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) Enrollment Procedures for the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)(3) About Academic Degree (Degree Policy)(4) First Year Pre-Qualifying Examination(5) Second Year Qualifying Examination (Basic Doctoral Ability Qualification)(6) Graduation Requirements and Program Timeframe(7) ePortfolio (GSSfolio)(8) Homeroom(9) Final Screening and Certification

5. Curriculum Categories(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

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

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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 aradical 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.

(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. 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 Leading Graduate School for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies(GSS), Center for Educational Program Promotion in Graduate School , Kyoto University.

3. Admission Policy for the Global Survivability Studies Program
The GSS Program intends to cultivate human resources in new emerging interdisciplinary area of “Global
Survivability 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. This
GSS 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.
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 isfacing, 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 astable and consistent business management⚫
Leaders at the local and national level who exercise their leadership in policy making regarding food,resources and 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
and start 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.
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 tointeract 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 of plagiarism.
Practice of cultural sensitivity when making presentations and communicating inwriting.
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 and Selection Method: who, when, how to apply
As written in Diploma Policy, 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 and programs
provided by this GSS program. Students who are able to apply to this program are those who have graduated froma 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 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.
The applicants are examined by their application, intelligibility of this program, desire to learn, and their academictranscript. Upon evaluation, those selected will be registered as program students, and attend the course classes.

Table 2 - Graduate schools and departments involved in the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS)

Graduate School of Asian and
African Area Studies
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

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FOOD SECURITY

Graduate School of Agriculture(self-sufficiency, population issues, agriculture policy, etc.)

Graduate School of Engineering

All departments (Interdisciplinary Studies in 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, aging society, etc.)

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)

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

Scope of Global Survivability Studies

4. Global Survivability Studies Program Curriculum
Global survivability Studies Program offers 5-year program aiming to develop a new academic discipline of
Global Survivability Studies which is developed to send out capable resources in the world. It is designed todevelop internationalized human resources who will contribute to global society and also local society. The
students are required to take the curriculum below.

(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) 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 Leading Graduate School for Sustainable Development and Survivable
Societies, Center for Educational Program Promotion in Graduate School, Kyoto University.
Table 3 - Global Survivability Science Program (GSS) curriculum flow (enrollment in April)
L1
L1
L2
L2
L3
L3
L4
L4
L5
L5
Academic Year
1st
2nd
1st
2nd*2
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
Semester
Graduate School
Master Thesis orDoctorate
Course Work
Academic Paper Writing, etc.
Degree Program
Doctorate Research
Thesis
Project
8 Compulsory Classes Credits:◎Global Survivability Risk Management(a) Global◎Agriculture and Environment in Japan
Survivability◎Human Safety and Security Studies
Studies Program◎Global Survivability Studies
classes
Earn at least 2 credits before the end of L2 2nd semester *2
2 credits from:◎Compulsory※ Information Analysis and Management（Informatics Common Class）※ Information Analysis and Management Exercise（Informatics Common Class）※ Optional※ Clinical Psychology of War and Disaster
Compulsory※ Engineering Ethics and Management of Technology※ Risk and Society□Optional※ Interdisciplinary Graduate Courses□ 4 credits from the classes provided by each graduate school(b) Field training
Any available time (Compulsory) *1 ,*2(c) Internship
Any available time (Compulsory) *1 ,*2(d) Interdisciplinary
Any available time (Compulsory) *1 ,*2
seminar(e) International
academic
Any available time (Compulsory) *1 ,*2
exchange(f) Industry /Industry-University Collaborative Project (I) (Compulsory) *1 ,*2
University
Industry-University Collaborative Project (II) (Optional)
Collaborative
Project(g) International
Cooperation
Any available time (Compulsory) *1 ,*2
Project
Note A: *1 In order to be eligible to take the First Year Pre-Qualifying Examination, students are required to attend at least 3
Interdisciplinary Seminar sessions, and to successfully complete at least 2 compulsory class credits or one GSS
activity before the end of their L1 year. Students are required to pass this examination in order to be able to continue
the GSS Program (see (4) First Year Pre-Qualifying Examination below).
*2 Students are required to earn at least 2 credits of compulsory classes and complete at least one GSS activity before
the end of L2, when they have to pass the Basic Doctoral Ability Qualification, to ensure that they have acquired acomprehensive 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 3 rd year (except part ofthe curriculum for which they received certification during preparatory course).
Note C: For students who enrolled in fiscal year 2018 or before 2018, the Compulsory class “Global Survivability Risk
Management” will be replaced by “Introduction to Risk Studies” and “Agriculture and Environment in Japan” will be
replaced by “Sustainable Food Production”.

