Kagoshima University

Kagoshima University


Established	1949
Type	Public (National)
President	Hiroki Yoshida
Admin. staff	2,444
Students	9,368
Location	Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
Campus	Korimoto Shimoarata Sakuragaoka
Website	Official website

Kagoshima University is a Japanese national university located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

There are three campuses:

Shimoarata: Faculty of Fisheries
Sakuragaoka: Faculty of Medicine
Korimoto: Faculties of Engineering, Science, Agriculture, Education, Humanities and Literature

University Charter :

Kagoshima University is situated at the southern gateway of the Japanese Archipelago to the Asian region and is blessed with a rich natural environment of seas, volcanic mountains and islands. During the reform and modernization of Japan in the middle of the nineteenth century, Kagoshima produced many leaders who boldly took on the many difficult challenge of the time. In keeping with his unique geography and history, Kagoshima University aims to be a comprehensive university that contributes to society and the community in sustaining academic freedom and diversity, and in supporting the spirit of self-sufficiency and enterprise.

Education
Kagoshima University strives to help students discover and develop their potential and ability and provide a wide-range of liberal arts and professional education to help individuals foster a spirit of initiative that capitalizes on local attributes. Kagoshima University endeavors to provide graduates of both high morality and social nature who aspire to overcome challenge and work activity for the global society.
Research
Kagoshima University emphasizes respective researches and fosters leading researchers for the 21st century through collaboration with outstanding researchers in various academic fields. Kagoshima University aims to become a world-class center of excellence by expanding research to meet regional demands as well as promoting research activities that have universal application.

Contribution to Society
Kagoshima University contributes to the development and dynamism of the regional community through promotion of industries in the southern Kyushu area, enrichment of medical care and welfare, conservation of the surrounding environment, advancement of education and culture and many other endeavors. Kagoshima University works actively to strengthen our partnership with countries in Asia-Pacific region through mutual exchange of researchers and students, and international joint research and education in order to contribute to the human welfare and to help foster peace and the preservation of the global environment.

University Management
Kagoshima University, under the leadership of the president, develops and advances its educational and research environment with participation in university management by all members of the faculty and the administration. Based on the University's autonomy, Kagoshima University conducts continuous self-inspection and self-evaluation and fulfils its responsibility to society in implementing management that is fair and highly transparent and actively responsive to external consideration.

Project/ Programs based on the Kagoshima University Charter :

EDUCATION :
1. Program for Fostering Undergraduate Development and Volunteerism

Project leader: Professor Hisayoshi KADO, Director of Education Center
Professor Haruhiko OHTSUBO, Deputy President, Education and Volunteer Project

With the inauguration of 2008 as the 'first year of the Volunteer', Kagoshima University has begun 'Study of Volunteers' in the general education course and established the Support Center for Volunteer Activities. Based on the University Charter, Kagoshima University aims to develop further students' capacity as human beings and individuals through the volunteering and other such activities.That is, the university puts the 'volunteer' actively not only the aim in itself but as an important educational opportunity.
Putting its priority on students' self-expression, the program aims to educate students' nurturing initiative and altruistic mind.Concretely speaking, this means to help students sufficiently aware of the necessity to develop their own knowledge, empathy, judgment and energy further in supporting communities and people, independently, and to advance useful outcomes for communities through meaningful activities by interaction with local society and people.
The program tries to develop students' desire and willingness to volunteer in activities and to cultivate the 'Undergraduate with the spirit of enterprise' through the assistance of the Support Center for Volunteer Activities.

[Execution Plans]

2009 To start operation of the Support Data Bank for Volunteers
Developing a form of the support for making students' incentive in volunteer
Preparing for sending students and staff to disaster areas as voluntarys
2010 Introduction of the program for developing undergraduate in general education course - Program for Self- Advancement *-
*Program for Self-AdvancementMultiple program consisting of the subjects collaborating with the Education Center and the Support Center for Volunteer Activities such as 'Study of Volunteers' and 'Nurturing Volunteer Coordinator', and subjects concerning technology acquisition such as 'Sign Language','Caring for the Elderly' and 'Rare Animals Protection'

2.Education Course to Cultivate the Spirit of Enterprise with Local Characteristics

Project leader: Professor Munetomo NEDACHI, Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Kagoshima University achieved research results from many regional studies in various fields such as politics, economics, culture, medicine, industry, science, geography and climate and so on. Reflecting the knowledge in education, Kagoshima University established the 'View the world from Kagoshima in liberal arts course'. To embody the University Charter, the characteristics of the course are not only providing information endemic of the Kagoshima region, but also fostering insight into the nature of the essence of Kagoshima through understanding with scientific view, and additionally the ability to know about the world from Kagoshima.
The course consists of 10 subjects in the series of 'Kagoshima-touring', 15 subjects in the experience series and 12 in developmental subjects. Over a total of 2700 students are participating every year.
This liberal arts course provided in Kagoshima University is the general education to cultivate the spirit of enterprise based on the glocal (global-local) policy collaborating with volunteer education and international sensibility training education.
At present, for further developing the education philosophy taking advantage of the region's characteristics, the establishment of 'Glocal General Education' in which students from all over the prefecture in 2009 cooperate with other higher educational institutions, local governments, companies, private organizations and others, and moreover, the ideas to open the higher education utilizing ICT for not only the other universities' students but also high school students and members of society, are being examining. In addition, 'Program of Regional University Consortium in Kagoshima' has begun as the Support Program for Strategic University Collaboration of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology basis in January 2009.

CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY :
1. Kagoshima Environment Project

Project leader: Deputy President Hiroshi ONODERA
The project was begun in October 2008 for the purpose of establishing an education and research base for the environment, organizing and systematizing the largest environmental problems in modern society.
The campus-wide project has a three-year term ending in 2010.
The aims of this project are as follows;

(1)Students gain the basic knowledge of environment
(2)To promote education and research fully utilizing rich natural environment
(3)Actively making up-to-date proposals regarding the environment from the view point of local society

Based on the keyword 'hands-on policy', a working group consisting of university staff, prefectural government workers, mass media and others, is analyzing the current condition of the environment, nature and region in Yakushima, Amami and others in Kagoshima. In addition, the working group is preparing to offer an environment course in 2011.
On January 24th, 2009, the Kagoshima Environment Symposium was held to mark the start of the project. In the symposium the keynote speeches by Prof. Juichi Yamagiwa, Graduate School of Kyoto University and Mr. Hikaru Kobayashi, Director General of Environmental Policy Bureau of Ministry of the Environment (currently Administrative Vice Minister of the Environment) were made, and a panel discussion held including young researchers of Kagoshima University. The symposium ﬁnished successfully with participation of over 300 local citizens and other attendees.

Activity Plans for the year 2009

Open Lecture in Amami-city: August 2009
"Kagoshima Environment I"
"Key-words Dictionary of Kagoshima Environment": July 2009

2. Local Symphony by the community and the university

Project leader: Professor Heizo KOBAYASHI, Faculty of Education

This project is promoted based on the mission declared in the Kagoshima University Charter as 'Kagoshima University contributes to the development and dynamism of the regional community through promotion of industries in the southern Kyushu area, enrichment of medical care and welfare, conservation of the surrounding environment, advancement of education and culture and many other endeavors.'
To address the various problems in the community society, the project promote specifically as follows;

(1)Conduct joint investigations and research with the University and the local citizens
(2)The University provides special courses based on the accumulated research outcomes.
(3)Students participate in each of the activities to learn from experiences.

This project is coordinated between the university and community through the joint studies and joint researches. The project is promoted in trinity of research, education and contribution to society.
The project promoted the programs in the two of municipalities, Ibusuki and Yoron-cho last year and ﬁnished successfully with participation of a total of 750 local citizens, 28 academic staff from all faculties and a total of 380 students. Participation by so many students and the other people including high-school students in the workshops, hands-on activities and so on was remarkable. The special course opened in 20 times with various instructors, such as an artist activities and so on was remarkable. The special course opened in 20 times with various instructors, such as an artist workshop for engineering experiments, and three researchers who were involved in 'Students' (children) Film Festival in Ibusuki' and made a discussion, were also successful.
Full scale investigation of regional problems, special courses based on analysis and collaborative learning, workshops to respond to the problems and hands-on activities are planned in the second year 2009.

3. Island Project: Autonomous and Sustainable Development in the Island World

Project Leader: Prof. Shigeto Tominaga, Director of International Education & Research Centers for the Pacific Islands

The major objective of this project is the fostering of autonomous development that is not only economically profitable but also ecologically sustainable for the island and islanders. This comprehensive research effort is comparative in scope, collaborative in nature, and draws on the personal and professional resources of Kagoshima University's Research Center for the Pacific Islands and of cooperating research organizations in and outside Japan. Areas of investigation include people, land, society, and oceanic ecosystems in the near and more distant Pacific. Small Pacific islands such as those in the Federated States of Micronesia are particularly vulnerable to the kind of environmental disturbance and devastation caused by global warming. As such, they have become the critical focal point for investigations into the efforts of global climate change that affect islands everywhere. Researchers from Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands join with colleagues from the University of the South Pacific and the University of Guam to establish monitoring points form which to observe and measure this environmental perturbation. The professional research staffs of the University of the South Pacific and the University of Guam possess an extensive and distinguished record of achievement in studying the effects of environmental change on island societies. Both universities have existing research agreements with Kagoshima University. The results of this collaborative project will contribute to a clearer, more effective, and more feasible approach to autonomous development for islands that is at once economically viable and environmentally sustainable in this rapidly changing, increasingly globalized world. Another outcome of the project will be planning for establishment in fiscal 2009 of the Research and Education Center for the Islands, an entity designed to provide a stronger institutional structure for research and education on autonomous development in the larger Pacific islands world.

