平成 28 年度（2016）

京都大学
Kyoto University
文部科学省 博士課程教育リーディングプログラム 複合領域型（安全安心）
Program for Leading Graduate Schools, MEXT(Multidisciplinary Field of Safety and Security)

グローバル生存学大学院連携プログラム
Inter-Graduate School Program for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies

Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)

募集要項
Application Guideline
平成 28 年度
Academic year 2016

京都大学学際融合教育研究推進センター
グローバル生存学大学院連携ユニット
京都市左京区吉田中阿達町１番地 京都大学東一条館
Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and ResearchInter-Graduate School Unit for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies
Kyoto University

Higashi Ichijyoukan, Nakaadachicho1, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Tel：075-762-2163

http://www.gss.sals.kyoto-u.ac.jp

About the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable
Societies (Admission policy)
Fostering human resources with a broad-based knowledge and a specific expertise, combined with 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.

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)

Fig.1 : Scope of Global Survivability Studies－1－

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

This program welcomes able young students who are aiming at such careers, and will send them out in the world ascapable human resources after a fruitful 5-year graduate education. Kyoto University strongly hopes that thesestudents eventually contribute to a harmonious global society.
In this program, students are expected to not only fulfill the requirements of their respective graduate schools, butalso to complete several classes and curriculum requirements specific to the GSS Program, thus making these 5
years a challenging but rewarding time.
After enrollment in their respective graduate schools, students (up to 40) are first recruited and selected in April fora 6 months preparatory course (from April to September), as program students (preparatory course students). They
will attend the GSS general seminars until July when another selection process will determine the 20 students whowill proceed as official program students from October.
In order to reduce economic burden and allow program students to fully concentrate on the program and theirresearch, the program will provide qualifying students (see page 6 (4)) with financial supports such as study
fellowship (14 L4 students, 10 L3 students, 13 L2 students and 18 L1 students, each received 200,000 yen per monthin 2015), and students conducting creative research with research grants up to 1,000,000 yen per person and per
fiscal year 2016 (500,000 yen per person and per half year) (18 L4 students, 10 L3 students , 13 L2 students and 19
L1 students were granted in 2015). Furthermore, program students who does not apply for the research grant orwhose application for the research grant is rejected are granted a budget of 300,000 yen per fiscal year to use asconference fees and other educational expenses. However upper limits of these research grant and budget may besubject to change according to the whole program budget. Besides such financial supports will be available until
March 2018, when the program for Leading Graduate Schools, MEXT ends.

1. Number of students to be recruited(1) 40 program students (preparatory course students)(2) 20 program students

2. Eligibility requirements
Preparatory course 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 2016.
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 (Department of Education, Department of Clinical 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 and
African Area Studies
Graduate School of Informatics
Graduate School ofEnvironmental Studies

GlobalAll departments (Doctorate Program in Global Environmental Studies,
Doctorate Program in Environmental Management)－2－

3. Request for application form and application guideline
Application form and application guidelines will be available at the office of the Inter-Graduate School Unit for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education andResearch.
(1) Application form (1 set)
(2) Application guideline (1 copy)
These documents will be available from March 1 (Tuesday) to April 20 (Wednesday) 2016 (weekdays from 9:00 to
17:00) at
Inter-Graduate School Unit for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies Office,Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University
KYOTO UNIVERSITY HIGASHI ICHIJOKAN, 1st floor
1 Yoshida-Nakaadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel.: 075-762-2163/2164

4. Application procedure
In order to apply, students have to submit the three following documents in person:(1) Application form (1 set)
(2) Academic record of undergraduate courses(3) Results of English language proficiency tests (TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS) taken after April 2014 and which areavailable before April 20, 2016. In the event that results cannot be submitted before April 20, students are required
to submit them by July 6 at the latest.
Regarding TOEFL, results of both TOEFL-iBT (internet-Based Test) and TOEFL-PBT (Paper-Based Test) are
acceptable. Regarding TOEIC, results of open tests conducted in Japan or Korea are acceptable. Note that resultsof other tests such as TOEFL-ITP, TOEIC-IP, etc. are not acceptable.
Documents shall be the original and copies will not be accepted. Any misrepresentation in the document and/orscore will result in immediately rejection.
Students are required to submit these documents in person at:
Inter-Graduate School Unit for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies Office
Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University
KYOTO UNVRTSITY HIGASHI ICHIJOKAN, 1st floor
1 Yoshida-Nakaadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8306
Tel.: 075-762-2163/2164
If you cannot submit the form in person, you can send it in an envelope marked “application documents enclosed”
as registered mail (with trackable delivery status). In such case, it must imperatively be delivered by April 20(Wednesday) 17:00.
Application period: April 15 (Friday) ~ April 20 (Wednesday) 2016 (weekdays from 9:00 to 17:00)

5. Global Survivability Studies (GSS) Program selection process
For each candidate, we will conduct an evaluation of the application files, the academic record of undergraduate
course as well as the results of the graduate school entrance examination. A selection interview may be organized if
deemed necessary.
※ Students will be informed of the date and time of the interview by April 25 (Monday) through the e-mail address
they provided in their application forms. The interviews will take place on April 26 (Tuesday).

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

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7. About the Global Survivability Studies Program preparatory course
During the leading preparatory course (until September), each program student (preparatory course student) is
required to attend classes of his/her respective graduate school, understand the objectives and content of this program,and decide if the program is suitable for them, in terms of abilities and aptitudes. In order to assist all program
students (preparatory course students) to go through this process during the preparatory course period, they have toattend the GSS general seminars.
※ If a student decides to withdraw from the program during the preparatory course period, one must inform theInter-Graduate School Unit for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies Office by submitting a signed
or sealed letter (no specific form).

8. Selection process for Global Survivability Studies program students
By the end of July, the successful program students (preparatory course students) will be selected to start as official
program students from October. The selection process will take into account the following elements:(1) Overall evaluation for the leading preparatory course seminar (attendance, GSS theme-report in English,
presentation and group discussion in English)(2) Results of English language proficiency tests (TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS) taken after April 2014. These results
need to be available by July 6, 2016 at the latest.
Regarding TOEFL, results of both TOEFL-iBT (internet-Based Test) and TOEFL-PBT (Paper-Based Test) are
acceptable. Regarding TOEIC, results of open tests conducted in Japan or Korea are acceptable. Note that resultsof other tests such as TOEFL-ITP, TOEIC-IP, etc. are not acceptable.
Documents shall be the original and copies will not be accepted. Any misrepresentation in the document and/orscore will result in immediately rejection.
(3) Content of preparatory course final report (research project and study plan)(4) Result of graduate school entrance examination(5) Confirmation of Intent.
etc.
Further details regarding the evaluation process will be determined by the Evaluation Committee and will be
communicated to program students (preparatory course students) at an appropriate time such as orientation.

9. Announcement of the selection result for Program students
Identification numbers of the preparatory course students admitted to the program will be announced at the end of
July on the GSS website.
The selected students will attend the Global Survivability Studies Program as official program students. Please referto the Course Guidelines (available after April 2016) for further details on the program.

10. 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.

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Timeframe
March 1-April 20

Procedure
Distribution of application form and application guideline

Remarks
GSS unit office↓
April 1-8

Distribution of application form and application guideline at guidance
meeting of each graduate school and department↓

April 1-7

GSS Guidance (Yoshida, Katsura, Uji)↓Class registration in each graduate school

April(Submission of auditing student application for classes offered by othergraduate schools)

Regarding auditing student
application, each student submits
necessary documents to his/her own
graduate school.