(3) 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 2020)
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Education) in recognition
Graduate Schoolof the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School ofof Education
Education 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 (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 ofInformatics

Graduate School of
GlobalEnvironmental
Studies

Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in recognition of
the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School of Informatics.
Kyoto University hereby confers upon the candidate a Doctorate degree (Informatics) in recognitionof the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○, Graduate School ofInformatics, 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 (Global Environmental
Studies) in recognition of the completion of the Doctorate Program of the Department of ○○○,
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, and certifies that he/she completed ‘InterGraduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies’.

(4) First Year Pre-Qualifying Examination
At the end of the 1st year, students are required to take the First Year Pre-Qualifying Examination. Students must
to pass this examination in order to be able to continue the GSS Program.
Screening criteria(a) To take part at least 3 sessions of interdisciplinary seminars and to get certification. Furthermore, earning atleast 2 credits of compulsory classes or completing at least one GSS activity.
(b) To submit a-5year (3-year for Third-Year enrollment) research project.
(c) A 20-minute oral examination (interview) in English will be held in early March, focused on (a) and (b).
(5) Second Year Qualifying Examination (Basic Doctoral Ability Qualification)
At the end of the first part of the program (the end of the 2 nd 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 at least 2 credits of compulsory classes and complete at least one practical curriculum.)(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, andthus 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.
(7) ePortfolio (GSSfolio 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 content of the GSSfolio isused in part of the assessment of the students.
Table 5 – Curriculum map
International
academic
exchange◎○○

Interdisciplinarity◎◎

InternationalCooperation
Project
Industry–
Universirty
Collaborative
Project

Interdisciplinary
seminarsInternship

Field training

Courseworkn LeadingSubjects

Knowledge of GSS Topics

GSS Goalsi

Project Management◎◎

Addressing Real World Problems

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Interpersonal Communication

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Appropriate Scientific Communication
Multicultural Collaboration
Demonstrating Initiative

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Toughness and Appealing Personality

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◎: Goal required to complete the activity○: Goal recommended to complete the activity(8) Homeroom
The program students are required to attend GSS homeroom during L1. While exempt from credits, the GSS
homeroom is compulsory for all program students. The GSS homeroom is held by GSS mentors about once a monthand attendance is taken into account in the selection process of qualification, etc. In addition, about the students
after L1, it is left to each student to participate the GSS homeroom when there is no special designation. But
participation may be recommended depending on the contents of the GSS homeroom.
(9) Final Screening and Certification
At the final stage of the GSS Program, a final screening will be held to determine whether both research foracademic degree and comprehensive academic knowledge required in the GSS Program have been positively
achieved. All GSS students must pass this screening in order to be certified as having successfully completed theprogram.
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.
◼
Global Survivability Risk Management（2 credits, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in
Human Survivability (GSAIS), 2nd semester）◼
Agriculture and Environment in Japan（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）
Note: For students who enrolled in fiscal year 2018 or before 2018, the Compulsory class “Global Survivability
Risk Management” will be replaced by “Introduction to Risk Studies” and “Agriculture and Environment in Japan”
will be replaced by “Sustainable Food Production”.
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

School of Informatics, 1st and 2nd semesters)◼
Clinical Psychology of War and Disaster（2 credits, Graduate School of Education, 1st semester）◼

Engineering Ethics and Management of Technology (2 credits, Graduate School of Engineering, 1stsemester)◼

Risk and Society (2 credits, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, 1st semester)Interdisciplinary Graduate Courses (not including GSS compulsory classes)
Please refer to URL：http://www.z.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/for-internal/daigakuin
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 at◼

least 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 a◼

company 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
out of 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 assessmentby 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
Class Name

Professor in
ChargeTime

CodeSemesterCompuls
ory
ClassesNumberCredits

Graduate
SchoolRemarks

GSAIS*1

GSS-1

Agriculture

GSS-2

Education

GSS-3

3029000

Z002

8940000

GlobalSurvivability Risk
Management

Yamashiki,Takara
et al.

2

2nd

Wed.3

Agriculture andEnvironment inJapan

Miyake et al.