The Research Activities of the Project from 2004 to 2009

2004:

Investigation of Yoron and the Amami Oshima Islands.
Establishment of a data base for the Satsunan Islands on the project homepage.
Symposium: The Symbiosis of People and Nature in the South Paciﬁc Islands
Open lecture: Agriculture in the Amami Islands, Now and in the Future.

2005:

Investigation of the Uji Islands
Symposium: The Future of Islands Folksongs
International Symposium: Global Warming and the Paciﬁc Islands

2006:

Investigation of Gajya Island
Investigation of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Symposium: Islands in Asia and Kagoshima, the Strategy of Kagoshima
International Symposium: Global Warming and Globalization in the Paciﬁc Islands.

2007:

Investigation of Iou-torishima and Yoro Islands
Investigation of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Symposium: Bullﬁghts and the Network of Remote Areas
Symposium: The Symbiosis of People and Nature in the Paciﬁc Islands

2008:

Preservation of Statistical Data on the Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture and Establishment on the project homepage
Investigation of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Open lecture: The Tokara Islands, Where Pure Nature Remains
Symposium: Creatures of the Sea

2009:

Investigation of Kuchinoerabu Island
Publication: Comprehensive Studies for Autonomous Development in Islands. and East China Sea, coexist with the active volcanic region

Board Members

	Name	Term
President	Hiroki YOSHIDA	2007.1.12 - 2013.3.31
Executive Director (General Affairs)	Naotake KAWAHARA	2010.4.1 - 2012.3.31
Executive Director (Planning)	Hidenori SHIMA	2009.4.1 - 2012.3.31
Executive Director (Education)	Mikiko ABE	2010.4.1 - 2012.3.31
Executive Director (Research)	Yoshizane MAEDA	2009.4.1 - 2012.3.31
Executive Director (Finance) & Director General	Chikara MORIMOTO	2009.4.1 - 2012.3.31
Executive Director (Management)	Yoshio Ohno	2009.5.1 - 2012.3.31

Vice-President (Public Relations & Information Technology	Makoto HAGINO	2010.4.1 - 2011.3.31
Vice-President (International Affairs)	Masanori BABA	2010.4.1 - 2011.3.31
Vice-President (Industry-academia-Government Collaboration)	Jun-ichi ABE	2010.4.1 - 2011.3.31
Vice-President (University Hospital)	Hideo TAKAMATSU	2010.4.1 - 2012.3.31
Vice-President (Campur Planning)	Takakazu TOMOKIYO	2010.4.1 - 2011.3.31

Executive Auditor	Yoshio BANDO	2008.4.1 - 2112.3.31
Executive Auditor	Takao KAWASAKI	2008.4.1 - 2112.3.31

Deputy Presidents

	Name	Position
General & Personnel Affairs	Hiroshi SUZUKI	Professor, Faculty of Fisheries
Crisis Management	Minoru OGURI	Professor, Law School
Gender Equality	Mariko TAJIMA	Professor, Faculty of Education
Legal Affairs	Minoru MAEDA	Professor, Law School
Planning & Evaluation	Atsushi YAMAMOTO	Professor, Faculty of Fisheries
Education	Akira IIBOSHI	Professor, Faculty of Education
University-High School Cooperation	Toshiyuki ASANO	Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Student Guidance and Welfare	Shuichi SHINMORI	Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
General Education	Hisayoshi KADO	Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Research	Hirohito TSUBOUCHI	Professor, Graduate School of Medical & Dental Sciences
Community Cooperation	Kazuro MOMII	Professor, Faculty of Agriculture
Islands Project	Shigeto TOMINAGA	Professor, Faculty of Agriculture
Environment Project	Hiroshi ONODERA	Designated Professor
Finance	Yoshinori FUJISHIGE	Professor, Faculty of Law, Economics and Literature
Information Technology*	Kunihiko MORI	Professor, Computing & Communications Center

Organization Chart :

Statistics of the University :

Undergraduate Courses ( as of May 1, 2011 )

Faculties	Expected Admissions (per year)	Expected Admissions as transfer student (3rd year)	Undergraduates
Faculties	Expected Admissions (per year)	Expected Admissions as transfer student (3rd year)	Male	Female	Total
Law, Economics ans Humanities	395	10	728	1,027	1,755
Education	275		573	653	1,226
Science	185		571	233	804
Medicine	227	30	537	616	1,153
Dentistry	53		194	132	326
Engineering	440	20	1,718	298	2,016
Agriculture	235		629	458	1,087
Fisheries	140		422	175	597
Total	1,950	60	5,372	3,592	8,964

Graduate Course ( as of May 1, 2011 )

Courses	Master's Courses			Doctoral Courses			Total
Courses	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Humanities and Social Sciences	39	13	52	18	9	27	57	22	79
Education	51	30	81				51	30	81
Health Sciences	17	29	46	9	14	23	26	43	69
Sciences and Engineering	550	67	617	64	13	77	614	80	694
Agriculture	82	37	119				82	37	119
Fisheries	58	19	77				58	19	77
Medical and Dental Sciences	17	14	31	277	103	380	294	117	411
Medical Science				24	3	27	24	3	27
Law School				22	14	36	22	14	36
Clinical Psychology	3	28	31				3	28	31
United Graduate School of Agricutural Sciences				88	45	133	88	45	133
Total	814	209	1,023	505	229	734	1,319	438	1,757
United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences				18	5	23	18	5	23

Faculties & Graduate Schools :

Faculties :

Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities
Comprising of three departments (Law and Policy, Economics and Humanities) this multidiscipline faculty aims at producing graduates who are capable of dealing with the problems that face today's society based on an in-depth knowledge of social and cultural issues.

The Department of Law and Policy has developed a modern legal education system that includes instruction on practical legal negotiation and policy planning and its legislation. The Department of Economics with its low student-to-teacher ratio and emphasis on information literacy uses three curriculum models to promote problem-solving among its students. Finally the Department of Humanities offers a varied range of courses that give instruction in offers a varied range of courses that give instruction in multicultural societies and media culture; regional studies and cultural development; and international exchange amongst others. The faculty also offers interdepartmental courses in career education and media studies.
Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Education has its roots in a teacher training school founded in 1875. The present institution dates from 1949 and was expanded in 1994 to include a graduate school. The curriculum stresses individual research and encourages the deepening of specialist knowledge through lectures, seminars, experiments, practical training, ﬁeld work, the observation of child development, performance, painting, pottery, etc.

The sports facilities include an athletics track, a multipurpose playing field, tennis courts, two gymnasiums, martial arts rooms, and a swimming pool.

Building on the foundations laid by the Faculty of Education, the Graduate School seeks to cultivate over a broad area of academic study and artistic activity a high level of specialist knowledge, ability, and insight into the complicated problems of teaching in the present day.
Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science, established in 1965, plays an important role both on education and research in the field of fundamental natural science, as the only such faculty in the southern Kyushu area. The faculty is composed of four departments, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry and Bioscience, and Earth and Environmental Sciences. The students are expected to develop not only to be expert knowledge in each ﬁeld, but also to have the ﬂexibility to meet current needs in various areas. It has a close connection with the regional community through geographical speciﬁcity. For example, the location surrounded by both Pacific Ocean along subtropical islands. These features provide infinitive research topics, including both theoretical and applied fields, especially Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Geographical Sciences. The Nansei-Toko observatory for Earthquakes and Volcanoes was established in 1991 as a facility affiliated with the faculty, contributing to practice such objectives. In Space Science field, the faculty promotes the joint education system with NAOJ (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and carries out collaborative projects using VERA Radio Telescope.

For advanced studies, the Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Master's and Doctoral Courses), is provided.
Faculty of Medicine
The original forerunner of the faculty of Medicine was a British-style medical school founded in 1869. Dr. William Willis, the ﬁrst Principal of that school, introduced western medicine to Kagoshima and worked to train many Japanese students.　The Faculty of Medicine is now comprised of two schools, namely, the School of Medicine and the School of Health Sciences. The latter was established in 1998 with the aim of training medical technicians of the highest standard. The faculty cultivates highly qualiﬁed professionals and over the years, has made substantial contributions to the advancement of medical science and to the health and welfare of people across Japan. It aims to foster personnel who are not only highly studious, but who have well-rounded characters, can make contributions to the local community, and who have an international perspective on medicine and healthcare.
Faculty of Dentistry
The Faculty of Dentistry was founded in 1977 with the purpose of being the leading regional center for dental education, research and treatment in southern Kyushu. The faculty members are actively engaged in teaching the causes of caries, periodontal disease, anomaly of occlusion, loss of tooth, external injury-aplasia-pain and tumor of oral and maxillofacial area, and are aiming at establishment of the prevention and the cure. The School aims to provide highly talented students who can contribute locally and internationally through their scientiﬁcally creative practices in every ﬁeld of dental medicine. Students are not only trained in the knowledge and techniques essential to the oral area, but are also encouraged to undertake general medical subjects including internal medicine and surgery as well as general academic subjects. A unique elective program gives them opportunities to join research projects in each laboratory for the purpose of developing their original ideas and encouraging individual accomplishments.
Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering of Kagoshima University began as Kagoshima Prefectural College of Engineering and was established in April 1945. A few years later, in February 1949, this college became a prefectural university. In July 1955, the prefectural university was made part of Kagoshima University.

The Faculty of Engineering has a great responsibility to carry out basic research on engineering applications. Also, it is necessary to train students to become engineers with international vision in this competitive world. Depending on the current requirements of society, education and research activities need to be expanded to meet the new challenges. The Faculty of Engineering strives hard to provide proper education and training to students so that they can become excellent researchers and engineers. Now, the Faculty of Engineering is revising its syllabus and course contents to bring them, more than ever, up to international standards and to meet the requirements of JABEE (the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education). Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Ocean Civil Engineering are accredited by JABEE as of May 2009.
Faculty of Agriculture
The Faculty of Agriculture dates back over 100 years to 1908. Today, the faculty consists of four departments: Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Biochemical Sciences and Technology, Environmental Sciences and Technology, and Veterinary Medicine. In addition, there are three research institutes on and outside the university campus: the Experimental Farms, the University Forests, and the Veterinary Hospital. The faculty's missions are to contribute to the advancement of science and to the promotion of higher research and education in agriculture.

The faculty has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, of whom approximately three percent are from abroad. The undergraduate course provides students with a wide ranging basic education in agriculture, including field training, laboratory experiments and various research activities. Except for the department of Veterinary Medicine, two-year graduate courses offer the master of science degree. For those seeking doctoral degrees, the three-year program of the United Graduate School of Agriculture or the four-year program of the United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences are available.
Faculty of Fisheries
The Faculty of Fisheries is composed of six fields: Fisheries Biology and Oceanography, Aquaculture, Biochemistry and Technology of Marine Food and Resources, Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Economics, Course for Fishery-Teacher Accreditation. The faculty's areas of involvement range widely from the inland and oceanic waters of South-East Asia and the South Paciﬁc to the water around Japan, and it aims to contribute to international as well as local communities in the fields of sustainable development and rational utilization of fisheries resources, conservation of the aquatic environment, and creation of aquatic-related subsistent culture. In response to contemporary needs such as for security in food production and conservation of the marine environment, the faculty provides high quality and up-to-date ﬁsheries education to produce qualiﬁed technical manpower and leads the world with the variety of its activities in tropical and sub-tropical ﬁsheries sciences. The faculty was certiﬁed to use the standardized ISO 9001 quality assurance system in December 2003 as the ﬁrst case in the ﬁeld of tertiary education in Japan.

Graduate Schools :

The university's graduate schools cover various ﬁelds. The number of graduate students in the university totals is approximately 1800-1900 including the courses of master's, doctoral and professional degree. A master's degree is awarded to those having completed a master's course which lasts normally for two years. Students who have ﬁnished a master's course in humanities and social sciences, science, agriculture, fisheries or engineering can apply for the corresponding doctoral courses. If there is no relevant doctoral course in this university, students might apply for a doctoral course in another university. In the ﬁeld of medical, dental and veterinary science, no master's courses are offered because they have six-year undergraduate courses. Students who have completed their undergraduate courses in these ﬁelds can directly apply for the corresponding doctoral courses. A two-year medical science master course is open to those who have graduated in other disciplines and aim to obtain knowledge and techniques relating to medicine and dentistry in order to play a signiﬁcant role in various ﬁelds after completing the course. A doctorate in humanities and social sciences, health sciences, agriculture, ﬁsheries, science and engineering is awarded to those having completed a three-year doctoral course. In the case of doctorates in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine, completion of a four-year doctoral course is required. A professional degree (JD) is awarded to those having completed a three- year professional graduate course of Law School. The professional graduate school for clinical psychology provides a master's degree to those having completed a two-year master course.
Japanese universities have another system called ronpaku. This system provides researchers with a chance to obtain doctorates from Japanese universities through the submission of a dissertation without going through the course studies. A person who wishes to be awarded the ronpaku degree is required to have already made good achievements in his/ her research ﬁeld and is recommended to make contact with a program advisor of the Graduate School of Kagoshima University before submission of his/her dissertation.

Graduate School of Humanistic-Sociological Sciences
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers four masters' courses in Law, Economics and Social Systems, Humanistic-Environmental Cultural Sciences and International Cultural Studies and a doctoral degree course in Social Sciences.

The school promotes its various research areas and has developed high quality postgraduate programs centered mainly on community-based subjects to enhance students' practical expertise in their specialised fields. Meeting the challenges of providing higher education accessible to mature students from the local community, classes are offered both in the evening to enable those with full-time jobs to enrol and off-campus in the access centers in Amami and Tokunoshima.
Graduate School of Education
Graduating students can advance to the post-graduate Education Research Course after their graduation. This course deals with one main area: Education Practice Research. Graduates receive a Masters degree in Education. Those who have already attained a ﬁrst-class teacher's certiﬁcate can also acquire a specialized certiﬁcate. Those who want to obtain a teacher's license for elementary school must already have a license for teaching at junior or senior high school, and must be enrolled in the graduate school at least for three years.
Graduate School of Health Science
The graduate school of health sciences aims to develop: professionals with highly advanced knowledge and skills in health sciences; leaders and administrators who can carry out excellent educational and research activities; and personnel who can contribute to health care on remote islands and all over the world, as well as disseminate the results and data of educational research widely. In April 2003, a master's course was established, and in April 2005, a doctoral course was set up.

The department's educational goals are to develop: 1) professionals, leaders, and administrators with advanced professional knowledge and skills; 2) high-quality educators and researchers to act as health care professionals; 3) personnel who can carry out original research and efﬁciently provide education to develop students' competencies; 4) personnel who can practice as leaders and administrators in community health care settings; 5) personnel who can practice as leaders in health care for islands and remote areas; and 6) personnel who can promote international health care activities.
Graduate School of Agriculture
Graduate School of Agriculture was established in 1966. It offers the following three courses: Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Biochemical Science and Technology, Environmental Sciences and Technology. Located in the food production base of Japan motivating wide range of biological and natural resources, we study environmentally friendly food production techniques, clariﬁcation and application of biological functions, conservation and reformation of natural ecosystem and vitalization of rural societies. Furthermore, we promote research and education for new technology in the ﬁeld of agriculture, forestry and food industry introducing bio-technology and advanced technique. We designed the school to develop students into highly specialized technicians and advanced researchers.
Graduate School of Fisheries
The Graduate School of Fisheries consists of five fields that include Fisheries Biology and Oceanography, Aquaculture, Biochemistry and Technology of Marine Food and Resources, Fisheries Engineering and Fisheries Economics. It provides a high-quality education and aims to produce qualiﬁed technical personnel who will join Fisheries Research Stations, Private Research Institutes or other ﬁsheries related work. Some course lectures are conducted in English because many foreign students from East Asia, Africa and South America are enrolled in the Master's in Fisheries Science and Technology Course. A high percentage of them will continue to obtain a Doctor's degree in Fisheries Science at our United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences. Our faculty is involved in several projects overseas and encourages our young researchers to join these activities.
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
The Graduate School of Science and Engineering consists of ten divisions for a master's course and three divisions for a doctoral course.

It is our mission to produce professionals who dedicate themselves to scientiﬁc pursuit, uphold high ethical standards and take on a difﬁcult challenge, and to provide education that meets the changing needs of society both in content and paradigm so that we can contribute to the betterment of the local as well as the world community. To put this mission into practice, we educate students in theories ranging from basic to applied science and engineering, support them in their advanced study and help them contribute to the progress of human cultures.

We develop our students into engineers, researchers and other professionals for the coming age in which such professionals will be required to be capable of making ethical judgments on issues that surround us, knowledgeable about nature and responsive to the advancement and diversiﬁcation in the natural sciences.
Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
The Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, with its three courses and fourteen departments, aims to respond quickly to the many demands of society and to carry out high level education and research efficiently while placing priority on medical ethics. The school strives to apply itself with ﬂexibility and wide-ranging scope to medical research and the development of treatments for the cure and prevention of human disorders.

