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In April 2005, the Organization for the Promotion
of International Relations was established for the promotion of more
international activities at
The Committee for International Academic Exchange (Kokusai-Koryu Iinkai) is an advisory body to the President, which deliberates on international exchange relating to education and research at the university.
The committee is comprised of approximately forty selected faculty members representing all the Faculties and various Institutes and Centers. It is composed of five sub-committees which deal with various matters related to the general policy on international academic exchange, the editing of The Kyoto University Bulletin, foreign students, and overseas programs for Japanese students.
Administrative Organization for International Affairs
The International Affairs Division (Kokusai-Koryu Ka) handles various matters related to the international exchange of academic staff and cooperation in education and research with foreign universities and matters related to the committee mentioned above.
Address: Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
606-8501,
Phone: +81-75-753-2047
Fax: +81-75-753-2042
Email: ![]()
Scholars from overseas with suitable qualifications may be accepted by
the university in one of the following categories. Those who will apply for the
programs below are required to look for a host professor of
A foreign scholar who specializes in the methodology and teaching of foreign languages or other subjects may be employed as a full-time researcher by the university.
A foreign scholar who will participate in research at any department(s) may be employed as a full-time researcher by the university.
Foreign scholars from categories 1 or 2 mentioned above who stay for more than three months at the university and who hold qualifications equivalent to those of a Professor will be granted the title of "Kyoto University Visiting Professor" by the President.
An overseas scholar who will participate in the educational or research programs for at least two weeks in any department of the university, and who holds qualifications equivalent to those of a Professor, Associate Professor, or Lecturer of the university, may be invited by the Faculty Council concerned. No remuneration can be offered.
Those who stay for more than three months at the university and hold qualifications equivalent to those of a professor there will be granted the title of "Kyoto University Guest Professor" by the President.
Those foreign scholars equivalent to Assistant Professor or other status
invited to stay in the university for more than one month may also be accepted as
a guest research associate at
A foreign scholar who wishes to conduct specific research at the university will be accepted by the President provided that he is accepted by the department concerned. The level of academic expertise required for acceptance as a Research Fellow consists of the possession of a doctoral degree, the completion of course work required for the doctoral degree, or its equivalent.
The Research Fellow must pay in advance a tuition fee of
29,700 per
month for the duration of the research.
These International Houses, however, are not simply housing facilities
for foreigners; they also serve as sites for interaction between the foreign students/researchers,
university associates, and the people of
There are three International Houses in our university; in Shugakuin, Uji, and Ohbaku.
SYMPOSIUM
The "Kyoto University International
Symposium" has been held since 2001 in the
(As of November, 2008)
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Date |
Place |
Title |
Remarks |
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1 |
Jan. 13, 2001 |
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Network and Media Computing |
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2 |
Nov. 28, 2001 Nov. 30, 2001 |
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The Changes in the Japanese Economy Facing the New Century |
Jointly organized with the the |
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3 |
Sep. 3-4, 2002 |
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Post-Petrofuels in the 21st Century
Biomass Energy |
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4 |
Dec. 6-7, 2003 |
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Self, Cognition, and Emotion |
Jointly organized with the |
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5 |
Jan. 27-29, 2005 |
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Regulation of Cell Fate and Cell Function |
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6 |
Oct. 8-9, 2005 |
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Plant Sciences in
Breeding |
Jointly organized with the Agricultural Sciences |
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7 |
Nov. 23-24, 2005 |
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Coexistence with Nature in a 'Glocalizing' World
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Jointly organized with |
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8 |
Nov. 23-25, 2006 |
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Towards Harmonious Coexistence within Human and Ecological Community on this Planet |
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9 |
Jun. 22-23, 2007 |
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Integrating Global Environmental Studies towards Human Security |
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10 |
Jul. 26-28, 2007 |
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Active Geosphere Science |
Jointly Organized with Bandung Institute of Technology |
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11 |
Oct. 9-11,2008 |
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Frontier Bioscience in Modern Medicine |
Special support from |
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12 |
Dec. 5-6,2008 |
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Transforming Racial Images: Analyses of Representations |
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In December 2002, the
The cutting-edge research undertaken at
In 2007, the proposal for
Note:
*MEXT: the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
**The
The academic year runs from April 1 to
March 31 of the following year, and is divided into two semesters.
Apr. 1 –
Sep. 30 First
Semester
Oct. 1 –
Mar. 31 Second
Semester
The following is the list of holidays
during the academic year.