2

1stThu. 2

Human Safety andSecurity Studies(安全安心文化学)

Kudo, Lahournat

2

2ndIntens.

EnglishIt will be
replacedby“Introduction toRisk
Studies”
forstudents
who
enrolled
2018 orbefore2018
EnglishIt will be
replacedby“Sustaina
ble Food
Production” forstudents
who
enrolled
2018 orbefore2018
not openin 2020
EnglishEngineering
*1

GSS-4

GlobalSurvivability
Studies

10F113(GSAIS) Takara et
al.

2

1st

Tue.5

EnglishGraduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability

Compulsory Optional classes
Professor in
ChargeCredits

Semester

Time

Information Analysis and Management

Sugiyama,
Masuda

2

1st

Mon.4

8019000

Information Analysis and Management,
ExerciseSugiyama,
Masuda

1

1st

Mon.5

8018001

Information Analysis and Management

Sugiyama,
Masuda

2

2nd

Mon.4

Informatics

8019001

Information Analysis and Management,
Exercise

1

2nd

Mon.5

Education

8942000

Sugiyama,
MasudaSugiyama,
MasudaSawaragi et al

2

1st

Thu.3

2

1st

Tue.3

Graduate
SchoolCodeClass Name

Informatics

8018000

Informatics
Informatics

Clinical Psychology of War andRemarks
Students areencouraged
to take bothclasses as a
set.
Same
content as
1st semester
not open in
2020
English2

DisasterEngineering Ethics and Management ofEngineering

10G057
Technology

Asian andAfrican
Area

Nishi
5133

Risk and Society

StudiesInterdisciplinary Graduate Courses ◇◇ Please refer to URL: http://www.z.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/for-internal/daigakuin

2

EnglishOptional classes: recommended classes from the graduate schools and departments participating in the
Global Survivability Studies Program.
Note: This list is as of April 2019. Due to changes in the graduate school educational system, they may be subject to changeor be added. Students can take changed and added classes if they are listed in the syllabi of the upcoming year.

Graduate
SchoolCode6122000
6232000
6281000

6282000

Education

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

Professor in
ChargeSemester

Manolo2

Sugimoto
Nishioka,
Warblow

Credits

Time

Remarks

1st

Intens.

English＊

2

1st

Fri.4

＊

2

1st

Wed.2

Jpn.,Eng

Ishii

2

2nd

Tue.2

＊

6308000

Seminar on Pedagogy I

Suzuki, Hirose

2

1st

Wed.3･4

alternateweek＊6309000

Seminar on Pedagogy II

Suzuki, Hirose

2

2nd

Wed.3･4

alternateweek＊

6480000

Advanced Studies: Developmental ScienceⅠ

Myowa

2

1st

Tue.2

＊

6481000

Advanced Studies: Developmental ScienceⅡ

Myowa

2

2nd

Tue.2

＊

7268000

Studies in Lifelong Education I

2

1st

Wed.4

not open in
2020

7269000

Studies in Lifelong Education II

2

2nd

Wed.4

not open in
2020＊

7511000

Readings in Lifelong Education

8826000

Seminar on Clinical Consultation in Field

8941000

Clinical Psychology of Violence and Crime

A594

not open in
2020

2

Takahashi,Nishimi

Wed.3 (1st)

4

both

Tue. 4 (2nd)

Hisano2

1st

Mon.3,4International Political Economy of Agriculture

Hisano2

2nd

Mon.3,4

A554

Environmental Economics Analysis A

Morotomi

2

1st

Wed.3

A555

Environmental Economics Analysis B

Morotomi

2

2nd

Wed.1・2

Economic

A403
A415
A520
A409

programnot open in
2020

2

International Agribusiness Studies

A595＊doctoral

alternate
week
Englishalternate
week
Englishalternate
week

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Yuki

2

not open in
2020

Intermediate Microeconomics

undecided2

not open in
2020

Intermediate Econometrics
Economics of Growth and Cycles
Industrial Economics
Business Economics Theory

Nishiyama2

2ndTue. 1

Sasaki

2

1st

Wed.3

Ida

2

1st

Wed.3

Sugiyama

2

1st

Wed.2

Management Accounting Theory A

Sawabe2

2ndWed. 1,2

A412

alternate
week

A535

Economic

Development Economics 2

Kono

2

Welfare Economics

Oka

2

5016

Atmospheric Physics I A

Ishioka

2

1st

Wed.2

Jpn.,Eng.
English ★

5017

Atmospheric Physics I B

Yoden

2

2nd

Mon.4

not open in
2019

5020

Atmospheric Physics III A

Shiotani et al.

