new emerging interdisciplinary area of “GlobalSurvivability Studies” such as human resources filled with the sense of mission and ethics necessary to overcome
crises the human being is facing and to enrich human society and contribute to its well-being and human resources
with sound judgment and energy to take actions based on expertise, a wide vision, knowledge and wisdom. ThisGSS Program requires those students who agree with the goals, have general knowledge and education, have ethicalthinking, and have strong will to participate to this program.
This program aims to foster human resources with a broad-based knowledge and a specific expertise, combinedwith flexible thinking, determination and the ability to take action, ready to lead in every area of society, is one of
the missions of Kyoto University, and an essential requirement in all areas of society, including industry, government
and academia.
The Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies is based on cooperation
among 9 graduate schools and 3 research institutes. In close collaboration with the industry world, governments,
international organizations, national and overseas universities, this programs aims at developing an advanced
interdisciplinary graduate education focused on the area of safety and security, and at actively fostering the future
leaders of our global society.
Today’s global society is facing an increasing frequency of hazardous events and social instability, which can be
identified as 1) large-scale natural disasters, 2) unexpected man-made disasters and accidents, 3) regional
environmental changes such as environmental degradation and infectious diseases, 4) issues regarding food security.
In the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies, a new interdisciplinary
field of global survivability studies will address and cover each of these issues (fig.1), and will develop humanresources who are:1- filled with the sense of mission and ethics necessary to overcome the many crises the human race is facing, andto enrich human society and contribute to its well-being.
2- equipped with sound judgment and energy, able to implement appropriate measures based on their own specificexpertise, and on a wide vision and a broad-based knowledge.
The students who complete the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS) are expected to be:⚫
Academic leaders who are active in the field of social/safety system science, as high-level researchers andeducators,⚫
Leaders in the field of international crisis management, who are active on the global scene, in internationalorganizations,⚫
Leaders in the industry who are able to appropriately address disasters, accidents and economic crisis, providing
a stable and consistent business management,⚫
Leaders at the local and national level who exercise their leadership in policy making regarding food, resourcesand energy safety,⚫
Science communicators who convey correct information based on their scientific knowledge, thus limiting
public anxiety, or⚫
New business leaders who develop new technologies and methodologies in the field of safety and security andstart their own business
They will be able to assume leading positions in various areas of our global society and move it in the right direction.
Students who are able to apply to this program are those who have graduated from a Japanese
university (4-year undergraduate program), or who have an equivalent qualification, and who areenrolled in any of the graduate schools and departments listed in Table 1 below (or, as a special case,students enrolled in a Doctorate Program (Third-Year) can apply to this program.
Those students who are willing to receive our program degree are required to complete the required
number of credits in their respective graduate schools and the required numbers of credits andactivities provided by GSS program.

FOOD SECURITY(self-sufficiency, population issues, agriculture policy, etc.)

pollution, aging society, etc.)

REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES& SOCIAL INSTABILITY (infectious diseases,(large-scale accidents, fires, nuclear disasters, etc.)

MAN-MADE DISASTERS & ACCIDENTS(extreme weather, water disasters, earthquakes,volcanoes, tsunami, etc.)

NATURAL DISASTERS & CATASTROPHES

Understanding themechanisms of naturaland social phenomena
Prevention and resilience basedon scientific knowledge
Human adaptability(medical and mental care, psychology,
life-style, rehabilitation)

Social adaptability(economy, public policies, area studies,restoration and recovery)

Fig.1 : Scope of Global Survivability Studies

1. Number of students to be recruited
20 program students

2. Eligibility requirements
Students for this program must be enrolled in a Doctorate Program (1st part/Master Program) in one of the graduate
schools and departments involved in the program (see Table 1 below) as of April 2021.
Table 1 : Graduate Schools, Departments and Divisions involved in the Inter-Graduate School Programfor Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies

Graduate School of Education

All departments (Interdisciplinary Studies in Education)

Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Science
Graduate School of Medicine

All departments (Department of Economics)
Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Department of Medicine and Medical Science, School of Public Health
Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Department of Urban
Management, Department of Environmental Engineering, Department ofArchitecture and Architectural Engineering, Department of Mechanicalengineering and Science
All departments (Division of Agronomy and Horticultural Science, Division ofForest and Biomaterials Science, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Divisionof Applied Biosciences, Division of Environmental Science and Technology,
Division of Natural Resource Economics, Division of Food Science andBiotechnology)
All departments (Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies, Division of African
Area Studies, Division of Global Area Studies)
Department of Social Informatics, Department of Communications andComputer Engineering

Graduate School of Engineering

Graduate School of Agriculture

Graduate School of Asian andAfrican Area Studies
Graduate School of Informatics
Graduate School ofEnvironmental Studies

GlobalAll departments (Doctorate Program in Global Environmental Studies,
Doctorate Program in Environmental Management)

3. Request for application form and application guideline
Application form and application guideline will be available at the website of the Leading Graduate School for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies, Center for Educational Program Promotion in Graduate School.
Please download them and print out the application form from the following website.
http://www.gss.kyoto-u.ac.jp
If it is difficult to download by yourself, these will be available at the office of the Leading Graduate School for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies, Center for Educational Program Promotion in Graduate School.
(1) Application form and reason for applying to this program(2) Application guideline (1 copy)
These documents will be available from March 8 (Monday) to April 16 (Friday)2021
17:00(except Wednesdays) atweekdays from 9:00 toLeading Graduate School for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies Office,Center for Educational Program Promotion in Graduate School, Kyoto University
KYOTO UNIVERSITY HIGASHI ICHIJOKAN, basement floor
1 Yoshida-Nakaadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel.: 075-762-2163

4. Application procedure
In order to apply, students have to submit the following documents in person:(1) Application form and reason for applying to this program(2) Academic record of undergraduate courses
Students are required to submit these documents in person at:
Leading Graduate School for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies Office
Center for Educational Program Promotion in Graduate School, Kyoto University
KYOTO UNIVERSITY HIGASHI ICHIJOKAN, basement floor
1 Yoshida-Nakaadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8306
Tel.: 075-762-2163
If you are unable to make the submission in person, we also accept the submission via registered mail (with trackingservice). On the envelope, please clearly write "GSS program application documents enclosed". In this case, theapplication package MUST be delivered by April 16 (Friday) 17:00.
Application period: April 12 (Monday) ~ April 16 (Friday) 2021
Wednesdays)

weekdays from 9:00 to 17:00(except

5. Global Survivability Studies (GSS) Program selection process
Students will be selected by screening of documents based on the application, reasoning for applying to this program,and the past academic transcript(s).A selection interview may be organized if deemed necessary.
A selection interview may be organized if deemed necessary.
※ Students will be informed of the date and time of the interview by April 21 (Wednesday) through the e-mailaddress they provided in their application forms. The interviews will take place on April 22 (Thursday).

6. Announcement of the selection results for program students
Results of the selection of program students will be announced on the website on May 14 (Friday).

7. Handling of personal information

We will treat personal information of the students in accordance with the personal information policy in force inKyoto University for the selection and registration of program students.