Central to the school's mission are the following goals:
to foster leading researchers and educators in the life science ﬁelds and; to create a center of education and research in medical and life science ﬁelds with particular relevance to the local region:

This institution does not limit its intake to students who have graduated in the fieldsof medicine or dentistry. It welcomes graduates from a very wide range of disciplines, including those specializing in nursing and medical technology, students graduating from agricultural, science, and engineering faculties in subjects related to life sciences, synthetic chemistry, human engineering, or information management, and those from humanities faculties who have graduated with a ﬁrst degree or master's degree in subjects such as medical sociology or medical economics.
Kagoshima University Law School
Kagoshima University Law School (KULS) was established in April 2004, as a 3-year professional graduate school. The Kagoshima area at the southern tip of Kyushu suffers from many legally related issues due mainly to the shortage of legal practitioners in this depopulated region.

Recognizing these legal and judicial circumstances, our students are expected to graduate to become leaders in every type of legal practice and service for the local and national community. Students are conferred a Juris Doctor (J.D) after they complete the 3-year course.

KULS enrolls 15-students per year and has 16 full-time law scholars and teachers and 32 afﬁliate teaching staff.

Utilizing the advantage and feature of a small class composition, KULS is dedicated to providing the ﬁnest available legal education and teaching methods. The curriculum covers broad and varied legal ﬁelds and areas, not only to provide essential legal knowledge to pass a newly revised Bar Examination, but also to develop a wide interest in the legal issues and full awareness of legal professional's obligation to the global nature of society and the law.
Professional Graduate School of Clinical Psychology
The Professional Graduate School of Clinical Psychology was opened in April 2007 to produce clinical psychologists with advanced skills to contribute to the well-being of the Japanese public. Through a mixture of lectures, seminars and training (off and on campus), the individual/small group tuition-based curriculum enables the school's faculty, four clinical psychology clinicians and five academic staff, to prepare students to become leading psychologist in a variety of different fields such as education, welfare, healthcare and the judicial system. There are employment's places that offered in education, welfare, healthcare and the judicial system ﬁelds. Every year, all students take examination of employment and become employed as psychologist.
United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, was established in 1988. The school is closely connected with the master's courses in Agriculture at Saga University, in Agriculture and Fisheries at Kagoshima University, and in Agriculture at University of the Ryukyus. The aim of the school is for students to master advanced agricultural or ﬁsheries sciences through study and research involving regional contributions and international exchanges. Our research projects focus on advanced life science, food production, environmental protection, and marine science. Successful students are awarded a doctorate in Agricultural Science, Fishery Science, or Philosophy.
United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences(Headquartered in Yamaguchi University)
The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences was established in 1990 with the cooperation of the departments of Veterinary Sciences of Yamaguchi University, Tottori University, University of Miyazaki and Kagoshima University. The school offers the Doctoral degrees in the ﬁeld of Veterinary Medicine. This school aims to train students in research skills, and to confer deep knowledge and advanced technical ability in the veterinary sciences with its four-year course. It is hoped that after students graduate, they will make signiﬁcant contributions to future veterinary research, teaching and practice. This school accepts many foreign students from various countries, especially from developing countries.

Education & Research Institutions:

International Education & Research Center for the Pacific Islands
The Kagoshima University International Education & Research Center for the Pacific Islands aims to promote interdisciplinary studies on islands, island-zones and island-spheres in Oceania and its surroundings. The results of the studies are combined to promote comprehensive understanding of islands and to further the welfare of people. These objectives are accomplished principally through the following ﬁve projects: People-Nature Interactions, Physical Geography, Social and Cultural Changes, Medical Approach to Human Ecology, and Political and Economic Functions of Island Nations in International Communities.

The Center is one of Kagoshima University educational and research institutes. Its activities are supported by the University's researchers and researchers from other domestic and overseas universities and institutions.

Computing and Communications Center
The Computing and Communications Center is a core facility of computing and networking of the Kagoshima University. It is also a major research and development center for information technology, consists of three research divisions.

Research Division of Media and Information Technology : This division plays a central role in planning, management and research concerning the computing system for education and the campus computer network of the Kagoshima University, and research and development are carried out mainly on e-learning and computer networks.

Research division of Academic Information Resources : This division carries out research and development on the use of information technology for cooperation inside the university and outside.

Information Systems Division: This division is in charge of information security in Kagoshima University, and offers strategic planning for campus wide information systems as well as seeks out good solutions to the university through innovative deployment of advanced technology.
International Student Center
The International Student Center takes care of students from all over the world, providing a fundamental training of Japanese language and cultural understanding which is indispensable for their stay and adaptation in a new environment. At the beginning of each semester we offer orientation programs including basic Japanese session for the beginners. We of course have many other intermediate and advanced level courses, too. The center also assists students in various ways such as counseling for academic and non-academic affairs and giving information on study abroad. International students can also enjoy exchange activities with Japanese students and local people organized periodically by this center.
Research and Education Center for Lifelong Learning
The Research and Education Center for Lifelong Learning was established in 2003 to encourage adult education through collaboration with the community. Based on the intellectual resources accumulated in Kagoshima University, the Center provides extension lectures, seminars and symposiums in accordance with the community's needs. In addition, the Center provides the community with opportunities for the recurrent education of its leaders in various fields and conducts research projects with the community.
Education Center
The Kagoshima University Education Center was established on October 1st, 2003. The aim of the Center is to promote the development and improvement of the university in the following ways: 1) to propose, investigate, and develop new approaches to university education; 2) to plan and implement general and basic courses (thereafter referred to as "General Education") that are offered in cooperation with all faculties of the university; 3) to develop measures to enhance foreign language education; 4) to promote dialogue on education within the university as a whole.

A unique feature of the Center is that its focus is not limited to the area of General Education. Its role is to investigate current educational practice in the university and suggest improvements. The Center is also responsible for planning and implementing faculty development programs, and for promoting the use of e-learning and information technology throughout the university.

Kagoshima University's General Education is divided into the following ﬁve areas:

1.Liberal Arts
The objective of liberal arts courses is to develop a basic understanding of the process of intellectual inquiry in various ﬁelds and to clarify issues facing society today. The curriculum includes a number of interdisciplinary courses that draw on the academic resources throughout the university, as well as traditional disciplines, such as philosophy, sociology, and physics.

2.Information Technology
Special emphasis is placed on instruction in information technology to meet the needs of contemporary society. Computer training and instruction in information processing are offered to develop computer literacy.

3.Foreign Languages
Instruction in foreign languages is also regarded as extremely important in the age of globalization. Various kinds of language courses are offered to meet students' interests and needs.

4.Physical Education and Health Science
Lectures and exercise encourage students to develop a sound body and mind and awareness of the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

5. Japanese Language and Culture
These courses are offered to overseas students enrolled in the university. The aim of these courses is to develop ﬂuency in the Japanese language as well as a deep understanding of Japanese life and culture.

In addition, courses in basic disciplines, such as mathematics, the physical sciences, and the life sciences, are offered as part of general education to help students prepare for major courses.
Frontier Science Research Center (FSRC)
The Frontier Science Research Center was established in April 2005 and consists of two research divisions and one service division. In the research divisions of Life Science and Environmental Science, projects are organized by professors and post-doctoral fellows. The service division has four branches related to the fields of isotopes, animal science, bio- techniques, and instrumental analysis, and has three laboratories for animal science, gene research, and instrumental analysis.

Kagoshima University Innovation Center (KUIC)
The Kagoshima University Innovation Center (KUIC), established in April 2006, merged the Research and Development Center, the Intellectual Property Ofﬁce and the Venture Business Laboratory to hasten functional and effective management of cooperation among industry, university and government. The Center includes the following divisions and functions.

1.Liaison ofﬁce
This division was established originally in 1992 as the Research and Development Center, one of the cooperative educational and research facilities. This division aims to match the research seeds of this university with social needs, and is promoting social reduction and the technology transfer of the result of the research through cooperative research projects with outside organizations.

The activities in this division are promotion of cooperative research between industry and the university researchers, technology consultations for the industry managers and engineers, introduction of the university researchers to the industries, promotion of the liaison (technology transfer) business cooperation with intellectual property ofﬁce and others.

2.Intellectual Property Ofﬁce
The Intellectual Property Ofﬁce was established in December 2003 in order to promote and protect the intellectual property originated from the University's educational and research activities and to enhance its strategic use in line with the University's mission to enable research results to contribute the society.

3.Venture Business Laboratory
Venture Business Laboratory (KUIC-VBL) was established in March 2004 as a specialized venture business research and educational institution for post-graduate and graduate students. Executing a Japanese government keystone, KUIC- VBL provides a framework for the incubation of technology and the start of new enterprises under collaboration between the university and industry. Several research projects regarding nano-scale biotechnology are currently in progress.
Research Center for Archaeology
The Research Center for Archaeology concerns itself with the excavation of archaeological sites on the campuses of the University. All the artifacts discovered are catalogued and researched. Members of the public are free to watch and even take part in the excavations.
Inamori Academy
The Inamori Academy of Kagoshima University is a university- wide, undergraduate general education and research program encompassing humanistic studies, management and leadership education, and regional/international understanding and cooperation. Dedicated Academy faculty and instructors from across and outside the university provide over 40 innovative courses on ethics, philosophy, cultural studies, communications, management, sustainability, personal/career development, and more.

