Program Overview

Program Overview

The four-year international course in English leads to a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Undergraduate School of Engineering. The course aims to cultivate human resources capable of designing and managing civil infrastructures while considering global environmental issues around urban and regional areas, particularly in Asian and African countries.

Course Structure

In the first three years of the course, all the classes will be given at Kyoto University’s Yoshida Campus (Main Campus).

• First and second year students will primarily study subjects covering the liberal arts and the fundamentals of the natural sciences, such as:
  • Fundamental mathematics
  • Physics
  • Information Processing Basics
• Scientific English and basic Japanese lectures are also available.
• The number of specialized subjects increases substantially in the second semester of the second year.
• Second and third year students must therefore concentrate on studying a wide range of specialized subjects in the civil engineering fields.
• After acquiring sufficient academic skills and earning credits, students join one of the civil engineering research laboratories at Katsura Campus, Yoshida Campus or Uji Campus, and will begin the research project for their bachelor’s thesis in the fourth (final) year.
• The thesis must be submitted and presented in February of the final academic year.
• Once the thesis is successfully completed, students will graduate in March.

Postgraduate Opportunities

Postgraduate master programs will be opened in graduate schools, and professional education and research opportunities are provided on:

• “Management of civil infrastructure”
• “Urban and regional development” in master course
• “Human Security Engineering” in doctoral course.