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April 15-20

Submission of application form

GSS unit office↓
Selection process of program students
April 26

(preparatory course students)(Interviews only when deemed necessary)(Interview location to be announced
later)↓
May 13

Announcement of the selected program students(preparatory course students)

GSS website↓
Mid-May

Mid-May -Mid-June

Orientation for program students(preparatory course students)

Leading preparatory course, GSS general seminars(Details to be announced)↓
July

Selection of program students from preparatory course students↓

Late July

Announcement of the selected program students

GSS website↓
Early August

Applying for GSS fellowship and GSS Research Grant↓

Late September

Announcement of Selected GSS fellowship students and GSS Research Grant↓

October 1

Program Students start GSS Program 2016↓

Early October

GSS Enrollment Ceremony and orientation－5－

GSS unit office(Reference)
Implementation record of the Leading Program for academic year 2015
(1) Agenda of program students (preparatory course students)
・GSS general seminars : Introduction to GSS studies in 6 lectures
・Presentation in English (each student made one presentation of 15 minutes which was followed by questions andanswers of 15 minutes) and group discussion (50 minutes)
・6 GSS general seminar theme-reports in English
・Preparatory course final report (research project and study plan)(2) Agenda of program students (GSS homeroom was compulsory and other activities were optional)
・GSS homeroom (once a month ) and joint off-site homeroom in Kanazawaesennuma city and Noto Peninsula,
Ishikawa prefecture (during summer holiday)
・11 sessions of interdisciplinary seminar (8 of 1 session course, 1 of 2 session course, 1of 8 session course and 1of 4 session course for Leadership development workshop)
・1 overseas field training (Singapore)・2 internship (Summer Internship in Mizuho DL Financial Technology and WHO Winter Intership)
・3 international academic exchanges (UNESCO IHP training course, Potsdam Summer School and African Local
Konowledge and Conflicts in Global Context)
・8 English training course (3 of 1 day course for speaking, 3 of 1 day course for presenting and 2 of 1 day course
for writing)(3) Registration to the program・26 program students (preparatory course students) and 4 of program students (Third-Year preparatory course
students) from April to September
・71 program students (including Third-Year-enrollment students, as of 1 October 2015)-A total of 20 L4 students from Education: 1, Economic: 1, Science: 1, Medicine: 2, Engineering: 6, Agriculture:
1, Asian and African area studies: 5, Informatics: 1, Global Environmental Studies: 2-A total of 17 L3 students from Education: 1, Science: 1, Medicine: 2, Engineering: 3, Agriculture: 3, Asian and
African area studies: 5, Informatics: 1 Global Environmental Studies: 1-A total of 14 L2 students from Education: 1, Science: 1, Medicine: 3, Engineering: 2, Agriculture: 1, Asian and
African area studies: 4, Global Environmental Studies: 2-A total of 20 L1 students from Education: 1, Economics: 2, Medicine: 5, Engineering: 2, Agriculture: 3, Asianand African area studies: 5, Global Environmental Studies: 2(4) Financial support for program students
In order to reduce economic burden and allow program students to fully concentrate on the program and theirresearch, the program provided qualifying program students with the following financial supports.
・Study fellowship for qualifying* students (14 L4 students, 10 L3 students, 13 L2 students, 18 L1 students each
received 200,000 yen per month in 2015)
・Research grant for creative research up to 1,200,000 yen per person and per fiscal year (18 L4 students, 10 L3
students and 13 L2 students) and 600,000 yen per person per half year (19 L1 students were granted in2015).(Upper limit of Research grant in 2016 is 1,000,000 yen (500,000 yen per half year)).
・All program students were granted a budget of 300,000 yen for fiscal year to use as conference fees and othereducational expenses. (In 2016, program students who does not apply for the research grant or whose application
for the research grant is rejected are granted a budget of 300,000 yen per fiscal year to use as conference fees andother educational expenses.)*Qualifying students must meet all the following requirements.
(1) Be enrolled as a program student(2) Receive no financial aid from any other kind of scholarship(3) Have no income from any part time job, etc.
(4) Have been enrolled less than 5 years (not including period of temporary absence) in a graduate school at Kyoto
University(5) Evaluated to have achieved excellence based on their grades and scores in this program－6－平成 28 年度（2016）

京都大学
Kyoto University
文部科学省 博士課程教育リーディングプログラム 複合領域型（安全安心）
Program for Leading Graduate Schools, MEXT（Multidisciplinary Field of Safety and Security）

グローバル生存学大学院連携プログラム
Inter-Graduate School Program for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies

Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)

履 修 要 項Course Guideline

京都大学学際融合教育研究推進センター
グローバル生存学大学院連携ユニット
京都市左京区吉田中阿達町１番地、京都大学東一条館
Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and ResearchInter-Graduate School Unit for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies
KYOTO UNIVERSITY HIGASHI ICHIJOKAN,1 Yoshida-Nakaadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel.: 075-762-2163

http://www.gss.sals.kyoto-u.ac.jp

履 修 要 項（抜粋版）

Table of Contents
1. Kyoto University educational goals and degree policy regarding the Program for
Leading Graduate Schools■ Kyoto University Mission Statement (2001, excerpt)■ From the application guidelines for the Program for Leading Graduate Schools (2011)(1) Educational goals and objectives for the Program for Leading Graduate Schools(2) Admission Policy(3) Curriculum Policy(4) Degree Policy

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2. The Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)

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3. Admission Policy for the Global Survivability Studies Program3(1) Our Educational Goals(2) Qualification Requirements: who, when, how to apply

4. Global Survivability Studies Program Curriculum(1) Why a 5-year program?
(2) Leading Program Preparatory Course(3) Enrollment Procedures for the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)(4) About Academic Degree (Degree Policy)(5) Second Year Qualifying Examination (Basic Doctoral Ability Qualification)(6) Graduation Requirements and Program Tmeframe(7) ePortfolio (GSSfolio)(8) Homeroom(9) Final Screening and Certification

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7. Academic Supervisors・GSS Secondary Academic Supervisors・GSS Mentors・Advisers

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8. Financial Support for Students Enrolled in the Program

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9. Syllabi

22(a) Global Survivability Studies Program classes(b) Field training(c) Internship(d) Interdisciplinary seminar(e) International academic exchange(f) Industry-University Collaborative Project(g) International Cooperation Project(1) Academic Supervisors(2) GSS Secondary Academic Supervisors(3) GSS Mentors(4) Advisers(1) Study fellowship(2) Research grant(3) Budget for GSS curriculum

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1. Kyoto University educational goals and degree policy regarding the Programfor Leading Graduate Schools
Kyoto University Mission Statement (2001, excerpt)
 Kyoto University will generate world-class knowledge through freedom and autonomy in research that
conforms to high ethical standards.
 As a university that comprehends many graduate schools, faculties, research institutes and centers,
Kyoto University will strive for diverse development in pure and applied research in the humanities,
sciences and technology, while seeking to integrate these various perspectives.
 Within its broad and varied educational structure, Kyoto University will transmit high-quality
knowledge and promote independent and interactive learning.
 Kyoto University will educate outstanding and humane researchers and specialists, who will contributeresponsibly to the world’s human and ecological community As a university committed to a broad social engagement, Kyoto University will encourage cooperation
with local and national society, and will disseminate knowledge informed by the ideals of freedom andpeaceful coexistence.
 As an international institution, Kyoto University will promote foreign academic exchange and thereby
strive to contribute to the well-being of the world.

From the application guidelines for the Program for Leading Graduate Schools (2011)
The Program for Leading Graduate Schools aims at mentoring talented students into future leaders,
armed with a broad view and creative thinking, active globally in industry, academia andgovernment. In order to do so, the Program for Leading Graduate Schools mobilizes high-level
educators and students and the participation of industry, academia and government, support a radical
reform of graduate education that develops interdisciplinary world-class 5-year graduate programs,
and promotes the development of graduate schools befitting their status of highest educational
institution.
(1) Educational goals and objectives for the Program for Leading Graduate Schools
As a high-quality 5-year degree education based on an active dialogue with professors and professionals fromthe university and outside and an industry-government-academia cooperation, this program is designed todevelop internationalized human resources with a global view on different fields of expertise and a creative
problem-solving stance, equipped with strong communication skills and comfortable in an international setting,active on a global scale.
(2) Admission Policy
The Program for Leading Graduate Schools of Kyoto University welcomes appropriately qualified students who
understand and agree with its core objectives, and are ready to embrace them with a strong motivation.

1(3) Curriculum Policy
This 5-year program promotes constructive self-learning through dialogue with various educators andprofessionals from inside and outside the university, as well as a high-level practical education based on industrygovernment-academia cooperation. This world-class curriculum aims at fostering human resources able toconduct research projects from plan to completion,communicate and explain their endeavour to the public,

organize a research team and lead the way in new research fields at an international level.