The central mission of the Inamori Academy is to help students throughout the university to develop their potential and their skills for leadership in the 21st century, whatever their chosen ﬁelds may be. Through a wide variety of learning activities and interactions with others inside and outside the university, the Academy provides a broad venue for students to explore their own ideas and vision. In conjunction with this mission, the Inamori Academy aims to promote greater community and society cooperation, understanding and sense of responsibility through local, regional and international collaborations. A concrete example of this effort is the establishment of an ofﬁce in Hanoi, Vietnam to facilitate cultural, educational, and research exchanges.

The Inamori Academy is endowed by generous donations from Kyocera Corporation and its founder and Chairman Emeritus, alumnus Kazuo Inamori, who also founded the telecommunications firm DDI (now KDDI) and the Inamori Foundation, grantors of the internationally recognized Kyoto Prizes. The Academy was originally established in 2005 as the Inamori Academy of Management & Technology and expanded in 2008 to reach the whole undergraduate student community at large. Through the Inamori Academy we hope to instill in all our students the passion, understanding and desire to contribute to society that are cornerstones of Dr. Inamori's works and philosophy.
Volunteer Support Center
The Volunteer Support Center was established in July 2008 with the aim of promoting and supporting the volunteer activities by students of Kagoshima University.

The Center provides related information to both students and the community as a liason with the purpose of developing students' human mind and power, 'Ningen-ryoku' through their involvement in various volunteer activities in the community, and promoting the community contribution and activation by students.
The Center plans and supports the following volunteer projects along with the existing activities. 1. Academic Support 2. Disaster Relief Activity 3. Sight-seeing Support 4. Support for under-populated areas 5. Conservation of rare creatures 6. Campus Cleaning and others
North American Center
Kagoshima University's North American Center branch office is co- located within the PIXERA Corporation offices in San Jose, California, USA. The center was originally opened as Silicon Valley Office of the Venture Business Laboratory, Kagoshima University December 2004, and in September 2008 was broadened to represent the whole University as the North American Center, an ofﬁcial university-level organization. The center plans and conducts various programs for education, research and society contribution in North America according to the following objectives:

(1) To promote training and education programs of students and staff
(2) To promote joint research and activities with universities, institutions, companies and other organizations
(3) To promote seminars, forums and other meetings
(4) To promote international collaborative programs and activities with other universities

Mr. Yuji IDE, designated professor, alumnus of the Faculty of Engineering, serves as Executive Director of the Center, planning and implementing the Silicon Valley Seminar for students and administrative staff, the US-Japan Future Forum, the International Science and Technology Forum and other activities. Professor Ide is also appointed as an advisor of Kagoshima University Center for International Planning.

The Center is also active in JUNBA (The Japanese Universities Network in the Bay Area) and is working for the cooperative activities and exchange information through JUNBA to expand the ﬁelds of education and research activities of Kagoshima University. In addition, Professor Ide became president of JUNBA in April 2008 and has been making a major contribution to internationalization of all the Japanese universities and academic exchange activities between United States and Japan.
Liaison Ofﬁce Kagoshima University Faculty of Fisheries
In April 2006, the Japan Ofﬁce of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), was opened at the Faculty of Fisheries campus of Kagoshima University. This followed the establishment in February 2006 of the Liaison Office Kagoshima University Faculty of Fisheries in Miagao Campus of UPV. Following with the creation of these new offices, the relationship of between both universities was upgraded from faculty-level to university-level in December 2007. It is the first case for Kagoshima University to have mutual liaison offices with a sister universities of university-level. An associate professor from the Philippines who has been newly employed at Kagoshima University is serving as staff of the ofﬁce which consists of a research ofﬁce and a laboratory. The ofﬁce is expected to be a core center of joint project for management and conservation of ﬁsheries resources and aquatic environment.

From 1998 to 2008 the Faculty of Fisheries conducted the joint project titled 'Development, Management and Conservation of Fisheries Resources and Aquatic Environment of the Philippines' with UPV as a core university program funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Following to this project, a new international project dealing with mainly 'Conservation and Management of Aquatic dealing with mainly 'Conservation and Management of Aquatic JSPS since 2008.
Tokyo Liaison Ofﬁce
Tokyo Liaison Ofﬁce, which located in the Campus Innovation Center (CIC) in Shibaura Minato-Ku Tokyo, was opened in December 2004 to collect and transmit information and related activities in the Tokyo metropolitan area actively.

A variety of information of Kagoshima University such as university brochure, Journals and other documents, information about admission such as brochures of faculties, graduate schools, application guidebooks and others are provided at the Ofﬁce. Furthermore, support for the employment of the students, coordination for tech-support and joint-research with companies, and alumni associations are provided.

Access : No.607 Campus Innovation Center (CIC)　3-6, 3-chome, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0023
Information Center
The Information Center was opened at the University's main gate in April 2007 as the communication center for candidates, company staff and the general public. At the Center, Information about various events and other items are provided and some research products are also exhibited. A staff is assigned to introduce the available facilities to visitors, to distribute varieties of university brochures and journals, to show examples of entrance examination and to sell the university original goods. In addition, a DVD of the university guide is always available for viewing.

Open: Monday to Friday (except national holidays) 9:00 to 17:30

Goods for sales:University's original goods - clear ﬁle, ballpoint pen, book jacket, key holder, pen case, tote bag, tiepin, badge
Eriobotrya folium tea (Biwa-cha): tea bag, plastic bottle, supplement
Flower basket with Chiku-tan (coal made from bamboo), picture-ﬂame made from Chiku-tan, wall-hanging picture- ﬂame made from Chiku-tan, board of pressed ﬂower made from Chiku-tan, Chiku-tan block,Hand-made works by pupils of afﬁliated special-needs school, DVD (movie 'Hoku-shin Nanameni Sasutokoro)
Kagoshima University brand Sho-chu (distilled spirit) - 'Shunju-oka', 'Kibaiyanse', 'Ten-shochu' Tray made of Yaku ceder, post-card made of Yaku cedar, Farm Products (vegetables, grain, fruits and others)

Library ,Museum, Hospital and other Facilities :

University Library
The University Libraries consist of the Central Library, the Medical Library, and the Fisheries Library. The aim of all these libraries is to provide materials and a range of services, including electronic information service, to assist students, faculty, and staff of the university with their studies, research, and teaching. Electronic information services can be used to locate books and journals in the collections and ﬁnd information in a variety of databases throughout the campus network.

The Central Library, situated on the Korimoto campus, holds books, journals, and other library materials (CD-ROMs, microforms, etc.) on the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. The Library also houses the Tamazato Bunko, a valuable collection of manuscripts and printed matter from the pre-Meiji era that originally belonged to the Regent of Satsuma, SHIMADZU Hisamitsu. It also functions as one of the nine National Deposit Libraries of Foreign Periodicals, housing foreign journals on agriculture.

The Medical Library, situated on the Sakuragaoka campus, primarily serves the learning, teaching, and research needs of all the members of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry.
The Fisheries Library, situated on the Shimoarata campus, primarily serves the learning and research needs of all the members of the Faculty of Fisheries.
Medical and Dental Hospital
The University Hospital focuses on providing highly advanced medical treatment as the central medical institution in the community with patients' views being given the highest respect. In addition, it aspires to contribute to the development of education research in medicine and dentistry in the 21st century.

The hospital consists of 17 clinical centers, the Cardiovascular Center, the Digestive Disease Center, the Neurology Disease Center, the Respirology and Stress Care Center, the Center for Urology and Nephrology, the Hematology, Endocrinology and Diabetology Center, the Mental Care Center, the Medical Children Center, Women's Medical Center, the Orthopaedisk and Neuroskeletal Disorders Center, the Sensory Orgonology Center, the Radiation Center, the Anesthesia and Critical Care Center, the Rehabilitation Center, the Developmental Dentistry Center, the Advanced Dentistry Center, the Oral & Maxillofacial Center. In addition, there are a further 28 central clinical facilities, Division of Pharmacy, Division of Nursing, Division of Clinical Technology, and the administration ofﬁce.

The hospital is accredited by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care and also has been designated as the following:
A regional center hospital to provide and develop highly advanced medical treatments and also manage training programs;
A center for treatment of and research on HIV and AIDS; A center for treatment of and research on HIV and AIDS;
A clinical training hospital;
A clinical training hospital for medical and dental practitioners;
An institute to provide highly advanced dental treatment.
Health Service Center
The Kagoshima University Health Service Center employs full-time doctors and nurses to care for the physical and mental well-being of Kagoshima University students and employees.

The Health Service Center was opened in May 1972. It offers regular general check-ups (mid-April to mid-May), special examinations, health counseling, advice on health maintenance, and ﬁrst aid treatment. Medical services of the Health Service Center are usually free of charge and those visiting the Center do not need to show a health insurance card.
The Kagoshima University Museum
The Kagoshima University Museum (KAUM) was established in 2001 as the seventh national university museum in Japan. For the last half-century, Kagoshima University researchers have collected samples and artifacts related to their various disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The main aims of KAUM are to collect and preserve these important objects, and to promote practical use of them for education and research. KAUM also introduces research activities of Kagoshima University through exhibitions, public lectures and publications. The Exhibition Room is open to the public as a permanent display. It consists of four sections: 1) archaeological sites in Kagoshima University, 2) education and research history of Kagoshima University, 3) mineral resources of the earth, and 4) marine fossils from Kagoshima.
Inamori Auditorium
The Inamori Auditorium was constructed in 1994 with a special donation by alumnus Dr. Kazuo Inamori and was designed by renowned architect Tadao Ando, later recipient of the 2002 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. Its large lecture hall, named for Dr. Inamori's parents Kimi and Kesa, is widely used for university courses and events.