2

1st

Mon.4

5021

Atmospheric Physics III B

Shiotani et al.

2

2nd

Mon.2

5044

Terajima et al.

2

1st

Mon.5

Kamai et al.

2

2nd

Thu.2

Ishikawa et al.

2

1st

Mon.4

Ishikawa et al.

2

2nd

Thu.2

5217

Environmental Geoscience I A
Environmental Geoscience I BApplied Meteorology II A
Applied Meteorology II B
Field Lab. in Multi-scale Earth Dynamics I

Yoden et al.

2

irr.

-

Jpn., Eng.

5218

Field Lab. in Multi-scale Earth Dynamics II

Shiotani et al.

2

irr.

-

Jpn., Eng.
not open in
2019

6002

Multi-scale Earth Dynamics: Solid Earth
Sciences

Noda et al.

2

1st

Mon.4・5

Jpn., Eng.

6003

Multi-scale Earth Dynamics: Geomaterial
Sciences

Hirajima et al.

2

1st

Mon.4・5

H118

Epidemiology I (Introduction to Epidemiology)

Nakayama

1

1stFri. 3・4

H009

Socio-epidemiology I

2

1stMon. 3

H019

Socio-epidemiology II

2

2ndMon. 3

H020

Sakamoto2

2ndSatomura

2

2nd

Mon.4
Thu. 3・4

1st part

Satomura2

2ndThu. 3・4

2nd part

H130

Human Ecology
Health, Medical and Welfare System
International Health
Health Informatics I

Nakayama2

2ndFri. 2

H070

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

1

1stThu. 22020 English

Harada,Koizumi

1

1stThu. 2

1st part

Imanaka

1 1stWed. 2EnglishImanaka1

Wed. 2

2nd part

A536

5052

H133
H028

H124
H128
H125

Engineering

Englishnot open in
2019

2

5053

Medicine

Thu. 1

Kono

5045

Science

2ndDevelopment Economics 1

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

10A222

Water Resources Systems

10A632

Urban Metabolism Engineering
Takaoka, Oshita
Advanced Environmental Health
TakanoControl for Structural Safety
Ikeda, Kurata
Environmental Control Engineering, Advanced
HaradaUrban Disaster Mitigation Engineering
Matsushima,

10A626

10B222
10B241

not open in
2019★

Jpn., Eng.
★
not open in2019

not open in2020
not open in2020

not open in

10A216

10B052Englishnot open in2020
not open in
2020

1st

Tachikawa,2 2ndIchikawa, Yorozu
2
1stHori, Tanaka

Nishino

Tue.2

English ★

Tue.1☆
English

2

1st

Tue.3

2

1st

Tue.4

2

2nd

Wed.1

2

1st

Tue.3

2

2nd

Tue.3

10B407
10F01910F065

10F077
10F100
10F103
10F219Engineering

Robotics
River Engineering and River BasinManagement
Hydraulic Engineering for Infrastructure
Development and Management
River Basin Management of Flood andSediment
Applied Hydrology
Case Studies Harmonizing Disaster
Management and Environment Conservation
Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Analysis

Matsuno

2

2nd

Mon.2

Hosoda,Kishida,Onda

2

1st

Wed.1

Hosoda,Tachikawa et al.

2

2nd

Tue.3

EnglishNakagawa et al.

2

1st

Mon.1

☆

Hori et al.

2

1st

Wed.4

EnglishNakakita et al.

2

1st

Mon.4

English

Fujii

2

1st

Mon.5

2

2nd

Wed.3

10F223

Risk Management Theory

Yokomatsu,
Cruz

10F241

Construction of Geotechnical Infrastructures

Kimura,Kishida

2

2nd

Fri.1

10F245

Open Channel Hydraulics

Hosoda, Onda

2

1st

Fri.1

English ★

10F261

Earthquake Engineering/ Lifeline Engineering

Kiyono,Igarashi

2

1st

Tue.4

English

10F267

Hydro-Meteorologically Based Disaster
Prevention(GSAIS)Takara

2

1st

Mon.3

☆

10F269Coastal and Urban Water Disasters Engineering

Igarashi 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

10F464

Hydrologic Design and Management

Tachikawa,
Ichikawa

2

1st

Fri.2

10F466

Basin Environmental Disaster Mitigation
Control Theory for Dynamic Systems

Fujita et al.

2

1st

Mon.3

Sawaragi et al.

2

1st

Tue.2

Tatano,Yokomatsu,
Samaddar

2

1st

Wed.4

English

2

1st

Wed.3

2

1st

Tue.3

10G013et al.

English★

10X333

Disaster Risk Management693287

Disaster Information
Forest Utilization Ⅰ

Yamori et al.

BA05
BA06

Forest Utilization Ⅱ

Okada

2

2nd

Wed.4

◆
not open in2020☆ P.E.

BA11

Theory of Erosion Control

Kosugi,
Nakatani

2

2nd

Fri.2

★P.E.

BA79

Fibrous Biomaterials Ⅱ

Wada

1

2nd

P.E.

Intens.
BA66

Bio-based Materials Physics

Yano et al.

2

☆

1st
Intens.

BA44
BA46

Forest Resource and Society 1
Forest Resource and Society 3

Kanzaki, Naito
Kanzaki, Naito

1

1st

1

st

1

Thu.2

☆ P.E.
★P.E.

Intens.

Agriculture
BA48

Tropical Forest Environments 1

Kitajima

1

1st

P.E.

Intens.
BA49

Tropical Forest Environments 2

Onoda

1

2nd

P.E.

Intens.
BA68

BA69

Science for Humano-habitability
Forest Science Ⅰ

Yoshimura,Hata,Yanagawa
Kitajima,Kanzaki,Shibata,Isagi

2

1st

P.E.

Intens.

2

CA11

Plant Nutrients -Function and Acquisition-

Kobayashi

1

CA13

Metabolic Science of Forest Plants andMicroorganisms

Umezawa et al.

1

1st
1

Mon.5

P.E.

st

Intens.

1st
Intens.

P.E.

Applied Microbiology for Human Life

CA29

Advanced Applied Biochemistry

CA31

Bioorganic Chemistry

EA21

Hydrological Environmental Engineering

Nakamura,
Hama

2

FA49

UmetsuUmetsuUmetsuUmetsuFA55

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

FA56

English2nd
Intens.

★P.E.

1st

Tue.3

P.E.

2nd

Tue.3

P.E.

2

1st

Tue.3

P.E.

2

2nd

Tue.3

P.E.

Itoh

2

1st

Mon.3

P.E.

Agricultural and Environmental Policy 2B

Itoh

2

2nd

Mon.3

P.E.

FA57

Forest Policy and Economics 1A

Kuriyama

2

1st

Fri.2

P.E.

FA58

Forest Policy and Economics 1B

Kuruyama

2

2nd

Fri.2

P.E.

FA59

Forest Policy and Economics 2A

Kuriyama

2

1st

Fri.2

P.E.

FA60

Forest Policy and Economics 2B

Kuriyama

2

2nd

Fri.2

P.E.

FA83

Forest and Resource Economics A

Mitani

2

1st

Wed.2

P.E.

FA84

Forest and Resource Economics B

Mitani

2

2nd

Wed.2

P.E.

1102

Ecological History II
Environmental Ecology II

Furusawa

2

1st

Fri.2

Takeda2

1stFri. 3

Hirano(Nomoto)2

1stFri. 4

Shigeta2

1stIntens.

Kouno

2

2nd

Thu.1

Yamazaki2

2ndFri. 1

Yamori,Hatayama ,Onishi

2

1st

Wed.3

Japanese

2

2nd

Mon.3

Japanese

2

2nd

Mon.4

Japanese

FA52

2602

3113

5107

Graduate

2nd
Intens.

2

2502

GlobalEnvironmental
Studies1

English2

1104

Informatics

Miyagawa,
Nakagawa

1

2nd
Intens.