June 18 University
Anniversary Day
Aug. 6 –
Sep. 30 Summer
Vacation
Dec. 27 –
Jan. 4 Winter
Vacation
17 National
Holidays
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January
1 2nd
Mon. in Jan. February
11 March 20 April 29 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6*
3rd
Mon. in Jul. 3rd
Mon. in Sep. September
22 September
23 2nd
Mon. in Oct. November
3 November
23 December
23 |
New
Year's Day Coming
of Age Day National
Foundation Day Vernal
Equinox Day Showa
Day Constitution
Memorial Day Green
Day Children's
Day Makeup
Marine
Day Respect
for the Aged Day National
Day Autumnal
Equinox Day Health-Sports
Day Culture
Day Labor-Thanksgiving
Day The
Emperor's Birthday |
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* Since Constitution Memorial Day
falls on Sunday, May 6 is also a holiday. |
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Undergraduate course work is conducted in
the respective faculties, while graduate instruction is carried out in the
respective divisions of the graduate schools, institutes or centers concerned.
Degree-seeking undergraduate and
graduate students are categorized as regular students, while non-degree
students such as research students [Kenkyusei] and exchange students [Tokubetsu
Choukou Gakusei and Tokubetsu Kenkyu Gakusei] are classified as non-regular
students.
For details on particular faculties,
programs, admission requirements, selection, awarding degrees and such, please
direct your inquiries to the relevant administration office listed in the "CONTACT ADDRESSES (Educational Affairs)" at the end of "International Students"
information.
Most classes at
In the Faculties of Medicine and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, only the
These periods are considered as a
consecutive educational course including general education subjects provided by
all the faculties, and the major subjects provided by a student's faculty.
For details on particular faculties,
programs, admission requirements, selection, awarding degrees and such, please
direct your inquiries to relevant administration offices listed in the
"CONTACT ADDRESSES (Educational Affairs)" at the end of
"International Students" information.
Admission Requirements
Completion of 12 years' schooling abroad,
or equivalent as recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT).
Equivalents recognized by MEXT such as
the International Baccalaureate.
Selection
General Admission
For General Admission, standards
for selection are the same for international applicants as for prospective
Japanese students. These applicants
are required to take both the examination by
Special Selection
As for Special Selection, the
Faculties of Economics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, and Agriculture
have independent selection processes for international students. In order to qualify for Special
Selection, the applicants must take Examination for Japanese University
Admission for International Students (EJU) and TOEFL, and then meet the
standards established by the faculty of their choice. For details, please contact the relevant
faculty directly.
Third Year
Admission
For the third year admission, the Faculties of Education,
Law, Economics and Medicine (Human Health Sciences only) accept international
applicants in the third year of their undergraduate programs. For details, please contact the relevant
faculty directly.
Admission of a
person with a bachelor's degree
The Faculty of Letters will accept applications
from graduates of overseas bachelor's degree programs (this includes those who
will have graduated by the time of their entrance to Kyoto University), while
the faculties of Integrated Human Studies, Economics, Science, and Engineering
administer entrance examinations only for those international applicants with
Kyoto University's bachelors' degrees (including those who will have graduated
by the time of their entrance to Kyoto University).
Awarding of Degrees
In the Faculties of Medicine and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University awards bachelors' degrees to the
Tuition and Fees
All undergraduate students must pay the
following fees by the required deadline.
Tuition and fees for undergraduate students as
of April 2008
|
Item |
Amount (yen) |
|
Entrance Exam Fee |
17,000 |
|
Matriculation Fee |
282,000 |
|
Tuition (per year) |
535,800 |
In addition to fifteen Graduate Schools,
All Graduate Schools, except for
Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies,
Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies offers a five-year
Doctoral Program, but the Master's degree is only awarded in certain cases in
which the student has dropped out after two or more years' enrollment, acquired
the required number of credits, passed the required examinations, and whose
pre-doctoral thesis has been accepted.
For details on particular graduate schools,
programs, admission requirements, selection, awarding degrees and such, please
direct your inquiries to relevant administration offices listed in
"CONTACT ADDRESSES (Educational Affairs)" at the end of
"International Students" information.