Campus life :

Counseling System in Kagoshima University :

Counseling System in Kagoshima University
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Foreign Students & Researchers
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Support and Improvement of Campus life and staying in Kagoshima

Kagoshima University supports whenever you encounter problem while you are staying in Kagoshima and Kagoshima University. Counseling services can be provided by different counselors as indicated below. Counselors will first meet with you to screen your problem and try to find solution in collaboration with most appropriate professionals along line with your needs. As we assured that all consultation would be conducted in strictly confidential manner, you can comfortably visit any counselor for alleviating your problem.

International Student Center

Name	Language	Telephone Contact
OSHIMA Maki	English, French	099-285-8912(fax)
UNEDAYA Keiko	English	099-285-3603
WADA Reiko	Korean	099-285-3609
KOBAYASHI Motoki	Chinese	099-285-3621

Faculty of Agriculture

Name	Language	Telephone Contact
SATO Muneharu	English	099-285-8546
IBRAHIM Hisham Radwan	English, Arabic	099-285-8658

Faculty of Fisheries

Name	Language	Telephone Contact
VAZQUEZ ARCHDALE Miguel Federico	English, Spanish	099-286-4272

Center for International Planning

Name	Language	Telephone Contact
KATO Yasuhisa	English	099-285-7098
NAKATANI Sumie	English	099-285-7096

International Cooperation Division

Name	Language	Telephone Contact
TOKUNAGA Kiyoko	English	099-285-7081
MAEDA Yayoi	English	099-285-7325
HATANAKA Yoshiko	English	099-285-3015

Welfare and Sports Facilities for Students :

The University operates a Health Service Center and Residence and Dining Halls by way of welfare facilities. It also provides additional facilities for intramural activities, including two full-size multi-purpose gymnasiums, a swimming pool, and other sports facilities as listed below.

Welfare Facilities

Health Service Center (service and medical care)
Residence Halls
Dining Halls
University Book Stores
Student Club Activity Building

Sports Facilities

Athletic Sports Stadium(field and track)

Ball-Game Grounds(baseball, basketball, soccer, rugby, tennis, and volleyball)
First Gymnasium(gymnastics, badminton, basketball, handball, and volleyball)
Second Gymnasium(badminton, basketball, volleyball, and ping-pong)
Budo-kan(martial arts gymnasium, judo and kendo)
Archery Field
Riding Field
Swimming Pool
Boat Houses at Kamoike and Iso Seashore
Yacht House at Hirakawa

Clubs and Circles

There are number of clubs and circles that are operated, outside of education and research activities. However, University supports and promotes these activities based on the recognition that such activities are very important for enhancing human capacities, especially in young generation.
You are welcome to join these activities listed below. It is therefore suggested to contact, if you are interested in joining the activities, to one of the counselors who are listed in the counseling system to identify the people who are responsible for clubs and circles.
Club (culture)

Name of Club	Number of people registered	Name of Club	Number of people registered
Drama (theater Kazandan)	17	International Issues	6
Photograph	51	Student Psychology	101
Arts	45	Overseas Country	14
Broadcast	28	Marine Ecology	17
English Conversation (ESS)	15	Biology	20
Marx doctrine	4	Social Medicine
Social science	24	Adventure	27
Law	34	Gardening	27
Educational Science	4	Tea Ceremony (Urasenke)	11
Philosophy	5	Ikebana	17
Newspaper	6	Tea Ceremony (Sekishoukai)	22
Japanese Chess	12

Circle (culture)

Name of Circle	Number of people registered	Name of Circle	Number of people registered
Listening Music	28	Watching Movies	12
Youth Hostel	23	Magic	24
Science Fiction& Mystery	25	Outdoor Activities	16
The Third Civilization		Fishing	19
Archeology	11	Ocean	24
Astronomy	28	Hyakuninn Isshu	11
Micro Computer	11	Walk&Camp	25
Comics	39	Birds Watching	14
Marine Turtle	29	Ikebana (Ogasawara)	10
Robot	20	Eco-Run	30
Volunteer Circle	10	Science Rai
Kagoshima Outdoor Counselor Association	28	Chess	10
Yell	30	Yaseido	21
Literature	16	Shakespeare Card	30

Club (Music)

Name of Club	Number of people registered	Name of Club	Number of people registered
Chorus(Boy)		Brass Band	84
Chorus(Girl &Boy)	66	Orchestra	71
Harmonica	57	Classic Guitar	41
Jazz Band	47	Japanese Music Instruments	42
Rock	39

Circle (Music)

Name of Circle	Number of people registered	Name of Circle	Number of people registered
Folksong	58	Mandolin	20
Right Music	24	Guitar, Recorder &Contrabass	53
New Music	56	Ikasama Rider	40

Club (Athletics)

Name of Club	Number of people registered	Name of Club	Number of people registered
Judo	29	Kendo	37
Karate do	10	Japanese Archery	34
Boxing	13	Shourinji (Martial Art)	11
Aikido	5	Soccer	30
Rugby	27	Handball	21
Basketball	35	Volleyball	30
Baseball	40	Baseball*	32
Table Tennis	34	Badminton	19
Tennis(soft)	23	Tennis(hard)	23
Swimming	42	Boat	23
Yachts	15	Cutter (a kind of boat)	22
Track	56	Mountaineering	6
Horse Riding	23	Automobile	21
Aircraft	15	Cycling	8
Dance	11

*Using different type of ball

Circle (Athletics)

Name of Circle	Number of people registered	Name of Circle	Number of people registered
Trekking	9	Soccer	22
Baseball**	36	Tennis(soft)	84
Wind Surfing	12	Karate do	10
Softball	46	Tennis(hard)	36
Table Tennis	33	Karate do (Kyokusin)	18
Season Sports		Basketball	53
Volleyball	29	Ski	25
Sports	30	Chinese Martial Arts	7
Ball game		Diving
Dance	72	Footsal	24
Diving (Marine Cats)	19	Iaido	7
American Football	29

**Using another different type of ball

Accommodation for Overseas Students and Academics

Kagoshima University International Residence Hall

Kagoshima University International Residence Hall provides accommodation for overseas students and academics engaged in study or research at Kagoshima University. It is also intended as a setting for international cultural exchange. With a ﬁne view to the east of the volcano Sakurajima, the Hall is situated in a quiet residential district adjacent to Faculty of Fisheries. Public transport is within easy reach, with the nearest streetcar stop ﬁve minutes away on foot and the nearest bus stop just a minute away. It is a 15-minute walk to the Korimoto campus.

Kagoshima University International Lodge:

Kagoshima University International Lodge was constructed in December 2003 in Shimo-arata district adjacent to the Faculty of Fisheries on the other side of the International Residence Hall as a donation of Kagoshima University's 50th Anniversary for overseas scholars and guests visiting Kagoshima University.
The building is a two-story one on a steel framework and consists of two types of 16 single rooms for long and short term stay. Its total floor area is 502 and TV, refrigerators and other necessary furniture are equipped in each room.

Survey on Life as a Foreign Student at Kagoshima University

Above surveys were conducted by the Circle on International Cooperation in March 2010 in collaboration with both Japanese and foreign students. The main objective of the survey is to identify the problems foreign students face and gradually to improve their living environment through mutual (University & students) collaboration. As there were views that both quantified and un-quantified information are equally important to appropriately understand their problems, the surveys were conducted through individual interviews together with standardized questionnaires. 129 interviews (46%) were conducted on 280 foreign students in March 2010.
As the surveys were conducted through interviews using standardized questionnaire as a checklist for the interviewers, more than one answer was obtained from one interviewee for certain questions. Most answers were therefore of a descriptive nature. Those answers have been aggregated into different categories, with some descriptive answers to more clearly illustrate the actual problems.

Question1. Why did you choose to come to Kagoshima University?
Question2. What have you found good during your time at Kagoshima University?
Question3. What are problem areas you have found during your time at Kagoshima University?
Question4. How is your relationship with your supervisor in terms of communication and academic guidance?
Question5. Do you feel that your supervisor understands your problems?
Question6. Do you have any special problems with your supervisor?
Question7. Do you have any suggestions for ways to improve your research environment?
Question8. How is your communication with Japanese people?
Question9. What makes making Japanese friends difficult?
Question10. What problems do you have understanding Japanese people?
Question11. What suggestions do you have for becoming friends with Japanese people?
Question12. Did you receive appropriate information about scholarships?
Question13. Did you experience any problems when applying for a scholarship?
Question14. What suggestions do you have for improve the scholarship system?
Question15. Are you satisfied with your student tutor?
Question16. How often do you meet your student tutor?
Question17. Are you satisfied with your tutor in the International Residence Hall?
Question18. What suggestions do you have for improving the student tutor system?
Question19. Have you had part-time job here?
Question20. How did you get information about part-time jobs?
Question21. How is your relationship with your employer?
Question22. How you can improve your financial problems?
Question23. Who do you talk to when you have problems?
Question24. How do you solve your problems?
Question25. How would you like the universit to help you with these problems?
Question26. What kind of problems do you have with accommodation?
Question27. How did you find your accommodation?
Question28. Did you have a problem to find a guarantor?
Question29. Do you understand the Japanese deposit and commission system?
Question30. What suggestions do you have for improving problems on with accommodation?
Question31. What do you think about the International Residence Hall?
Question32. If you are a student with children, do you have any problems?
Question33. How can Kagoshima University support and improve your life in Kagoshima?

