Profile of President Yasuto Tachikawa

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  • Date of birth: September 1963
  • Academic degree: Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto University (23 January 1996)

Research interests

Water resources engineering, real-time flood runoff forecasting, rainfall-runoff modeling and predictions, hydrology

Educational background (from completion of bachelor’s degree)

January 1996Doctor of Engineering (by Thesis), Kyoto University
March 1989Master of Engineering, Department of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
March 1987Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

Employment history (full-time positions only)

October 2026President, Kyoto University
April 2026Vice-President (Long-Term Development and Planning), Kyoto University
April 2023Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and Deputy Executive Director (Katsura Campus)
November 2014Deputy Executive Vice-President (International Affairs), Kyoto University
October 2013Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
April 2007Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
April 1996Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
September 1990Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
April 1989Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.