Tue.2

FA51

Asian andAfrican Area
Studies

Ueda
Mitsuyoshi,
Watanabe,Kurod
a, Aoki

1

1st

FA50

Agriculture

Ogawa, Sakai,
Kita

CA28

African urban society
Local Knowledge and Endogenous
Development
Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable
Humanosphere
Environment and Infection

3287000

Disaster Information

3291000

Emergency Management3646000

Remote Sensing Engineering3683000

Radio and Optical Measurement of Earth's
Atmosphere

Hashiguchi,
Yamamoto,
Yabuki,Yokoyama

2

2nd

Mon.5

English3213

Environmental Infrastructure Engineering

Katsumi, Takai

1

1st
1st
part

Wed. 1English3251

Watershed Water Environment Management

Fujii, Tanaka,
Harada

1

1st
1st
part

Tue.1

EnglishSekiyama et al.

2

1st

Thu.1

1001000

Introduction to Advanced and Integrated
Studies in Human Survivability

Hatayama,Tatano, Samaddar
Yamamoto,
Hashiguchi,
Yokoyama

SchoolofAdvanced
Integrated
Studiesin
Human
Survivability(GSAIS)

1012000
1015000

1016000

International Economics: Application to
Emerging Economies
Theory of Global Technology Strategy

2017000

Thu.3

2nd

Fri.1

Sakurai

2

2nd

Fri.2

Deroche, MarcHenri
Sekiyama

22

1st
2nd

Tue.1
Tue.1

Psychological measurement
Sustainable Development and the Energy
Transition

Sekiyama

2

1st

Tue.1

D.IALNAZOV

2

2nd

Thu.3

Buddhism Across Asian Civilisations

Deroche, MarcHenri

2

2nd

Mon.5

Yamashiki,
Asai

2

1st

Wed.3

Earth, the Water Planet
Advanced Studies Harmonizing Disaster
Management
andbetween
Environmental
Communication
science Conservationand public

Takara,Yamori,
Yamashiki
Isobe

22

1st
1st

Wed.4
Mon.2

Humanity in the universe

Yamashiki,Asai,
Isobe
Yamashiki,Doi,

2

2nd

Thu.1

Global Natural Resources and Energy Cycle
Philosophy of Mind: East & West

3001000

3003000
3026000

1st
2

Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

2016000

2

Sakurai

2014000
2013000

2015000

D.IALNAZOV

3027000

The Study of Human Space Activities

Taguchi,Yumoto
et al.

2

2nd

Wed.5

4005000

Mathematical Statistics-Data Science１-

Ikeda

2

1st

Tue.2

4006000

Science of complex systems-Data Science２International Politics
Introduction to Operations Research
Advanced Optimization
Theory of creating innovation
How science was born
Energy FinanceRisk Management
Global Communication I

Ikeda

2

2nd

Tue.2

Sakamoto

2

2nd

Fri.2

Liang Zhao

2

1st

Tue.4

Liang Zhao

2

2nd

Mon.2

Yamaguchi

2

2nd

Fri.5

Yamaguchi

2

1st

Fri.5

Kanamura

2

1st

Thu.2

Kanamura

2

2nd

Thu.2

Kawai
Kawai

2
2

2nd
2nd

3030000

4035000
4025000
4026000
4027000
4028000
4029000
4030000
4031000
4032000

Global Communication II

Wed.3,
Thu.1
Wed.4
Thu.2

＊: 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 Graduate School of Engineering and provided by the Graduate School of Informatics.
☆: Bi-yearly class that starts in 2019.
★: Bi-yearly class that will start in 2020.

P.E.: Possibly English, i.e. be able to offered in English

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 theirgraduate 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 2020)
MasterDoctorate
Graduate
Program
ProgramRemarks
Department or Division
SchoolRequired
Required Credits
Credits
Doctorate: Course of
Department of Education
Educational Training of
30 credits
ClinicalSupervision,
Education
Doctoral thesis
Master thesis
specialized educational
Department of Clinical Education
training course only
At least 20 credits
Interdisciplinary
Studiesin
Education Division
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
40 credits
Asian andAfrican 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 canbe used as credits for degree completion, up to a total of 4 credits. However, in order tobe 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 and requirements
differ depending on the departments, and students need to inquire the details 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, ifthey 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.

7. Academic Supervisors・GSS Secondary Academic Supervisors・GSS Mentors
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 affiliated with the program.
Details of faculty members are determined by the Leading Graduate School for Sustainable Development andSurvivable Societies, Center for Educational Program Promotion in Graduate School , 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 thecase 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 one Kyoto University tenured faculty member who belongs toa different graduate school from their own (faculty members who have additional positions in their own graduate
school, cannot be candidates), as their GSS secondary academic supervisor. 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.

8. 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 2020 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.