Question1. Why did you choose to come to Kagoshima University?

Supervisors: ○Recommended by supervisor (professor) of their own universities or Kagoshima University. ○Research subject of supervisor in Kagoshima University was well known or fit to the research subject of the student.
Introduction by Acquaintance: ○Recommended by friends, relatives and others.
Reputation of Kagoshima University: ○Achievement of Kagoshima University and its faculties are well known. Sister University: ○Using advantages which are stipulated in the MOU between Kagoshima University and the student's university that is one of the sister universities.
Relatives: ○Relative such as wife, husband has already been stayed in Kagoshima.
Environment: ○Natural environment of Kagoshima such as sea, volcanoes and climate was well known and fit to the preference of the students.
Compatriots: ○People from the same countries are staying in Kagoshima.
Government: ○Japanese government or his own government selected students' University.
Directly contacted to Kagoshima University: ○Some students directly contacted Kagoshima University and were accepted.
Others: ○Other reasons include the followings. ○Kagoshima is not a big city where living expenses might be cheap. ○Students have experience in Kagoshima in other programs including under-graduate students and ALT. ○Kagoshima University is less competitive compared with other Universities. ○History of Kagoshima is well known.

Question2. What have you found good during your time at Kagoshima University?

People in Kagoshima: ○Good humanity compared with other big cities. ○Kindness. ○Politeness. ○Slow life style. ○Hardworking. ○Pureness.
Social System: ○Good security. ○Convenience. ○Easy to live by either single or with family. ○No traffic jam. ○Not rural but not big city. ○Cleanliness. ○Good food. ○Good living condition. ○Access to any place. ○Well organized. ○Active community of compatriots. ○Easy to understand Japanese culture.
Environment: ○Fresh air. ○Landscape. ○Quietness. ○Subtropical climate. ○Close to sea. ○Sakurajima. ○Hot springs.
Supervisors: ○They are kind and polite, and enthusiastically support foreign students. ○Close distance between teachers and students.
General Atmosphere of the University: ○University is located in the center of the city. ○Easy access to various literatures. ○International atmosphere. ○Quiet environment. ○Beautiful campus.
Research and Educational Environment: ○Interesting lectures. ○ Good educational environment. ○Student can freely study and receive educational programs. ○Good Japanese training course. ○High academic level. ○Students can concentrate their study and research works. ○Good research facilities.
Attitude toward Foreign Students: ○University has its interest on foreign students. ○University financially supports foreign students. ○Section that is responsible for taking care foreign students, provide appropriate services. ○Many events and programs for foreign students. ○Good tutor system.
Experience: ○Enjoyed various experiences. ○Making many friends. ○Nominated as a friendship ambassador of the home country in Kagoshima. ○Trip to other part of Japan (Kyoto).
Other: ○Kagoshima became a second hometown. ○Family does not want to go back home country.

Question3. What are problem areas you have found during your time at Kagoshima University?

Language Barrier: ○The most of the available information were prepared in Japanese. ○Always have to rely on Japanese friends to understand the issues. ○Daily life using Japanese language is tough for foreigners. ○It took one year to understand bus communication in Kagoshima. ○Difficult life for the foreigners who do not have sufficient Japanese language skill.
Scholarship: ○Chance and amount of scholarship available after arriving University are not satisfactory. ○Unfair conditions by the faculties to apply these scholarship and the exemption of tuition. ○ Un-transparent evaluation system for awarding these scholarships and exemption of tuition. ○The scale of these scholarships and exemption of tuition are small compared with other Universities.
Lectures: ○Have to participate compulsory lectures, but some of which are not useful. Then, question of the way to select compulsory lectures can be raised. ○Some teachers do not care whether foreign students can understand or not. ○Level of Japanese language course can be more flexible, because the level of understanding can be different with individuals. ○Credit is not transferrable to my home University. ○As all lectures are conducted in Japanese, it is difficult for foreigners to understand. ○Not many teachers understand the needs of foreigners and have skills to guide foreign students.
Environment of Kagoshima University: ○There are imbalance between the faculties in terms of facilities and time of entrance. ○Too many paper works on administrative procedures. ○Faculties are separately located in three places in the city. ○There is no appropriate places to consult the problems of foreign students.
Japanese: ○Japanese people concerned too detailed issues. ○Most of people in Kagoshima do not speak English. ○Difficult to communicate with the people. ○People in Kagoshima are generally shy and hesitate to communicate with foreign people. ○Japanese people are generally not interested in external issues other than food.
Social System: ○Too noisy due to closeness to down town. ○Drinking too much and staying too late when the party organized by the laboratory. ○Compatriots and its organization are sometimes annoying. ○Far from the Capital of Japan. ○Being Muslim make the communication difficult.
Food: ○Different culture and religion.
Natural Environment: ○Ash from volcano. ○Allergy. ○Cold during winter.
Economic Problems: ○Due to living expenses were more expensive than envisaged, difficult to pay tuition. ○Due to earn the money through part-time job, times for study are shortened (vicious cycle). ○Transportation costs are expensive.
Lack of Information: ○Sufficient English information on the needed issues for the life in Kagoshima is not available, such as where to buy English book, how to obtain a driving license, how to receive overseas luggage, how to rent a car and others.
Housing: ○Difficult to find appropriate room(s).
Personal Problem: ○Home sick. ○Parents are always concerned on me.
Structural Problem: ○As Kagoshima and Yamaguchi University are jointly operating single Graduate School for agriculture, difficult to communicate with Yamaguchi University where I belong, while doing research work under the supervision of Kagoshima University.

Question4. How is your relationship with your supervisor in terms of communication and academic guidance?

Good Relationship: ○Helping foreign students with open mind. ○Helping to identify the required literatures. ○Helping to prepare presentation and technical papers. ○Encouraging to participate various opportunities. ○Frequent communication through mail. ○Understanding on the specific situation of foreign students. ○No problem on communication using English. ○Being kind like a father. ○Providing various guidance patiently. ○Promotion of research with appropriate advices. ○Good discussion. ○Organizing weekly meeting to strengthen the cooperation in the laboratory. ○Speaking in very slow Japanese. ○High level of research subjects.
Problem Areas: ○No appropriate advices on research theme. ○Too free for foreign students for conducting their research work. ○Not reaching agreement with supervisor because of different interests. ○Supervisor is too busy to take care foreign students. ○More independent environment in the laboratory has to be developed. ○As supervisor is too busy to interpret the communication with foreign students, other Lab. Staff should more involve in communication with foreign students. ○English should be used in the compulsory meetings and lectures or at least in the slides used in those lectures. ○Some teachers do not care whether foreign students can understand or not. ○Supervisor does not agree with my proposal, but force me to do his project.
Issues on Laboratory: ○Enough amount of research budget. ○Freely conduct Research work and experiments. ○Could participate meetings for academic society. ○More people should speak English. ○No clear rules to operate laboratory (senior people dominate for the operation of the laboratory without clear rules). ○Peaceful. ○ Free, good and independent atmosphere. ○As the number of the Lab. Mates are small, getting benefits to learn more.

Question5. Do you feel that your supervisor understands your problems?

Yes: ○Supervisors concerned on my personal issues such as health condition and problems. ○Good understanding on the needs to do a part time job. ○Helping for the application for the scholarship and exemption of tuition. ○Agreeing to do part-time job, as far as it does not affect for taking lectures. ○Good understanding of the personal problems overcoming different cultures. ○Promoting good communication using several opportunities (eating and drinking together). ○Providing chances to listen the particular problem. ○Allowing me to take a long vacation. ○Trying to understand foreign student's problem. ○Although feeling meddlesome sometimes, supervisor showing his willingness to support foreign student. ○Supervisor never offer his help, but listen intently whenever I asked his help. ○Supervisor always concerned situation and problems of me and family. ○Very kind. ○Supervisor support me since my arrival at Kagoshima.
No: ○Supervisor is kind and flexible but no communication on my personal problems. ○Supervisor is not interested in personal problems of the students, but on research. ○Disagreeing with me doing part-time job. ○No discussion on personal issues. ○No communication. ○No understanding or even no recognition on foreign students. ○Everything is Ok without serious check or consideration. ○No support. ○Supervisor is suspicious for the activities of foreign students. ○ Supervisor try to control foreign students.
Section which is responsible for taking care of foreign students: ○Very kind. ○ As there is no clear explanation on the accident occurred in last year, only rumor with guess has been spread in the campus.

