Inter-Graduate School Programfor Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies(Global Survivability Studies Program)

Program for Leading Graduate Schools, MEXT
In the multidisciplinary field of Safety and Security

”Leading Graduate School (Super Doctor) ”
Educational Program in Global Survivability Studies
Program characteristics
In recent years, our global society has been experiencing a surge of large-scale natural disasters, sudden man-made disasters andaccidents, growing regional environmental changes such as environmental degradation and infectious diseases, food security issues.
In this program, 9 graduate schools and 3 research institutes from Kyoto University join forces to develop a new multidisciplinary field
called Global Survivability Studies (GSS), and develop global experts who can contribute to social safety and security.

Innovativegraduate education

Raising world-level experts

MAN-MADEDISASTERS AND
ACCIDENTS

LARGE-SCALE
NATURAL DISASTERS &CATASTROPHES

Multidisciplinarity

REGIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGESInternationality

Advanced research

FOOD SECURITY

Industry-governmentacademia cooperation

This 5-year graduate program provides an innovative multidisciplinary education inGlobal Survivability Studies in the field of Safety and Security, opportunities for internationaland real-world experiences, and develops the future experts of our global society.

What is a Leading Doctor (Super Doctor) ?
1) A person filled with the sense of mission and ethics necessary to overcome the many crisis humanity is facing, and to enrich
human society and contribute to its well-being.
2) A person 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 Global Survivability Program provides a hands-on graduate education,
based on Case Method (CM) and Problem Based Learning (PBL)
Traditional Doctor(in a specific field)

Leading Program Doctor(Super Doctor)

Internationally recognizedscientists

Specialist expertise

Scientific approach
theoryPractical approach
application

Human qualities
Social perspective

MBAmanagement
General approach
Engineers, Class-1 Architects,
APEC Engineers
Professional Engineers (PE)Internationally recognizedbusinesspersons

Socially recognizedexperts

This program aims at producing:・Academic leaders active in the field of social / safety system science, as high-level researchers and educators.
・Leaders in the field of international crisis management, active on the global scene, in international organizations.
・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, resources and energy safety.
・Science communicators who convey correct information based on their scientific knowledge, limiting public anxiety.
・New business leaders who develop new technologies and methodologies in the field of safety and security.

Scope of Global Survivability Studies in the field of
LARGESCALE
NATURAL
DISASTERS&CATASTROPHES

MAN-MADEDISASTERS&ACCIDENTS

extremeweather,water disasters,
earthquakes,
volcanoes,
tsunami, etc.

large-scale
accidents,
fires,
nucleardisasters,
etc.

Understanding of

REGIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGES&SOCIAL
INSTABILITY

FOOD
SECURITY

infectious
diseases,pollution,
aging society,etc.

self-sufficiency,
population
issues,agriculture
policy, etc.

Prevention and
Human adaptabili(medical and men
Social adaptability(economy, public

Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS) 5-year
L15-year Doctoral Program
Academic research(graduate school)

L2

L3

Master thesis orPreliminary doctoral thesis:
research & writing

Course work

GSS classes

Leading Graduate School
Global Survivability Studies
Program(GSS)

Generalseminar
Students are expected
to understand theobjectives and content
of Global Survivability
Studies, and theirabilities and fit to theProgram are evaluated.

Field training
Internship
Interdisciplinary seminar
International school
Industry/university cooperation project (I), (II)International collaboration projectStudents selected fromparticipating graduate schools

Qualification(Selection)

Qualifying
Examination

How to enroll in the Global Survivability Studies Program (GSS) ?
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 involved in the program can apply. Nationality, gender and age

Safety and Security
the mechanisms of natural and social phenomena

resilience based on scientific knowledge

tytal care, psychology, life-style, rehabilitation)

policies, area studies, restoration and recovery)

curriculum flow
L4
Doctoral thesis research(surveys・experiments・analysis)

L5
Doctoralthesis writing(compulsory, optional, compulsory optional) in English

orStudents get hands-on experience in the field through short/long term stayStudents experience international education and discussion as interns or intern educators
Held by several professors from different fields, providing ongoing interdisciplinary education

Through participation in collaborative projects withindustries, governmental organizations and overseas universities,
students gain international and real-world experience

Strict and objective evaluation of students' level

Kyoto University
Doctoral Degree(speciﬁc discipline)+Global Survivability
Studies Programcertiﬁcation
Kyoto University
Doctoral degree (Ph.D.)

Specialist expertise
Human qualities
Social perspective

Final screening
and certification

are no object. The first semester (April to September) of the first academic year is set as the Global Survivability Studies (GSS)
Preparatory Course, during which applicants will attend the classes as program candidates. They will then be evaluated for admission
and those selected will be officially registered as program students from October of the same year, and attend the course classes.
Fellowships and research grants are available, in order to allow students to focus solely on their studies and research.

Graduate schools and Research Institutes
involved in the Inter-Graduate School Unit for
Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies
Graduate School of Education

All departments (Department of Education, Department of Clinical Education)

Graduate School of Economics

Department of Economics

Graduate School of Science

Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Graduate School of Medicine

Department of Medicine and Medical Science, School of Public Health

Graduate School of Engineering

Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Department of Urban Management,
Department of Environmental Engineering, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science

Graduate School of Agriculture

All departments (Division of Agronomy and Horticultural Science, Division of Forest andBiomaterials Science, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Division of Applied Biosciences,
Division of Environmental Science and Technology, Division of Natural Resource Economics,
Division of Food Science and Biotechnology)

Graduate School of
Asian and African Area Studies

All departments (Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies, Division of African Area Studies,
Division of Global Area Studies)

Graduate School of Informatics

Department of Social Informatics, Department of Communications and Computer Engineering

Graduate School ofGlobal Environmental Studies

All departments (Doctorate Program in Global Environmental Studies, Doctorate Program inEnvironmental Management)

Disaster Prevention Research InstituteResearch Institute for
Sustainable Humanosphere
Center for Southeast Asian Studies

About the Program for Leading Graduate Schools

Global Survivability Studies

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 and government.
In order to do so, the Program for Leading Graduate Schools mobilizes high-level educators andstudents and the participation of industry, academia and government, supports a radical reform ofgraduate education that develops interdisciplinary world-class 5-year graduate programs, and promotes
the development of graduate schools befitting their status of highest educational institution.
(From the application guidelines for the Program for Leading Graduate Schools, 2011)

Contact

Kyoto University

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 606-8306, JAPANTEL: 075-762-2197 http://www.gss.sals.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

2015 edition