At Kyushu University, to promote interaction between faculty members and researchers at an international level, we are engaged in the “Top Global University Project” and are proactively implementing a range of support projects to both dispatch people overseas and invite overseas researchers and staff to Japan.

○Status of international exchanges for faculty members and researchers (dispatches and intake)

The current state of faculty members dispatched overseas, international faculty members, researchers from overseas and agreements with Universities in other countries, is as shown below.

＊No. of faculty members/researchers dispatched overseas

Trend in number of researchers posted overseas

Source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Culture “Survey into State of International Research Exchange Activities”

＊Number of researchers accepted from overseas

Trend in number of international faculty members

Source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Culture “Survey into State of International Research Exchange Activities”

＊List of partner universities

Kyushu University has concluded partnership agreements between universities (academic: 152, students: 142) and between departments (academic: 255, students: 201). (As of December 1, 2023)

• The latest situation with partnership agreements
  https://www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/intlweb/agreeview/worldmap.php?en=1​

○Intake of foreign faculty members and researchers

The University is positively promoting the intake of excellent personnel from abroad, while using cutting-edge research information to increase the international competitiveness of the University.

＊Contact point for office procedures (each department and International Affairs Department)

Please inquire through the global relations personnel of the department regarding office procedures.

○International cooperation

The University holds out Asia pivot strategies and has been providing education, research, technology development and training of personnel in mainly Asian developing countries continuously. The University is involved in projects through collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and supports the establishment of universities abroad based on partnerships between countries.

＊Examples of international cooperation through JICA, etc

1. JICA related businesses
   ASEAN Higher Engineering Education Development Network (SEED-Net), Project for Capacity Building in Engineering, Science and Technology at Hasanuddin University (Indonesia)
   ・Higher Engineering Education Development Project (Mongol)
   ・Project for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas through Effective Utilization of Bio-wastes with Highly Efficient Fuel Cell Technology (Vietnam)
   ・Efficient and innovative green / blue hydrogen production technologies development project for carbon-neutral society keeping in mind the characteristics of the region (Uzbekistan)
2. Supporting the establishment of universities abroad based on the partnerships between countries.
   Egypt-Japan University Of Science & Technology (E-JUST)
   Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT)
   Indian Institute Of Technology–Hyderabad (IIT–Hyderabad)

○External funding

＊Contact point for applying to an international exchange operation such as JICA or JSPS

• Global Relations, International Affairs Division, International Affairs Department
  092-802-2218、2221
  ext.:90-2218, 2221
  intlkkoryu2★jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
  Replace ★ with @ in email addresses.

* Information regarding international exchange operations which are opened up through the private sector are posted on the research support website (on-campus only).

○Names of organizations and titles of staff in English

List of organizations and titles of the staff of Kyushu University in English are available on https://www.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/intlweb/en/teacher/bilingualization. This is not to obligate you to use English names but to use them as a reference when you need it for work.