Program Overview

Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability

The Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS) offers a degree program that seamlessly combines master’s and doctoral programs and covers a colorful array of areas of expertise. The program involves active collaboration with businesses, government agencies, and partner universities. By assembling leading instructors and students from Japan and abroad, the GSAIS will guide talented students to become leaders who, equipped with a broad perspective and originality, are ready to take on global challenges in their area of specialization, whether it be related to the private, public, or academic sectors. We aim to produce graduates who are capable of assuming responsibility as global leaders, combining a wide range of knowledge, high degree of expertise, flexible thinking, and practical skills with a high sense of mission and an ethical perspective.

Noteworthy Features

• Lectures on integrated studies on human survivability and leadership training programs which help students develop a broad spectrum of knowledge and on-site problem solving capabilities
• A one-year international internship during the program’s 4th year, which enables students to develop the diverse abilities required to operate internationally
• Project-based research during the 5th year, in which students plan and carry out their own projects involving various resources in Japan and abroad

Graduate Schools

• Faculty of Letters/Graduate School of Letters
• Faculty of Education/Graduate School of Education
• Faculty of Law/Graduate School of Law
• Faculty of Economics/Graduate School of Economics
• Faculty of Science/Graduate School of Science
• Faculty of Medicine/Graduate School of Medicine
• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences/Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Faculty of Engineering/Graduate School of Engineering
• Faculty of Agriculture/Graduate School of Agriculture
• Faculty of Integrated Human Studies/Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
• Graduate School of Energy Science
• Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (ASAFAS)
• Graduate School of Informatics
• Graduate School of Biostudies
• Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability
• Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES)
• Law School
• School of Government
• Graduate School of Management (GSM-KU)
• Program for Leading Graduate Schools

Research Institutes, Centers, and Other Entities

• Research institutes
• Centers
• Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS)