Student Life Club Activities Clubs and Circles, though voluntary, are an essential part of the learning experience at Kyoto Gakuen University. Clubs range from the academic-oriented to the physically demanding, or serve as a way for students with common interests to have fun and make new friends. Cultural clubs include manga animation, tea ceremony, academic societies, fellowship clubs and music, among others. Sports clubs include baseball, western and Japanese archery, golf, American football, martial arts, motorcycle racing and others.
More informal Circles are also quite popular, supported by friends of similar interests.
There is also a student government body, Gakuyukai , which helps organize the 4-day campus festival, Ryubisai , in November and represents the interests of the student body as a whole. Though there is no university housing, student apartments are easily located within both Kameoka and Kyoto. The Student Affairs Section assists students in locating housing to meet their needs. The cost of a small apartment with a unit bath and gas range for cooking ranges from 30,000 to 50,000 yen per month in the Kameoka area. More inexpensive apartments are also available but have fewer amenities.