Full details of the curriculum policy will be fixed within each program.
(4) Degree Policy
This program requires students to enroll for the number of academic years appropriate for their graduate school,
to undergo research training and guidance in line with the curriculum policy of the Program for Leading Graduate
Schools within their graduate school, to submit a doctoral thesis within the number of years allotted by theirgraduate school, and pass all designated qualifications and examinations. Depending on their graduate schools,
students may also be required to complete a designated number of credits in order to complete the program.
In order to complete the program, students are expected to acquire the knowledge and aptitudes necessary to gaina global view on different fields of expertise and a creative problem-solving stance, as well as the experience andaptitudes necessary to demonstrate strong communication skills and a career in an international setting.
The first stage (the first two years) of this program requires students to complete the designated courses and meetthe credits requirements in line with the curriculum policy of the Program for Leading Graduate Schools within
their graduate school, the submission of a Master’s thesis (if it is required) and passing of all the corresponding
qualifications and examinations, as well as passing the Basic Doctoral Ability Qualification (BDAQ).
In order to pass the BDAQ, students are required to complete the designated courses and credit requirements inline with the program, and to meet all other necessary criteria.
In order to meet the criteria for the BDAQ, students are required to be equipped with basic research skills, suchas a specific field of expertise, an extensive knowledge, the ability to plan a research project, and communication
skills that include foreign language skills.
For further details regarding the standards for Master and Doctoral thesis, please refer to the degree policy ofeach graduate school.

22. The Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)The Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies aims at developing a
new academic discipline of Global Survivability Studies (GSS).
This Program is managed by the Inter-Graduate School Unit for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies(GSS Unit), Center for Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research (C-PIER), Kyoto University.

3. Admission Policy for the Global Survivability Studies Program
The Global Survivability Studies Program aims at the following in terms of educational goals.
(1) Our Educational Goals
Fostering human resources with a broad-based knowledge and a specific expertise, combined with flexible thinking,determination and the ability to take action, ready to lead in every area of society, is one of the missions of the
University of Kyoto, and an essential requirement in all areas of society, including industry, government andacademia.
The Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies (Global Survivability
Studies Program or GSS) is based on the cooperation of 9 graduate schools and 3 research institutes. In close
collaboration with the industry world, government agencies, international organizations, national and overseas
universities, this program aims at developing an advanced interdisciplinary graduate education focused on the fieldof 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 human 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 newinterdisciplinary area of “Global Survivability Studies” will address and cover each of these issues (fig.1), and will
cultivate human resources
1- filled with the sense of mission and ethics necessary to overcome the many crisis the human race is facing,
and to 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
specific expertise, and on a wide vision and a broad-based knowledge.
The students who complete the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS) will be notably:
Academic leaders active in the field of social / safety system science, as high-level researchers and educators.
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Leaders in the field of international crisis management, active on the global scene, in internationalorganizations.
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Leaders in the industry 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
New business leaders who develop new technologies and methodologies in the field of safety and security andstart their own business

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They will be able to assume leading positions in various areas of our global society and move it in the right direction.
This program will welcome able young students who are aiming at such careers, and after providing them with afruitful 5-year graduate education, will send them out in the world as capable human resources. The Universityof Kyoto strongly wish that these students can eventually contribute to a more harmonious global society.
In order to foster such human resources, the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS) set 10 goals, which
program students are required to achieve through program activities.
Table 1- The Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS) Goals (to foster leadership)

GSS Goals

Description

Knowledge of GSS Topics
Interdisciplinarity

Knowledge of disciplinary areas associated with global survivability studies.
An understanding of topics from each relevant discipline and the importance ofapproaching one's own research from an interdisciplinary point of view.
Ability to identify the conditions necessary to execute a project, put the project
into action, observe problems associated with the project, identify the problems
accurately, present feasible solutions, carry out the project while implementing
the solutions, and improve the project and one's self as a result of completing it.
Ability to identify and understand real world problems by going out into the field
to observe and evaluate the problems first hand. Using one's own expert
knowledge to present solutions to aspects of these problems. Other people adopt
one's solutions to the problem.
Ability to communicate with other people in a respectful and considerate mannerby using appropriate strategies and media. Effective communication with GSS
teachers and staff, external parties associated with GSS activities, and anyone
else encountered during work or leisure time. Ability to interact respectfully withthose whose ideas are different from one's own.
Ability to communicate information about one's specialization to the generalpublic beginning with the essentials and using appropriate means ofcommunication. Uses an easy to understand manner that does not lower the levelof content.
Ability to understand and work successfully with one's own uniqueness.
Demonstration of an understanding and appreciation for other cultures. Ability
to interact with individuals from other cultures without treating them differently
than one's self.
Ability to work independently of others in planning and executing projects.
Willingness to take initiative and demonstrate creativity in response to different
contexts. Ability to thrive in most situations with independence and originality.
Ability to perceive and consider appropriate responses to ethical issues in one's
research area, accompanied by an understanding of the consequences of one's
actions, and the ability to make ethical choices. Awareness of privacy
considerations, adherence to copyright conventions, and avoidance ofplagiarism. Practice of cultural sensitivity when making presentations andcommunicating in writing.
Ability to address and resolve problems with toughness and charm. If you arecharming enough you can convince each person involved to work for the benefitof all. If you are tough enough you can withstand any challenge and overcome
any obstacle.

Project Management

Addressing Real World
Problems
InterpersonalCommunication

Appropriate Scientific
Communication
Multicultural Collaboration

Demonstrating Initiative
Practicing Ethical Behavior

Toughness and Appealing
Personality(2) Qualification Requirements: who, when, how to apply
Students who have graduated from a Japanese university (4-year undergraduate program), or who have an
equivalent qualification, and who are enrolled in any of the graduate schools and departments listed in Table 2
below (or, as a special case, students enrolled in a Doctorate Program (Third-Year)) can apply to this program.
Nationality, gender and age are no object.

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The first semester (for students enrolling in April: April to September, for students enrolling in October: October
to March) of the first academic year (or of the third academic year for Third-Year enrolment students) is set as the
Leading Program Preparatory Course, during which applicants will attend the classes as program students(preparatory course students, Third-Year preparatory course students). They will then be evaluated for admission.
Upon evaluation, those selected will be officially registered as program students from the second semester (students
enrolling in April: from October, students enrolling in October: from April), and attend the course classes.
Table 2 - Graduate schools and departments involved in the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)

Graduate School of Informatics

MAN-MADE DISASTERS & ACCIDENTS(large-scale accidents, fires, nuclear disasters, etc.)

NATURAL DISASTERS & CATASTROPHES(extreme weather, water disasters, earthquakes, volcanoes,
tsunami etc )Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies

Fig.1

FOOD SECURITY

Graduate School of Asian and
African Area Studies(self-sufficiency, population issues, agriculture policy, etc.)

Graduate School of Agriculture

aging society, etc.)

Graduate School of Engineering

All departments (Department of Education, Department of Clinical Education)
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
All departments (Doctorate Program in Global Environmental Studies,
Doctorate Program in Environmental Management)

REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES &SOCIAL INSTABILITY (infectious diseases, pollution,

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

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

Scope of Global Survivability Studies

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Social adaptability(economy, public policies, area studies,
restoration and recovery)4. Global Survivability Studies Program Curriculum(1) Why a 5-year program?
In order to develop a broad-based knowledge and a specific expertise, to cultivate flexible thinking, determinationand the ability to take action, and to get ready to lead in different areas of society, it is indispensable to gain a wide
variety of experiences, which, in turn, requires time. Therefore, from the moment they enroll in the first part of the
program (Master’s Program in some cases), students create their 5-year plan and set their own objectives, and havethe opportunity to choose a curriculum that will match their project.
(2) Leading Program Preparatory Course
Program students are selected among students enrolled in the graduate schools and departments or divisions listed
in Table 2. After enrollment in their respective graduate schools, students (up to 40 in April, a few for Third-Yearenrolment and a few in October) are first recruited in the first semester (students enrolling in April: in April, andstudents enrolling in October: August to October), for a 6 months Preparatory Course (for students enrolling in
April: April to September, and for students enrolling in October: October to March), as program students(preparatory course students).
During this period, program students (preparatory course students) are required to attend classes in their respective
graduate school, understand the objectives and content of this program, and decide if the program is suitable forthem, in terms of abilities and aptitudes. In order to assist all program students (preparatory course students) throughthis process during the Leading Preparatory Course period, they have to attend the GSS General Seminars. Program
students (preliminary course students) enrolled in October have to attend recommended GSS program classes andinterdisciplinary seminars for their preliminary course.
Besides the above, program students (preparatory course students) are required to write and submit a 5-year (3year for Third-Year enrollment) research project. The research project can include voluntary internship and/or fieldtraining that take place during the Preparatory Course.
For students enrolling in April (including Third-year enrollment students), we will select a total of about 20 program
students (and a few Third-Year enrollment students) from the Preparatory Course by the end of July, as official
program students. For students enrolling in October, we will select a few students from the Preliminary Course by
the beginning of March, as official program students.

