Kumamoto University (KU) is a national university located in the city of Kumamoto in Kyushu, the southern-most main island of Japan. Kumamoto City is the third largest city in Kyushu, having a population of approximately 740,000, known for its abundance of trees and greenery.

Kumamoto University is one of Japan's oldest and most prestigious national universities. Currently, we are home to 10,114 students, including 495 international students, and the University is dedicated to providing a world-class education and research experience to students from all over the world.

Graduate School of Science and Technology (GSST), Kumamoto University aims to foster people with leadership and the ability to solve various problems presented by the rapidly changing society with a flexible approach from scientific and technological points of view. In order to achieve this goal, we offer the Master’s Course in which students receive more specialized education and the Doctoral Course in which students learn from leading-edge, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive education and research. Through these two integrated courses, we provide students with a comprehensive background in multiple specialized fields as to be able to conduct interdisciplinary work.

We also aim to foster people with broader views, creativity, and leadership by promoting collaboration with leading research institutions, so that we are able to supply talented people to the local community to contribute to its development. Furthermore, we aim to make the Graduate School more open to the local and global communities by providing more educational opportunities to adult and international students.

JDS Fellows will be accepted in International Joint Education Program for Science and Technology (IJEP), in which lectures and research instructions are in English. IJEP is opened to serve the mission of GSST, which aims to become an internationally competitive educational and research institution by providing comprehensive education and research in an open and interdisciplinary environment.
In this program master students are required to take 35 credits for completion. Four credits must be obtained from "Current Science and Technology in Japan" and "English for Science and Technology", mandatory classes for IJEP, and the remaining 31credits are taken according to the requirements of their department. Intensive lectures on various topics in English offered in Global Joint Education Center for Science and Technology (GJEC) by professors invited from overseas universities are also available for the students and can be counted for credit requirements.

In the Master’s course of IJEP, students are required to obtain 35 credits including the two required classes for IJEP students and to complete dissertation.

Graduate School of Science and Technology (2years)
【Computer Science and Electrical Engineering】
https://www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/gsst-en/program/masters_c/masters_c_csee/

Education Program for Electrical Engineering
The field of electrical energy and electronic devices includes the most fundamental and key technologies to support our society and its infrastructures, for example, through the efficient utilization of electric energy, the development of renewable energy resources, the development of innovative materials and electronic devices, and so on. In the division, both research and education are performed on Electric Power Systems, Electric Energy Conversion, Industrial Applications of Power Electronics, Environment Oriented Devices and Systems, Superconducting Devices, ULSI Technology, and Nano-Structure Technology.

Subjects Available for All Departments

(#) It is mandatory to take 1 credit from these subject groups offered by GJEC (Global Joint Education Center for Science and Technology, Kumamoto University)
(※) Required classes for IJEP students (students who do not belong to IJEP cannot take these classes)

Education Program for Electrical Engineering in Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

(Notice)

• - It is mandatory to take 12 credits from * marked subjects.
• - You may take up to 10 credits from other education program in GSST (Graduate School of Science and Technology).

Seminar on Special Projects I

We offer several “Seminar on Special Project”. Detail information will be given after enrolling our program,

We will find a suitable supervisor for JDS Fellows through director of division of special program (IJEP), before their admission.
https://www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/gsst-en/res_act/

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

* These professors can accept JDS Fellows.

※Reference
http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/prospective/calender/

• International House

International House, the dormitory for international students and foreign researchers, is located about 1.5km east of the Main Campus. A total of 232 rooms are available for international students and researchers. Rooms are furnished and even have small kitchens for making meals.

http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/prospective/accommodation/international_house/

• University Library

The University Library provides information resources and services to support the university’s educational and research activities.

Central Library: Monday to Friday 8:40a.m-10:00p.m, Saturday and Sunday 12:00p.m – 6:00 p.m.
http://www.lib.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/eng/howtouse

From University:

In GSST, we aim to foster students who can work internationally with specialized knowledge and skills in science and technology. We have more than 150 international students from various countries, and most of them are studying in IJEP. As we consider diversity on campus is a very important factor to promote better education and research, we are very happy to welcome students from abroad.