Admission Requirements
a. Master's Program and Professional Degree Program
The candidate who has completed 16 years'
schooling abroad, or
The candidate who is 22 years of age or older
and has a bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent as recognized by the
graduate school to which the application is being made.
b. Doctoral Program
The candidate who has completed a program at an
overseas university that is equivalent to a Master's program or a professional
degree program of
The candidate who is 24 years of age or older
and has a Master's degree or higher, or equivalent as recognized by the
graduate school to which the application is being made.
c. Doctoral Program of the
The candidate who has completed 18 years'
schooling abroad, or
The candidate who is 24 years of age or
older and has a bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent as recognized by the
Graduate School of Medicine.
For further information, contact the
faculty you wish to enter.
Selection
The application deadlines and the test
schedules for the Graduate Entrance Examination vary among graduate
schools. The academic year begins
in April, with exceptions of some graduate schools accepting students in
October as well.
The Graduate Entrance Examination
consists of sections on the field of specialization, a foreign language, and an
oral examination.
More than half of the international
students at
a. Master's Program
A Master's degree is awarded to
those who successfully complete two or more years of required course work and
research, pass the examination, and have their thesis accepted.
b. Professional Degree
Program (Other than
A professional degree is awarded to those who successfully complete
two or more years of required course work.
c. Professional Degree
Program (
A Juris Doctor (professional degree) is awarded to those who
successfully complete three or more years of required course work at the
d. Doctoral Program
A doctor's degree is awarded to
those who successfully complete three or more years of required course work and
research, pass the examination, and have their thesis accepted.
e. Doctoral Program of the
A doctor's degree of medicine is
awarded to those who successfully complete four or more years of required
course work and research, pass the examination, and have their thesis
accepted.
f. The
Five-Year Doctoral Program of the
A doctor's degree of Area Studies
is awarded to those who successfully complete five or more years of required
course work and research, pass the examination, and have their thesis accepted.
Tuition and Fees
All graduate students must pay the
following fees by the required deadline.
Tuition and fees for graduate students as of
April 2008
|
Item |
Amount (yen) |
|
Entrance Exam Fee |
30,000 |
|
Matriculation Fee |
282,000 |
|
Graduate School Tuition (per year) |
535,800 |
|
Kyoto University Law School Tuition (per year) |
804,000 |
Those who wish to study in the graduate
schools, or who wish to do research at one of the institutes or centers, may
apply for the status of research student [Kenkyusei].
To qualify for research student status,
the applicant must first receive the approval of an advisor in the faculty,
graduate school, institute or center of his or her choice. After this, the applicant must submit an
application form and the necessary documents.
Research students are not eligible for
degrees.
For further information, please direct
your inquiries to relevant administration offices listed in "CONTACT ADDRESSES (Educational Affairs)" at the end of "International
Students" information.
All research students must pay the
following fees by the required deadline.
Tuition and fees for research students as of
April 2008
|
Item |
Amount (yen) |
|
Entrance Exam Fee |
9,800 |
|
Matriculation Fee |
84,600 |
|
Tuition (per month) |
29,700 |
International students, whose institutions have a student exchange
agreement with
(1)
KUINEP is designed for
undergraduate students whose institutions have a student exchange agreement
with
(2)
a. Special Auditor
Those who are enrolled either at
undergraduate or graduate level of their home institutions and who are
proficient in Japanese may be admitted by this category. Students can enroll in regular classes with
b. Special Research Student
Those who are enrolled in graduate schools at their home institutions can
deepen their own research under the instruction of an academic advisor at Kyoto
University without taking any courses lectured in classrooms: with the
condition that a suitable academic advisor for their research is available at
Kyoto University. Japanese
proficiency is not required only if the academic
advisor can guide the student by any language other than Japanese.
Application and Selection
Exchange application
packages are sent from
Each exchange student will be assigned to
one of nine undergraduate faculties or fourteen graduate schools (no medical
students are accepted) of
In order to enter
When applying for a
college student visa, the applicant must bring certification or notification of
acceptance from
In addition to this document, the applicant will have to present his or her valid passport. For details, please contact relevant Japanese diplomatic missions.
SCHOLARSHIPS
1. Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarships for Research Students (Graduate Students and Research Students), Undergraduate Students, and Japanese Studies Students
MEXT has been inviting international
students to study in
170,000 per month (
160,000 in and after thirteenth
month of their stay in
134,000 per month (
126,000 in and after twenty-fifth
month of their stay in
Applications should be made through the
Japanese diplomatic missions abroad (Embassy Recommendations) or through a
university in
For Embassy Recommendations, the Japanese
diplomatic missions in an applicant's country conduct document inspection,
achievement tests and an interview.