6(3) Enrollment procedures for the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)
Regarding the curriculum flow for the 5-year Global Survivability Studies Program, please refer to Table 3.
This program is conducted by the Inter-Graduate School Unit for Sustainable Development and Survivable
Societies, the Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University.
Table 3 - Global Survivability Science Program (GSS) curriculum flow (enrollment in April)
L1
L1
L2
L2
L3
L3
L4
L4
Academic Year
Semester
1st
2nd
1st
2nd*2
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
Graduate School
Master Thesis or
Degree Program
Course Work
Doctorate Research
Academic Paper Writing, etc.
Project
Leading Program
GeneralPreparatory Course(April enrollment)
Seminar
Leading Program
Preliminary Course(Octoberenrollment)(a) Global
Survivability
Studies Program
classes◎Compulsory※ Optional
Compulsory□Optional

L5
1st

L5
2nd

Doctorate
Thesis*1
8 Compulsory Classes Credits:◎Introduction to Risk Studies◎Sustainable Food Production◎Human Safety and Security Studies◎Global Survivability Studies
Earn more than 2 credits before the end of L2 2nd semester *2
2 credits from:※ Information Analysis and Management（Informatics Common Class）※ Information Analysis and Management Exercise（Informatics Common Class）※ Clinical Psychology of War and Disaster※ Environmental Risk Economics※ Engineering Ethics and Management of Technology※ Risk and Society※ Cross-Graduate School Classes□ 4 credits from the classes provided by each graduate school
Any available time *2
Any available time *2(b) Field training(c) Internship(d) Interdisciplinary
Any available time *2
seminar(e) International
academic
Any available time *2
exchange(f) Industry /Industry-University Collaborative Project (I) (Compulsory) *2
University
Industry-University Collaborative Project (II) (Optional)
Collaborative
Project(g) International
Cooperation
Any available time *2
Project
Note A *1 In the Leading Program Preliminary Course seminar, students are required to attend at least 1 class from
Introduction to Risk Studies and Human safety and Security Studies, at least 1 class from Information Analysis andManagement, Information Analysis and Management Exercise and Environmental Risk Studies, as well as morethan three interdisciplinary seminars.
*2 Students are required to earn more than 2 credits of compulsory classes and complete more than one GSS activity
before the end of L2, when they have to pass the Basic Doctoral Ability Qualification, to ensure that they haveacquired a comprehensive academic knowledge. In order to enter the second stage of the doctoral program, students
are required to pass this evaluation.
(a) Students have to earn all required credits by the end of the 5th year.
(b)〜(g)All must be completed by the end of the 5th year.
Note B Third-Year enrollment students are required to complete all the curriculum by the end of the 3rd year (except part of thecurriculum for which they received certification during preparatory course).

7(4) About Academic Degree (Degree Policy)(a) Research: students are required to pursue their research within their department and graduate school, and will
receive their academic degree at the end of the 5 years, if they meet the requirements of their graduate school.
(b) Comprehensive academic knowledge: students are expected to gain a variety of experiences through thisprogram, and to acquire a comprehensive academic knowledge, in order to become active leaders in our global
society.
By achieving the two above elements, students in the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development
and Survivable Societies will be granted the following mention (tentative translation) on their diploma:
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in recognition of thecompletion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School of ○○○.
OR
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (○○○) in recognition of thecompletion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School of ○○○, and certifies thathe/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies’.
As seen in Table 4 below, the name of the degree changes slightly depending on the Graduate School.
Table 4 - Mention on the diploma bestowed after completion of the program (as of April 2016)
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Education) in recognitionof the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School ofGraduate School
Education and certifies that he/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainableof Education
Development and Survivable Societies’.
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Economics) in recognition
Graduate Schoolof the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of Economics, Graduate School ofof Economics
Economics, and certifies that he/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable
Development and Survivable Societies’.
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Science) in recognition of
Graduate School
the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduateof Science
School of Science, and certifies that he/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School Program for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies’.
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Medicine) in recognitionof the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of Medicine, Graduate School of
Medicine, and certifies that he/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable
Development and Survivable Societies’.
Graduate School
ORof Medicine
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Public Health) inrecognition of the completion of the Doctorate Program of the School of Public Health, Graduate
School of Medicine, and certifies that he/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School Program for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies’.
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Engineering) in recognition
Graduate School ofof the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School ofEngineering
Engineering, and certifies that he/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable
Development and Survivable Societies’.
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Agriculture) in recognition
Graduate School ofof the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School of
Agriculture
Agriculture, and certifies that he/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable
Development and Survivable Societies’.
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Area Studies) in
Graduate School ofrecognition of the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School
Asian and Africanof Asian and African Area Studies, and certifies that he/she completed ‘Inter-Graduate School
Area Studies
Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies’.
Graduate School of
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in recognition ofInformatics
the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School of Informatics.
Graduate School of
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Global Environmental
GlobalStudies) in recognition of the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○,
Environmental
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, and certifies that he/she completed ‘InterStudies
Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies’.

(5) Second Year Qualifying Examination (Basic Doctoral Ability Qualification)
At the end of the first part of the program (the end of the 2nd year), depending on the department and the graduate
school they are enrolled in, student may have to submit a Master thesis or an equivalent research work, and may
then be granted a Master Degree or equivalent provided they met all the necessary requirements. Depending on
their department and graduate school, students may have to submit a preliminary doctorate thesis, which is theequivalent of a Master thesis. In professional degrees, students are required to submit a theme research.
For details on each of the above, please refer to the rules and requirements of each graduate school.
In addition, at the same period, students are evaluated (Basic Doctoral Ability Qualification) to ensure that they
have acquired a comprehensive academic knowledge and are required to pass this evaluation.
Screening criteria(a) To have earned the required number of credits to complete the Master Program in their respective graduate
schools (except students in the Graduate School of Medicine).
(b) To have submitted a master thesis or its equivalent and have their academic knowledge deemed sufficient intheir respective graduate schools (except students in the Graduate School of Medicine).
(c) To have passed the entrance examination for a doctoral program or its equivalence (except students in the
Graduate School of Medicine).
(d) To have earned the required number of credits (including English proficiency) in the GSS program. (Students
are required to earn more than 2 credits of compulsory classes and complete more than one practicalcurriculum.)(e) To write a summary of their master thesis or its equivalent in addition to a research plan for the doctoral programin English, and have their academic knowledge deemed sufficient to start a doctoral research (except students
in the Graduate School of Medicine).
(f) Students in the Graduate School of Medicine are required to write their research progress and plan in English,
and have their academic knowledge deemed sufficient.
(g) Oral examination for evaluation of (e) and (f) will be held at the beginning of March, in which each student will
have to make a 10-minute presentation and answer questions for 15 minutes, in English.
(6) Graduation Requirements and Program Timeframe
Students who aspire to graduate from the Global Survivability Studies Program and obtain a diploma such as
described in Table 4, in parallel with the program and research in their respective graduate school, are required toattend and pass all the categories from (a) to (g).
(a) Global Survivability Studies Program classes
In order to develop a broad-based knowledge and a specific expertise, students are required to attend
classes offered by the 9 graduate schools involved in the program. They have to complete 4 compulsory
subjects (8 credits), optional compulsory subjects (2 credits) and optional subjects (4 credits).
(b) Field training
In order to carry out their research project with interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary perspective, students
are required to plan and conduct their own field training.
(c) InternshipTo cultivate flexible thinking, determination and the ability to take action, students are required toparticipate in an internship in the industrial sector, a governmental organization, an internationalorganization and a domestic or overseas university.
(d) Interdisciplinary seminar
In order to cultivate a broad vision and to avoid immersing in his/her own discipline, students are required
to participate in a variety of seminars covering a wide array of research subjects, and expected to gain
insight through discussion.
(e) International academic exchange
Students are required to either participate in an intensive international school along with students fromother universities in Japan and abroad, or make presentations in international academic conferences,developing their adaptability and their ability to conduct their own research through lectures, training anddiscussions.
(f) Industry-University Collaborative Project
Based on their own suggestions, students are required to design a few months project in partnership withthe staff member (or a small group) of a company, and to conduct this project with this partner. Students
are expected to find a partner ready to follow their ideas, to take the lead in conducting their project, and9thus develop the ability to carry their project through. The process of getting to know a company andgetting them to know you also provides the students with the opportunity to create a career path. Students
are recommended to implement several Industry-University Collaborative Projects.
(g) International Cooperation Project
Based on their own suggestions, students are required to plan a bilateral (or multilateral) research projector event, in partnership with an overseas collaborative organization (university, research institute,company), NPO, NGO, or an individual (a student from a foreign university for example), thus developing
the ability to carry a project through in an international setting.

