Founded in 1911, Kyushu University is one of Japan's leading research-oriented institutes of higher
education, consistently ranking as one of the top ten Japanese universities in the Times Higher Education
World University Rankings and the QS World Rankings. The university is one of the seven national
universities in Japan, located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu—the most southwestern of Japan’s
four main islands with a population and land size slightly larger than Belgium. Kyushu U’s multiple campuses—home to around 19,000 students and 8000 faculty and staff—are located around Fukuoka City, a coastal metropolis that is frequently ranked among the world's most livable cities and historically known as Japan's gateway to Asia. Through its VISION 2030, Kyushu U will “drive social change with integrative knowledge.”
By fusing the spectrum of knowledge, from the humanities and arts to engineering and medical sciences,
Kyushu U will strengthen its research in the key areas of decarbonization, medicine and health, and environment and food, to tackle society’s most pressing issues
education, consistently ranking as one of the top ten Japanese universities in the Times Higher Education
World University Rankings and the QS World Rankings. The university is one of the seven national
universities in Japan, located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu—the most southwestern of Japan’s
four main islands with a population and land size slightly larger than Belgium. Kyushu U’s multiple campuses—home to around 19,000 students and 8000 faculty and staff—are located around Fukuoka City, a coastal metropolis that is frequently ranked among the world's most livable cities and historically known as Japan's gateway to Asia. Through its VISION 2030, Kyushu U will “drive social change with integrative knowledge.”
By fusing the spectrum of knowledge, from the humanities and arts to engineering and medical sciences,
Kyushu U will strengthen its research in the key areas of decarbonization, medicine and health, and environment and food, to tackle society’s most pressing issues
The Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences (IGSES), one of 19 graduate schools at KU, has been participating in CAMPUS Asia (CA) project since 2011. KU has been systematically and strategically promoting world-class research on energy including hydrogen energy, wind-generated/solar energy, and energy derived from carbon resources, as well as first-class research on environmental issues in East Asia. Being
an umbrella group of the project Novel Carbon Resource Sciences: Coal-based Eco-Innovations, funded by the Japanese government as a Global
COE Program, the IGSES is known for its quality teaching and high research standards in the fields of low carbon energy technology.
Since KU concluded academic and student exchange agreements with PNU (1986, 1994) and SJTU (2002), mutual exchange of students and
academic collaboration have continued to grow. In particular, an agreement for awarding double doctorate degrees was signed between IGSES (KU) and College of Engineering (PNU) in 2019.
an umbrella group of the project Novel Carbon Resource Sciences: Coal-based Eco-Innovations, funded by the Japanese government as a Global
COE Program, the IGSES is known for its quality teaching and high research standards in the fields of low carbon energy technology.
Since KU concluded academic and student exchange agreements with PNU (1986, 1994) and SJTU (2002), mutual exchange of students and
academic collaboration have continued to grow. In particular, an agreement for awarding double doctorate degrees was signed between IGSES (KU) and College of Engineering (PNU) in 2019.