At Kyushu University, the KIKAN Education curriculum has been in place since the 2014 academic year. This curriculum fosters fundamental 'ways of thinking, perspectives, and methods of learning' that are essential for generating new knowledge and skills and solving unknown problems. Our goal is to nurture active learners who will continue to learn autonomously throughout their lives.

The KIKAN Education curriculum has been constructed as a system for creating the foundations that will support the growth of learning as it continues from students' initial years at university, through their undergraduate and graduate education, and onwards once they become working members of society. Rather than locking students into one specialist discipline, it promotes the exchange of diverse knowledge with others who have different values, emphasizing learning based on the dialogue of ideas "open to other people and situations," creating new knowledge, as well as "education with a high regard for process," in which students learn from mistakes and failure.

Moreover, the KIKAN Education curriculum is organized in such a way as to ensure consistency with the degree programs of each undergraduate school, which are based on human resource development, and seeks to deepen expertise through interaction with the departmental education of these schools.

○Composition

The composition of the KIKAN Education curriculum is as follows:

The KIKAN Education Seminar, problem-solving focused courses, academic approach courses, language and culture courses, humanities discipline courses, science discipline courses, cybersecurity courses, health and sports science courses, general studies, and KIKAN Education subjects for students in higher years.

○Completion method

The KIKAN Education subjects are typically designed for students to earn 37 credits in their first year of undergraduate studies. From the second year onward, each faculty sets a target of 11 credits to be earned.