Program for Leading Graduate Schools

Program for Leading Graduate Schools

Sponsored by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), Program for Leading Graduate Schools works to advance the establishment of university graduate schools of the highest caliber by supporting the dramatic reform of their education programs in such a way that they will institute degree programs recognized as top quality around the world. To foster excellent students who are both highly creative and internationally attuned and who will play leading roles in the academic, industry and governmental sectors across the globe, the program brings top-ranking faculty and students together from both in and outside Japan and enlists participation from other sectors in its planning and execution, while creating continuity between master's and doctoral programs and implementing curricula that overarches fields of specialization. (Project Period: As a rule, 7 years)

  Program Core Department Project Period
FY2011 Graduate School of Advanced Leadership Studies, Kyoto University Graduate School of Advanced Leadership Studies 2011-2017
FY2011 Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies Disaster Prevention Research Institute 2011-2017
FY2012 Training Program of Leaders for Integrated Medical System for Fruitful Healthy-Longevity Society Graduate School of Medicine 2012-2018
FY2012 Collaborative Graduate Program in Design Graduate School of Informatics 2012-2018
FY2013 Leading Graduate Program for Primatology and Wildlife Science Graduate School of Science 2013-2019