10(7) ePortfolio (The “GSSfolio Karuta 1.1” System)
The “GSSfolio” is a tool for GSS students to compile accurate records of their learning results. Every student must
provide continuous updates to his/her academic adviser and other faculty members. The “GSSfolio (Karuta 1.1)”
is an important factor in making decisions regarding the GSS fellowship and grade placement.
Table 5 – Curriculum map

◎

○

○

Interdisciplinarity◎◎

Project Management

International
Cooperation
Project

International
academic
exchange

Knowledge of GSS Topics

Industry–
Universirty
Collaborative
Project

Interdisciplinary
seminarsInternship

CourseworkinLeading Subjects

Field training

GSS Goals◎◎

Addressing Real World Problems

◎

○

○

○

Interpersonal Communication

○

○

○

○

Appropriate Scientific Communication◎

Multicultural Collaboration◎○

Demonstrating Initiative
Practicing Ethical Behavior
Toughness and Appealing Personality

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

◎

◎

○

○

○

○

◎: Goal required to complete the activity○: Goal recommended to complete the activity(8) Homeroom
The program students are required to attend GSS homeroom during the 2nd semester in L1 and the 1st semester in
L2. While exempt from credits, the GSS homeroom is compulsory for all program students. The GSS homeroom
is held by GSS mentors about once a month and attendance is taken into account in the selection process ofqualification, study fellowship, etc. In addition, about the students after the 2nd semester in L2, it is left to each
student to participate the GSS homeroom when there is no special designation. But participation may berecommended depending on the contents of the GSS homeroom.
(9) Final Screening and Certification
At the final stage of the GSS program, Final Screening and Certification will be held to examine whether bothresearch for academic degree and comprehensive academic knowledge required in the GSS program have been
positively achieved. All GSS students must pass this examination in order to be certified as having successfullycompleted the program.

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Screening Criteria
Examinees are GSS program students who fulfill, or are anticipated to fulfill, the following requirements.
(a) Students who submitted a Petition for Doctoral Dissertation Review.
(b) Students who have completed the following curriculum, as established in the GSS course guideline, by thetime they earn their doctoral degree.
a. Global Survivability Studies Program classes
b. Field trainingc. Internshipd. Interdisciplinary seminare. International academic exchange (Former International School)
f. Industry-University Collaborative Projectg. International Cooperation Project(c) Students who have admitted to attain GSS values of a global leader (10 leadership goals), as established in the
GSS course guideline, by the time they earn their doctoral degree.
(d) Students whose issues and activities from the perspective of Global Survivability Studies contributeexcellently to their doctoral dissertation. (Students must write clearly about the relationship between the GSS
Program and arguments, methods, analysis etc. in their own doctoral dissertation in the summaries).
(e) Students who recorded evidence of (b) and (c) in the GSSfolio.
(f) The GSS Program final screening committee, which is formed for each candidate, shall investigate whether
the candidate satisfy the above criteria (b) (c) and (d).
(g) For above investigation, the candidate shall make a presentation in English at the final screening andcertification meeting based on his/her summaries of Doctoral Dissertation and Relationship between GSS
Program Activities and Doctoral Dissertation.

5. Curriculum Categories(a) Global Survivability Studies Program classes (Table 6)
Compulsory classes (4 classes, 8 credits)：The 4 classes below are compulsory for all students involved in the
program, and are designed to provide a common set of knowledge in Global Survivability Studies.
Introduction to Risk Studies（2 credits, Graduate School of Medicine, 2nd semester）

Sustainable Food Production（2 credits, Graduate School of Agriculture, 1st semester）

Human Safety and Security Studies（2 credits, Graduate School of Education, 2nd semester）

Global Survivability Studies（2 credits, Graduate School of Engineering, 1st semester）
Optional Compulsory classes (2 credits)：Students are required to choose classes (corresponding to at least 2
credits) among the followings.

Information Analysis and Management (2 credits, Informatics Common Classes, Graduate Schoolof Informatics, 1st and 2nd semesters)
Information Analysis and Management Exercise (1 credits, Informatics Common Classes, Graduate Schoolof Informatics, 1st and 2nd semesters)
Clinical Psychology of War and Disaster（2 credits, Graduate School of Education, 1st semester）

Environmental Risk Economics (2 credits, Graduate School of Economics, 2nd semester)Engineering Ethics and Management of Technology (2 credits, Graduate School of Engineering, 1stsemester)

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Risk and Society (2 credits, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, 1st semester)Transdisciplinary Graduate Program classes (not including GSS compulsory classes)
Please refer to URL：http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/education-campus/cross/
Optional classes (4 credits)：The graduate schools and departments involved in the program recommend various
classes for the Global Survivability Studies Program in the field of safety and security in Table 6. Students are
required to complete at least 4 credits from this category.
It should be noted that students have to submit an “auditing student application form” to their own graduate school
during the prescribed period, when they wish to attend classes offered by other graduate schools. To know if theirgraduate school admits the credits they earn in the GSS program, students need to refer to the requirements of theirrespective graduate school (see Table 8 on page 20).
(b) Field training
Students are required to take part in one of the field trainings below and to get approval after assessment from thecurriculum committee. Before conducting their training, students need to submit their research activity plan in the
GSSfolio to their academic supervisor and GSS mentor(s) and receive their permission.
Overseas Field Training：Students take part in a field training (observation, experiments, research, etc.) of atleast one week abroad.

Domestic Field Training：Students take part in a field training (observation, experiments, research, etc.) of atleast one week in Japan.
(c) InternshipStudents are required to take part in one of the internships below and to get approval with assessment fromcurriculum committee. Before conducting their internship, students need to submit their research activity plan in
the GSSfolio to their academic supervisor and GSS mentor(s) and receive their permission.
Overseas Internship：Students take part in an internship of at least one week in a research institute or acompany overseas.
Domestic Internship：Students take part in an internship of at least one week in a research institute or acompany in Japan.
(d) Interdisciplinary seminar
Students are required to take part in 15 sessions of interdisciplinary seminars and to get certification. 4 sessions outof 15 should be leadership development workshop sessions.
(e) International academic exchange
Students are required to either take part in one of the international schools (about a week) below and to get
certification upon assessment by the curriculum committee, or make presentations as the first author of the paper
at different international conferences or international academic meeting. Before attending the school or making apresentation, students need to submit their research activity plan in the GSSfolio to their academic supervisor and
GSS mentor(s) and receive their permission.
Nagoya University・Kyoto University UNESCO IHP International Hydrological Program
United Nations University・Kyoto University Training Course
Domestic Training Course or School held occasionally in JapanInternational Training Course or School held occasionally overseas(f) Industry-University Collaborative ProjectStudents are required to conduct one of the collaborative projects below and to get certification upon assessment

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by the curriculum committee. Before conducting the project, students need to submit their research activity plan in
the GSSfolio to their academic supervisor and GSS mentor(s) and receive their permission.
Industry-university collaborative projectΙ(Compulsory)Industry-university collaborative project II (Optional)(g) International Cooperation ProjectStudents are required to conduct the project below and to get certification upon assessment by the curriculum
committee. Before conducting the project, students need to submit their research activity plan in the GSSfolio totheir academic supervisor and GSS mentor(s) and receive their permission.
International Cooperation Project
Table 6 - Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS) class Categories

Compulsory classes
Graduate
SchoolCompulsory
ClassesNumberCodeClass Name

Professor in
ChargeCredits

Semester

Time

Remarks

Medicine

GSS-1

Z007

Introduction to Risk
Studies

Kihara et al.