For University Recommendation,
Domestic Selection is available only to
privately financed students currently studying at a university in
2. Honors
Scholarship (Gakushushoreihi) by
Privately financed international
students currently studying at a university in
50,000 per month while graduate
students receive
70,000 per month.
3. JASSO
International Student Scholarship for Short-Term Study in
International students who are accepted
by a Japanese university under a student exchange agreement between the
Japanese host university and their home university abroad are eligible to apply
for JASSO International Student Scholarship for Short-Term Study in
80,000, and one-time arrival
allowance of
150,000.
The application should be
made through exchange program coordinator of the student's university to
Foreign Student Division of Kyoto University. Direct application from students to
either
4. Other scholarships
About 50 foundations offer scholarships
for international students at
For further information on scholarships,
please visit JASSO website at http://www.jasso.go.jp and click "English/Other languages"
"Study in
"Scholarships."
For students, move-in period is April and
October. International students who
are newly coming to
For further information, please contact
relevant administration offices listed in "CONTACT ADDRESSES (Educational
Affairs)" at the end of "International Students" information.
Japanese Language Education
The
Fifteen-week Japanese courses start in
April and October. The registration begins in late-March and late-September
respectively, at the administration office of students' Faculty and
For details, please refer to the section
by the
International Student Tutorial System
A tutorial system for international
students is available for regular (degree-seeking) students and some
non-regular (non degree-seeking) students, based on a recommendation from their
supervisor. Generally, a tutor is a
graduate student selected from a graduate school which is related to an
international student's major.
Kyoto University Infirmary Services
provide daily services such as medical treatment, health consultation, and
first aid for students and university staff. Its office hours are 10:00 - 12:30 and
14:00 - 16:30. It is closed on
weekends and national holidays.
The services consist of dermatology, internal
medicine, ophthalmology,
otolaryngology, psychiatry, and orthopedics (sports orthopedic medicine). Additionally, there is a sub-clinic on
Katsura campus, offering internal medicine services which are available on
Tuesday and Wednesday, and psychiatry services on Thursday and Friday. On Uji campus, there is also a
sub-clinic offering internal medicine services every Thursday.
Consultation itself is free of
charge. Payments are required for
treatment, clinical laboratory examination and medication. For further information, please refer to
the section by Kyoto University Health Service in this bulletin.
Counseling Office for International Students
Counseling Office at the
Ms. Atsuko Shiraishi
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Prof. Yoshitaka Ohigashi
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Assoc. Prof. Junko Kawai
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In an emergency, please
call:
Prof. Ohigashi
at 075-753-2551 (domestic)
Foreign Student
Division
at 075-753-2542 (domestic)
For those who are fluent in Japanese,
there is also the
Student Lounge
'KI-ZU-NA'
Renovated from one of
The 'KI-ZU-NA' staff organizes various
activities to promote intercultural communication and understanding, such as
cherry blossom viewing and mochi-making.
CONTACT ADDRESSES (Educational Affairs)
Faculty of Integrated Human Studies
Yoshida
Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-7874
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-761-0692
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-3025
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-3104
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-3492
Mail: ![]()
Kitashirakawa
Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-3624
Mail: ![]()
Master Course of
Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
Fax: +81-75-753-4405
Mail: ![]()
Graduate
Human Health Sciences
Human Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
53 Shogoin
Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-751-3909
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-9276
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-4796
Mail: ![]()
Kitashirakawa
Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-6320
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
Fax: +81-75-753-2957
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-4745
Mail:![]()
46 Yoshida
Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-7350
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida Honmachi,
Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-5379
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-9229
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-9187
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-3104
Mail: ![]()
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-3492
Mail: ![]()
Foreign Student Division
Yoshida
Honmachi, Sakyo-ku,
Fax: +81-75-753-2562
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THE
FOUNDATION,
INC.
This independent foundation was established for the promotion of the academic activities of the university, and provides financial support for international exchange programs and academic activities. It holds the Board of the Kyoto University Foundation which is composed of selected alumni and faculty members of the University, and the relevant persons from outside the University. This Board decides on the award of grants and support for research projects in the following categories.
1. Support to promote international exchange
(A) Researchers exchange
(B) International events
2. Support to promote educational and academic research activities
(A) Academic research activities
(B) Educational activities
3. Support to improve facilities for education and research
4. Support publication of excellent academic books and publications
5. Support for public lectures and exhibitions