Kumamoto university

Kumamoto is known for its high quality fresh water springs, which provide drinking water to the residents. Kumamoto can have an enjoyable and high quality life here, KU is one of the oldest universities in japan,and now has seven faculties, eight graduate schools and 18 research centers/institutions that support a wide spectrum of educational and research  activities. Recently, we have been selected by the Government as one of the Japanese 22 Research University.

   Currently, the university is home to more than 8,100 undergraduate students and 2000 graduate students, including 432 international students from 47 countries (as of May 2014). For over 100 years university has been at the forefront of culture, advancing science and technology, and contributing to the development of the Japanese educational system.

  Presently, KU will be seeing increased internationalization brought about by international academic and student exchange programs (as of september 2014, we have partneredwith 165 institutes from 32 countries and regions),global-collaboration research programs with the world's leading researchers at the Global Centers of  Excellence (g-coe:three projects have been successfully completed),and other such international activities. The short-terminternational student exchange programs are conducteed at both KU and our partner universities. The Kumamoto University Forum has also been held both inside and outside Japan(including Shanghai,China in 2005,Daejeon ,Shanghai, China again in 2012, and Surabaya,Indonesia again in 2013).

 Through these activities,KU has been contributing to local communities and to global society, and this year, the Government selected KU as one of the 37 Top Global  university  Projects.

KU has established four fundamental policies in Kumamoto University for you (ku4u),and these have been continuously pursued:

 1.Upgrade: To teach the students to be future professionals so that they can make active contributions of a global caliber in a rapidly changing world.

 2.Uniqueness: To research our own world-leading studies in the most advanced fields,to create innovation and well-being in society.

 3.Union: To collaborate with local and global societies, and to give back to society by providing a promising future through the promotion of education, culture, industry, advanced medical practices and more.

 4. Universality: To develop global academic networks and increase internationalization by increasing the numbers of international students and international academic exchange programs, as well as through other means.

     In order to keep these promises, we seek to cultivate an open mind with a broad view, a creative imagination, the ability to solve problems, and the aptitude to communicate internationally. We believe this policy will ensure that many cometent professionals and leadres of future societies will emanate from our university.