2

2nd

Wed.1

EnglishAgriculture

GSS-2

X001

Sustainable Food
Production

Kuriyama et
al.

2

1st

Fri.3・4

alternate
week
EnglishEducation

GSS-3

8940000

Human Safety andSecurity Studies

Kudo,
Lahournat

2

2nd

Thu.1・
2

EnglishEngineering

GSS-4

10F113Global Survivability
Studies

Takara et al.

2

1st

Tue.5

EnglishCompulsory Optional classes
Graduate
SchoolCodeClass Name

Professor in
ChargeCredits

Semester

Time

Remarks

Informatics

8018000

Information Analysis and Management

Asano, Kato

2

1st

Mon.4

Informatics

8019000

Information Analysis and Management,
ExerciseKato, Asano

1

1st

Mon.5

Students areencouraged
to take bothclasses as a
set.

Informatics

8018001

Information Analysis and Management

Asano, Kato

2

2nd

Mon.4

Informatics

8019001

Information Analysis and Management,
ExerciseKato, Asano

1

2nd

Mon.5

Education

8942000

Clinical Psychology of War and Disaster

Kudo

2

1st

Thu.2

Economics

6749000

Environmental Risk Economics

Ida, Ito

2

Engineering

10G057

Sawaragi et al

2

1st

Thu.3

2

1st

Thu.4

Engineering Ethics and Management ofTechnology

Same
content as
1st semester☆ English
not held in
2016
EnglishAsian andAfricanArea

5133

Nishi,

Risk and Society

YoshikawaStudies2

Transdisciplinary Graduate Program classes (Type A)◇☆ It will start in April 2016 biennially.
◇ Please refer to URL: http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/education-campus/cross

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EnglishOptional classes: recommended classes from each graduate schools and departments participating in the
Global Survivability Studies Program.
Note: This list is as of April 2016. Due to changes in the graduate school educational system, they may be subject to change or
be added. Students can take changed and added classes if they are listed in the syllabi of the upcoming year.
Graduate
SchoolCode
6114000
6116000
6232000
6276000
6277000

Class Name
International Frontiers in Education andResearch A
International Frontiers in Education andResearch C
Advanced Studies: Comparative EducationⅠ
Advanced Studies :Curriculum and Instruction
Ⅰ
Advanced Studies: Curriculum and Instruction
Ⅱ

Professor in
ChargeSemester

Manolo2

Sito, Standish

Credits

Time

Remarks

1st

Intens.

English＊2

2nd

Intens.

English＊Sugimoto

2

1st

Fri.4

＊

Nishioka

2

1st

Wed.3

＊

Ishii

2

2nd

Tue.2

＊

Suzuki, Yamana

2

1st

Wed.3･4

alternate
6304000

Seminar on Pedagogy I

week＊

Education

alternate
6305000

Seminar on Pedagogy II

Yamana2

2nd

Wed.3･4week＊

6480000

Advanced Studies: Developmental ScienceⅠ

6481000

Advanced Studies: Developmental ScienceⅡ

7261000

Research on Educational and Social System

Moriguchi
Myowa,
Moriguchi
Nakazawa

2

1st

Tue.2

＊

2

2nd

Tue.2

＊

2

2nd

Intens.

7268000

Studies in Lifelong Education Ⅰ

Watanabe2

2nd

Tue.4・57484000

Readings in Lifelong Education

Nishioka

2

1st

Mon.3

8826000
8941000
2091000

2094000

2183000

Economic

Myowa,

Seminar on Clinical Consultation in Field
Clinical Psychology of Violence and Crime

Kaito,
Takahashi
Kudo

Wed.3 (1st)

4

both

Tue. 5･6
(2nd)

2

-

-

＊
alternativeweek＊＊doctoral
program☆＊alternate

International Political Economy of Food andAgriculture 1

HisanoInternational Political Economy of Food andAgriculture 2

HisanoEnvironmental Economics Analysis A

Morotomi

2

1st

Mon.3-5week
Englishalternate2

2nd

Mon.3-5week
English2

1st

Wed.1・

alternate2

week

Wed.1・

alternate2

week2185000

Environmental Economics Analysis B

Morotomi

22nd5009000

Intermediate Macroeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Intermediate Econometrics
Socio-economics Theory A
Introduction to Economic Policy A
Industrial Economics
Business Economics Theory
Management Accounting Theory A
Development Economics 1
Development Economics 2

Katayama

2

1stWed. 2

Kojima2

1stWed. 2

Nishiyama2

2ndTue. 1

Sasaki

2

1st

Tue.3

Iwamoto et al.

2

-

-

Ida

2

1st

Wed.3

Sugiyama

2

2nd

Wed.2

Sawabe2

2ndTue. 2

kono

2

1st

Thu.1

English

Kono

2

2nd

Thu.1

English5011000
5015000
5025000
5035000
6043000
5021000
6291000
6744000
6746000

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not openEconomic

Welfare Economics

Oka

2

2nd

Yoden et al.

2

5017

Atmospheric Physics I A
Atmospheric Physics I B

Yoden et al.

5020

Atmospheric Physics III A

5021

6787000

week

1st

Wed.2

Jpn.,Eng.

2

2nd

Mon.4

English ★

Shiotani et al.

2

1st

Thu.3

Atmospheric Physics III B
Environmental Geoscience I A
Environmental Geoscience I BApplied Meteorology II A
Applied Meteorology II B
Field Lab. in Multi-scale Earth Dynamics I
Field Lab. in Multi-scale Earth Dynamics II
Multi-scale Earth Dynamics: Solid Earth
Sciences
Multi-scale Earth Dynamics: Geomaterial
Sciences

Tsuda et al.

2

2nd

Mon.3

H118
H009

5044
5045
5052
5053
5217
5218

not held in
2016

Terajima et al.

2

1st

Mon.5

Kamai et al.

2

2nd

Thu.2

Ishikawa et al.

2

1st

Thu.4

Ishikawa et al.

2

2nd

Thu.2

EnglishYoden et al.

2

irr.

-

Jpn., Eng.

Tsuda et al.

2

irr.

-

Jpn., Eng.

Mon.4・★

Hirahara et al.

2

1st

Hirajima et al.

2

1st

Epidemiology I (Introduction to Epidemiology)

Nakayama

1

1stKihara Masako

2

1stMon. 3

Kihara Masako

2

2ndMon. 3

H020

Socio-epidemiology I
Socio-epidemiology II
Human Ecology

Sakamoto

2

2nd

Mon.4

H027

Health, Medical and Welfare System

Satomura

2

2nd

H028

International Health

Satomura

2

2nd

H030

Health Informatics

Nakayama2

2ndFri. 2

H070

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Kihara1

1stThu. 2

Koizumi1

1stThu. 2

Nishibuchi

2

2nd

Tue.5

Imanaka1

1stWed. 2

Imanaka1

1stWed. 2

2nd part

2

2nd

Tue.2

English ★

2

1st

Tue.1

☆

2

1st

Tue.3

English

2

1st

Tue.4

2

2nd

Wed.1

2

1st

Mon.2

2

2nd

Tue.3

2

2nd

Mon.2

2

1st

Wed.1

2

2nd

Tue.3

EnglishNakagawa et al.

2

1st

Mon.1

☆

Hori et al.

2

1st

Wed.4

English

6002
6003

H019

Medicinealternate

55016

ScienceThu.4・

H124
H088
H128
H097

Occupational health and environmental healthsciences
Environment and Infection
Health Care Systems and Policies around theWorld
Healthcare System and Policy

5Jpn., Eng.

Mon.4・

Jpn., Eng.

