Kumamoto is located in the center of Kyushu Island in Japan and is creamy. We have the enormous volcanic Aso mountain in the eastern part of Kumamoto Prefecture. On the west side, there is the picturesque Amakusa seashore with small islands connected by five bridges. So, the city is called FOREST CITY. We have a hill clad in fresh greenery behind the KU campus, giving us a tranquil atmosphere for studies. Kumamoto is also known for its high-quality freshwater springs, which provide drinking water to the residents.
Kumamoto University (KU), a globally active research university with roots in local communities, has adopted a motto that symbolizes the university's brand attributes and expresses its essential quality: "KU Spirit."
Kumamoto University aims to contribute to the community and global society by cultivating intelligent, moral, and skillful people while working for the creation, inheritance, and development of knowledge, following the Fundamental Law of Education's spirit, the School Education Law.
KU is one of the oldest universities in Japan with seven faculties, eleven graduate schools, and 23 research centers/institutes (August 2017) that support a broad spectrum of educational and research activities. Currently, the university is home to around 8,000 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students, including 507 international students from 49 countries (May 2017). For over 100 years, our university has been at the forefront of culture, advancing science and technology, and contributing to the Japanese educational system's development.
Recently, we have been selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) for the following three projects the Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities, the Top Global University Project, and the Center of Community Project. Consequently, KU will be seeing increased internationalization brought about by international academic and student exchange programs (as of September 2017, we have partnered with 222 institutes from 44 countries and regions), global-collaboration research programs with the world's world's leading researchers, and other such international activities. The short-term international student exchange programs are conducted at both KU and our partner universities. Through these activities, KU has been contributing to local communities and global society.
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 competent professionals and leaders of future societies will emanate from our university.
To cultivate unique, creative people, the university provides a comprehensive education based on a consistent philosophy followed by all our undergraduate departments and graduate schools.
With the help of a broad education, our undergraduate departments inculcate in students the abilities of international communication, adapting to the information age, and thinking and acting independently.
Our graduate schools cultivate highly specialized workers with comprehensive reasoning ability, technical knowledge, and internationally recognized skills, and in-depth insight into human beings and nature, based on the undergraduate education that the workers have received.
As an institution that is open to the public, the university offers a place where people can engage in lifelong learning.
The university strives to protect and develop humankind's cultural heritage while enhancing its capabilities to function as a center of advanced academic research and proactively promote cutting-edge, creative academic research.
Also, by making use of its unique features, comprehensively deepening knowledge in the fields of human science, social science, and natural science, as well as promoting interdisciplinary research, Kumamoto University is working to contribute to the harmonious coexistence of humans and the environment, as well as sustainable societal development.
As a university located in a regional hub city, the university will strengthen its cooperation with the local community and serve as a central research facility and cultivate leaders in the local community. By striving to convey our academic culture to the world, the university will contribute to the promotion of local industry and to advancing the provision of information about the culture.
The university also strives to promote international intellectual exchange, educate international students, and train graduate students capable of producing a bilateral international exchange.
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