5★

Fri. 3・4

Thu. 3・
4
Thu. 3・4

1st part
2nd part

2nd part
English1st part

1st part,
EnglishTachikawa,
10A216

Hydrology

Ichikawa,
Yorozu

10A222Engineering

Water Resources Systems

Hori, Tanaka.

10A632

Urban Metabolism Engineering

10A626

Advanced Environmental HealthControl for Structural Safety

10B222

Environmental Control Engineering, Advanced
Urban Disaster Mitigation Engineering

10B407

Robotics
River Engineering and River BasinManagement
Hydraulic Engineering for Infrastructure
Development and Management
River Basin Management of Flood andSediment
Applied Hydrology

10F077
10F100TakanoKurata

10B241

10F065

Kurata, Oshita
Nakashima,

10B05210F019

Takaoka,

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Harada, Uetani
Kawase,Matsushima
MatsunoHosoda,Kishida,Onda
Hosoda,Tachikawa et al.

10F219

Case Studies Harmonizing Disaster
Management and Environment Conservation
Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Analysis

10F223

Risk Management Theory

10F241

Construction of Geotechnical Infrastructures

10F245

Open Channel Hydraulics

10F103Engineering

Takara et al.

2

1st

Mon.4

Fujii

2

1st

Mon.5

2

2nd

Wed.3

2

2nd

Fri.1

2

1st

Fri.1

English ★

2

1st

Tue.4

EnglishYokomatsu,
Cruz
Kimura,KishidaHosoda, Onda
Kiyono,EnglishEnglish

10F261

Earthquake Engineering/ Lifeline Engineering

10F267

Hydro-Meteorologically Based Disaster
Prevention

Takara et al.

2

1st

Mon.3

☆

10F269Coastal and Urban Water Disasters Engineering

Mase et al.

2

1st

Wed.2

★

10F439Environmental Risk Analysis

Yoneda et al.

2

1st

Wed.4

English

10F458

New Environmental Engineering II, Advanced

Takaoka et al.

2

2nd

Mon.5

English

2

1st

Fri.2

Fujita et al.

2

1st

Mon.3

Sawaragi et al.

2

1st

Tue.2

2

1st

Wed.4

EnglishWed.4◇

10F464

Hydrologic Design and Management

10F466
10G013Basin Environmental Disaster Mitigation
Control Theory for Dynamic Systems

10X333

Disaster Risk Management

10Z003

Urban Transport Management693287

Disaster Information

BA01
BA03

Igarashi

Tachikawa,
Ichikawa

Tatano,Yokomatsu
Nakagawa, Fujii
et al.

Tatano et al.

Forest Resources and Society
Tropical Forest Environments

Kanzaki
Kitajima

1
2
2
2

1st
Intens.

1st

Wed.3

◆
★ possibly

2nd
2nd

★

Englishtbd☆ possibly
English★ possibly

Agriculture

BA04

Tropical Forest Resources

BA11

Mountain Conservation, Advanced

BA32

Bio-based Materials Physics II

Kitajima

CA11

Plant Nutrients -Function and Acquisition-

CA13

Metabolic Science of Forest Plants andMicroorganisms

CA28

Applied Microbiology for Human Life

Kosugi,
Nakatani
Yano et al.
Matoh,
Kobayashi
Umezawa et al.
Ogawa, Sakai,
Kita

2

1st

2

2nd

2

1st

Fri.3

☆

1st

Mon.

possibly

Intens.

3-6English1st

Mon.

Intens.

3-6

1
1
1

English

-

★

2nd

★

Intens.

EnglishUeda
Kazumitsu,
CA29

Advanced Applied Biochemistry

Ueda

1

Mitsuyoshi,

2nd★

Intens.

EnglishWatanabe
Hiratake,

CA30

Bioorganic Chemistry

EA21

Hydrological Environmental Engineering

Miyagawa

1

2nd
Intens.

tbd☆
Englsh★

Kawashima

2

1st

Tue.2

possibly
EnglishFA49

Regional Environmental Economics 1A

Umetsu

2

1st

FA50

Regional Environmental Economics 1B

Umetsu2

2nd17

possibly
Englishpossibly
EnglishFA51

Regional Environmental Economics 2A

Umetsu

2

1st

FA52

Regional Environmental Economics 2B

Umetsu

2

2nd

FA55

Agricultural and Environmental Policy 2A

Itoh

2

1st

FA56
FA57

Agriculture
FA58

Asian andAfrican Area
Studies

Agricultural and Environmental Policy 2B
Forest Policy and Economics 1A
Forest Policy and Economics 1B

ItohKuriyama
Kuruyama

2
2
2

2nd
1st
2nd

possibly
Englishpossibly
English
Mon.3
Mon.3
Thu.2
Thu.2

FA59

Forest Policy and Economics 2A

Kuriyama

2

1st

Thu.2

FA60

Forest Policy and Economics 2B

Kuriyama

2

2nd

Thu.2

FA83

Forest and Resource Economics A

tbd

2

1st

Wed.2

FA84

Forest and Resource Economics B

Mitani2

1102

Ecological History II

Furusawa

21104

Environmental Ecology II
Social and Culture Dynamics II
Socio-Ecological History I
Theory of Peace and CoexistenceInterdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable
Humanosphere
Environment and Infection
Disaster Information

Takeda

2

2302
2303
3112
3113
5107
3287000

2nd
Intens.

Wed.2

possibly
Englishpossibly
Englishpossibly
Englishpossibly
Englishpossibly
Englishpossibly
EnglishEnglishpossibly
Englishnot held in
2016

1st

Tue.2

Hirano

2

2nd

Wed.2

Shigeta

2

2nd

Tue.5

Nakamizo

2

1st

Fri.3

Kouno

2

2nd

Thu.1

Nishibuchi

2

2nd

Tue.5

Tatano et al.

2

1st

Wed.3

Japanese
not held in

3291000

Emergency Management

Hayashi et al.

2

1st

Wed.1

3213

Remote Sensing Engineering
Radio and Optical Measurement of Earth's
Atmosphere
Environmental Infrastructure Engineering

3251

Watershed Water Environment Management3646000
3683000

GlobalEnvironmental
Studies

2016
Japanese

Informatics
Yamamoto et al.

2

2nd

Mon.4

Japanese

Tsuda et al.

2

2nd

Mon.5

EnglishKatsumi, Inui1

1stWed. 1English

1

1st

Tue.1

EnglishFujii, Tanaka,
Harada＊: Regarding the classes provided by the Graduate School of Education, students are required to check the requirement forclass registration with the professor in charge before they attend the class.
Intens.: intensive class.
irr.: irregular schedule.
◇: Classes offered by the Transport Policy Research Unit, Graduate School of Engineering.
◆: Classes offered by the Graduate School of Engineering and provided by the Graduate School of Informatics.
☆: Bi-yearly class that starts in 2017.
★: Bi-yearly class that will start in 2016.

Possibly English: be able to offered in English

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6. Requirements for Completion
As indicated in Table 7 below, each graduate school requires a certain number of credits in order to complete their
Master and Doctorate programs. Regarding the special classes offered by the Global Survivability Studies Program
and the classes provided by each graduate school, students need to refer to the requirements of their graduate school
to know how many of which they can take (see Table 8 below).
Table 7 - Graduation requirements for the graduate schools and departments involved in the Inter-Graduate
School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies (as of 2016)
MasterDoctorate
Program
Graduate
ProgramRemarks
Department or Division
RequiredSchoolRequired Credits
Credits
Doctorate: specialized
Department of Education
30 credits
educational
training
Education
Doctoral thesis
Master thesis
course only
Department of Clinical Education
At least 20 credits
30 credits
Economics
Doctoral thesis
Department of Economics
Master thesis
Division of Earth and Planetary 30 credits
Science
Doctoral thesis
Master thesis
Sciences
Department of Medicine and30 credits・Doctoral thesis
4-year course
Medical Science
Doctorate
Program:
Medicine
6, 13 or 19 credits medical (13 credits),
30
credits
School of Public Health
Doctoral thesis
non-medical (19) andprofessional (6) degree
Civil and Earth Resources
Engineering
Urban Management
Environmental Engineering
30 credits
10 credits
Engineering
Master thesis
Doctoral thesis
Architecture and ArchitecturalEngineering
Mechanical engineering andScience
Agronomy and Horticultural
Science
Forest and Biomaterials Science
Applied Life Sciences
30 credits
Agriculture
Doctoral thesis
Applied Biosciences
Master thesis
Environmental Science andTechnology
Natural Resource Economics
Food Science and Biotechnology
Southeast Asian Area Studies
Asian and40 credits
African Area
Preliminary doctoral thesis
5-year course
African Area Studies
Studies
Doctoral thesis
Global Area Studies
Social Informatics
30 credits
6 credits
Informatics
Communications and Computer
Master thesis
Doctoral thesis
Engineering
Doctorate Program in Global
6 credits
Doctoral thesis
Environmental Studies
GlobalEnvironmental
10 credits each forDoctorate Program in
30 credits
14 credits
Studies
internship, Master,
Master thesis
Doctoral thesis
Environmental Management
Doctorate

Table 8 - Credit requirements for each graduate school involved in the Global Survivability Studies
Program

Graduate School of
Education
Graduate School of
Economics

Graduate School of
Science

Graduate School of
Medicine

Graduate School ofEngineering

Graduate School of
Agriculture

Graduate School of
Asian and African
Area Studies

Graduate School ofInformatics

Graduate School of
GlobalEnvironmental
Studies

As a rule, special classes offered by the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable
Development and Survivable Societies and classes provided by other graduate schools
cannot be used as credits for degree completion in the Departments of Education ofClinical Education. However, if students register in advance for a class and receive
authorization for it, it may then be used credits for degree completion.
Within their credit requirements, students registered in the Inter-Graduate School
Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies can select a maximumof 6 credits from the special lectures offered by this program.
According to the Master Program graduation requirements of the Division of Earth andPlanetary Sciences, special classes offered by the Inter-Graduate School Program for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies, classes provided by otherdepartments and graduate schools, as well as the Faculty of Science common classes
can be used as credits for degree completion, up to a total of 4 credits. However, in order
to be able to use these credits, students have to ask their academic supervisor within 2months after the start of each semester, and obtain an authorization from the department
faculty board.
Special classes offered by the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable
Development and Survivable Societies, as well as classes provided by each graduate
school cannot be used to complete the credit requirements imposed by the Departmentof Medicine and Medical Science and the School of Public Health.
Students have to complete the number of credits required for each class type (from thelist of classes provided in the graduation handbook of each department), and the total
number of credits required for graduation. However, classes of the Graduate School ofEngineering that are not in the list, as well as classes approved for credits in othergraduate schools, and classes approved by the director of the department upon student’s
request can all be used as credits for degree completion. Details vary depending on thedepartment.
Classes offered by the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development andSurvivable Societies can be used as credits for master degree completion upon approvalof the Graduate School faculty meeting. Please note that the procedures andrequirements differ depending on the departments, and students need to inquire thedetails in advance.
Credits from classes offered by the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable
Development and Survivable Societies and classes provided by other graduates schools
can be used as credits for degree completion, up to a total of 10 credits, provided thatstudents submit auditing student applications to the curriculum office by the deadline,
if they attend the classes offered by other graduate schools. In the case of Third-Yearenrollment students, they need 10 credits certified by their own graduate school.
Upon approval of their academic supervisor, students of the Department of Social
Informatics who registered for the Leading Graduate School Program can use classes
offered by this program as credits for degree completion, up to a total of 10 credits.
In the Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, classes offered by
the Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable
Societies can only be used as surplus credits (not valid as credit for degree completion),unless students obtain approval beforehand.
In the Master Program, classes from other graduate schools can be uses as credits fordegree completion, up to a total of 4 credits.

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7. Academic Supervisors・GSS Secondary Academic Supervisors・GSS Mentors・Advisers
In this Program, each student is assigned academic supervisors (main supervisor and secondary supervisor)
affiliated to the graduate school the student is enrolled in. Moreover, in order to receive appropriate guidance
regarding the GSS program, they are also assigned a GSS secondary academic supervisor from another graduate
school as well as GSS mentors.
Main and GSS secondary academic supervisors must be faculty members, industry-government-academy
collaboration advisers, or international advisers affiliated with the program.
Details of faculty members, industry-government-academy collaboration advisers and international advisers are
determined by the Inter-Graduate School Unit for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies, Center for
the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University.
(1) Academic Supervisors
The program students are required to register their academic supervisors (secondary supervisors as well if
applicable) to the GSS office. Students need to participate in the program upon consultation with and approval fromtheir academic supervisors. Any changes of their academic supervisors need to be reported to the GSS office. In
the case that their academic supervisors are not "program faculty members", they will be registered as "program
cooperators" until their students complete the program.
(2) GSS Secondary Academic Supervisors
Program students are required to choose and register for one Kyoto University faculty member (full-time teachingpositions) who belongs to a different graduate school from their own (the faculty members who have additional
posts in their own graduate school, can not be candidates), as their GSS secondary academic supervisor. They canalso add another GSS secondary academic supervisor from industry-government-academy collaboration advisers,
and international advisers affiliated with the program. They need to decide their GSS secondary academic
supervisor after an interview with him/her. They are also required to report any changes of GSS secondary academic
supervisor to the GSS office. In the case that the person they chose is not a "program faculty member", he/she will
be registered as "program cooperators" until their students complete the program.
(3) GSS Mentors
Program students are assigned GSS mentors in order to receive appropriate guidance regarding the GSS program.
Students carry out the GSS curriculum in constant contact with them. One program student is assigned one or two
GSS mentors. The details are announced at the beginning of the semester.
(4) Advisers
Program students are able to receive advice from industry-government-academy collaboration advisers andinternational advisers affiliated with the program, who have been selected by the Inter-Graduate School Unit for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies. Students are also able to choose their GSS secondary academic
supervisor among these advisers. Program students are required to attend annual industry-government-academy
collaboration advisers' conference and annual international advisers' conference and may also be required to makea presentation there.

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8. Financial Support for Students Enrolled in the Program
In order to reduce economic burden and allow the program students to fully concentrate on the program and theirresearch, the program provided qualifying program students with financial supports as below. Such financial
supports will be available until March 2018, when the program for Leading Graduate Schools, MEXT ends.
(1) Study fellowship
The program provides qualifying students who meet all the following requirements with a Study Fellowship inorder to provide financial support (55 students received it in 2015, of which 14 L4 students, 10 L3 students, 13 L2
students and 18 L1 students). For further details, please refer to the application guideline, which will be available
twice a year, in mid-January and mid-June. Eligibility for the fellowship will be evaluated each academic term. For
this evaluation, those who wish to continue to be fellowship students must submit a request for continuity by theappointed time. See the conditions of application below:(a) Be enrolled as a program student(b) Receive no financial aid from any other kind of scholarship (except tuition waiver of Kyoto University)(c) Have no income from any part time job, etc.
(d) Have been enrolled less than 5 years (not including period of temporary absence) in a graduate school at Kyoto
University(e) Evaluated to have achieved excellence based on their grades and scores in this program(2) Research grant
The program provides students conducting creative research with a Research Grant up to 1,000,000 yen per person
and per fiscal year in 2016 (60 students granted in 2015, of which 18 L4 students, 10 L3 students, 13 L2 students
and 19 L1 students). However upper limit of the research grant may be subject to change according to the whole
program budget. Please refer to the application guideline for further details, which will be available mid-January
and the end of July.
(3) Budget for GSS curriculum
Program students who does not apply for the research grant or whose application for the research grant is rejected
are granted a budget of 300,000 yen per fiscal year, which can be used for conference fees and other educational
expenses. However upper limits of the budget may be subject to change according to the whole program budget.

9. Syllabi
The syllabi of curriculum categories (a) to (g) can be found in the following pages.
(a) Compulsory classes, Compulsory Optional classes and Optional classes
1) The information contained in the following syllabi is as of March 2016 and replicates the formats used byeach graduate school.
2) Due to change in staff and/or in curriculum content, the information in the following syllabi may be subject
to change. Students can take changed and added classes if they are listed in the syllabi of the upcoming year.
3) Students are required to register for each class, and also need an additional registration form for classes taken
outside their graduate school.

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