Question6. Do you have any special problems with your supervisor?

Problems: ○Too strict. ○ Supervisor does not allow me to take a vacation. ○Although laboratory organizes too many drinking party, foreign students can not pay the cost for attendance. ○No communication. ○Supervisor's authoriterian attitude. ○Supervisor does not want to listen my opinion, instead force me to do what he wants. ○Supervisor did not submit my paper in time.

Question7. Do you have any suggestions for ways to improve your research environment?

Physical Environment: ○Space of laboratory is too small. ○Building is too old. ○Dirty( lot of cockroaches). ○There is no personal space. ○Room is mixed functions (study and experiment space) . ○Noise of equimments disturve the concentration on study. ○No or small number of computer for students. ○Computer is too old. ○Facilities such as desks and chairs are too old. ○Repairment of facilities in view of safty is required. ○Separate rooms for under -gradunate and graduate students are required. ○System to use or operate laboratory should be clearly defined in line with international standard.
Human Environment: ○Using internet is controled and supervised. ○Laboratory mate should sutdy more English. ○More warm atmosphare between supervisors and students has to be developed. ○More communication through party and sports should be developed. ○Cultural difference has to be mutually understood. ○Communication with Japanese students has to be activated. ○System to learn technology and use equipment has to be developed. ○Counseling system on how foreign students can be effectively learn the subject is required. ○Decision making process are currently too concentrated to the Professor in Japanese education system. ○University should understand how proffessor treats foreign students. ○Supervisor should not change his attitude by the nationality of the students. ○Laboratory collegues should speak out their opinions.
Services for Foreign Students: ○Important announcement should be translated to English. ○More preparatory work when accepting foreign students has to be conducted.
Research Fund: ○Research fund for the participation of foreign students to academic meetings should directly be paid (reimbursed) to the students concerned.

Question8. How is your communication with Japanese people?

Sufficient communication: ○Many Japanese friends. ○Participating parties and going out together for meals. ○Good friends who invited his house to stay and study together, in the same laboratory. ○I do not speak Japanese but communicating well. ○Doing sports together. ○Good communication with senior Japanese friends, tutor and through activities organized by club. ○In accodance with improvement of my Japanesea language skill, communication with Japanese are improved. ○Although I am the only one forigner in the laboratory, communication wth laboratory collegues are good. ○We have weekly party in the laboratory. ○Home visit was enjoyable. ○Enjoying cooking and ikebana (flower arrangement). ○I have two japanese friends who helped me since my arrival to Kagoshima. ○Went together to my friend's home village. ○Experience on agriculture work together with Japanese friends. ○Go fishing together. ○Receiving gift that are produced in the friend's farm by mail. ○I have a friend of senior Japanese lady. ○I made friends who are mothers of my Japanese friends.
Limited Communication: ○Only communication with a tutor in the International Resisedence Hall . ○Communication with Japanese but outside of the University. ○Trying to communicate with Japanese but eventually communicating with comptriots. ○I am not good at communicating with friends. ○I normally do not have many friends. ○I do not have time to communicate with friends.
No Communication: ○Only participating to the activities among forigen students. ○I do not go out together with Japanese, as most of which require cost. ○No Japanese friends. ○There is no communication with Japanese. ○Busy for part-time job, study and no money are the main reason why I do not actively communicate with Japanese. ○Although I was invited to participate parties, always decline because of the cost incurred. ○There are problems to communicate with Japanese(level of comprehension). ○Attitude of Japanese is difficult to understand (they are frequently changing thier mood). ○MyJapanese friend is sometimes very kind but looks a different people in other time. ○Different culture. ○ Looking for friends not in the University.

Question9. What makes making Japanese friends difficult?

Language barrier: ○Busy and not have sufficient skill for Japanese. ○Difficult to clearly explain the situation. ○My laboratory collegues do not have suufficient English skill. ○Difficult to communicate. ○Can communicate but exist langauage barrier. ○Japanese hesitate to communicate with foreign students due to their English skill.
Different culture: ○Some Japanese have bad image against my home country. ○They do not understand my country. ○Different interest .
Japanese character: ○Japanese does not clearly express themselves and their opinion. ○Japanese may create a kind of barrier by themselves that prohibit for foregin students freely speak with them. ○The situation that I am the only one foreign student and surrounded by Japanese, make me difficult to be active to communicate with Japanese. ○I wish if communication can be started by Japanese side. ○Attitude for the issue is different. ○Different way of thinking. Japanese way of thinking (no expression on real feeling. not clear what they are expecting) . ○It looks that Japanese are afraid of Foreign student. ○Japanese boys are not approaching me because I am a woman. ○Japanese may have a preconception on foreign people. ○I have many Japanese friends but no close friends. ○It looks Japanese are always busy.
Chance: ○Not many chances to meet with Japanese. ○There is no Japanese students in my Laboratory. ○To live in Kagoshima is too busy for study and part-time job. ○Always communicating with compatriotes.
Food culture: ○Difficult to enjoy eating and drinking out with Japanese due to different food culture(Muslim).
Negative View: ○I do not want to make Japanese friends. ○I wish to communicate with compatriotes.
Economic reason: ○I do not have enough money to go out with Japanese.

Question10. What problem do you have understanding Japanese people?

Japanese Character: ○Japanese are too serious and no joke. ○Japanese are obscure in their decision process. ○They only speak principle not real intension. ○Sometimes misunderstood for my conducts that initiated by my good will. ○Different way of thinking. ○Japanese are too detailed and think too much trivial points. ○Difficult to be a close friend, because Japanese do not mention their real intension. ○Too kind. ○Too reserve. ○Wish to be treated as a student not as a foreign student. ○Difficult to be called from Japanese side. ○I wish to be questioned or spoken by Japanese side, even persistent level. ○Communication do not expand (question on the country issue and no other topics). ○I feel suprior complex in Japanese people when they discuss with foreign students. ○Sometimes I do not understand what they want. ○Japanese are not open-minded. ○They try to be punctual and precise like robot. ○Japanese are not interested in foreign students. ○As I have to speak first when we communicate, I eventually speak with compatriots.
Language barrier: ○Do not have sufficient level of Japanese language skill. ○There are misunderstanding due to insufficient language skill.
Understanding of different culture: ○Japanese do not know other country's culture. ○I do not want to have a prejudice for other country. ○Difficult to understand each other due to different culture. ○We should be very careful in conversation because different culture and customs.
Social situation: ○Too many drinking party. ○ Do not understand why Japanese drink until they are drunken. ○Difficult to understand the system such as Bank, Post office and even for shopping centers in the beginning.
Other: ○I can not analized as I do not have any Japanese friend.

Question11. What suggestions do you have for making Japanese friends?

Way of communication: ○Sincerity is important to communicate with the people. ○As foreign students and our students are living together in my coutry, easy to be friend. ○It was better if I had more information on the Japanese life and needs of Japanese( such as audio information on Japanese in elementary level )before coming to Kagoshima. ○Making friends first in the same class and laboratory. ○Should act more flexible manner. ○Problem can be solved if you are in open-mind and showing adjustability. Then, life in Kagoshima can be more rich. ○Being a friend through hobby. ○Try to be active. ○First language and common hobby. ○Other than culture, respective custom and character have to be understood. ○Problem is the same as you make a friend in your own coutry. ○Through events such as home visit, home stay and bus tour. ○Open-mind and sincerity. ○As I need supports in living in Kagoshima, I want a Japanese friend whose character is similar to me. ○Teaching language each other. ○Doing sports and volunteer work together. ○Join the activities of rotary club. ○University should organize more cultural events which both Japanese and foreign student can join. ○More international event such as integration stay.
Understanding of the different culture: ○Living style of Japanese should be understood. ○It can be a friend who can understand other countries' culture. ○Actively communicate with full understanding of mutual culture. ○Actively participate Japanese events. ○If you stay longer, language and culture gradually be undertood. ○ Efforts is needed to adjust yourself to Japanese living style and and way of thinking. ○Foreign student start fist in communicating with Japanese. ○Should speak more with Japanese. ○Japanese people should more accept foreign students. ○Japanese should be more active in communicating with foreign students.
Language: ○Japanese language is important. ○Japanese student should more learn English. ○Even if your language skill is not sufficient, you can communicate, If you have strong will to communicate with foreign people.
Other: ○Patience is a critical element to understand different life style. ○ Being criative and full of curiosity.

Question12. Did you receive appropriate information about scholarships?

Appropriately received: ○As supervisor applied a scholarship, I do not actually receive the information. ○Received through friends and internet.
Information received in home countries: ○Received through my original university, employer, colleagues and the Embassy. ○From graduate student of Kagoshima University. ○Although Information was received thrugh Japanese friends, parent and Ministry of Education in home country,those information were very generic .
Not appropriately received: ○I have never seen such information. ○Very limited information on scholarship in Kagoshima. ○I think that information was not publicly announced. ○There is no information on which scholarship is most suitable for me. ○No information for application. ○No information on types of scholarships, application period, qualification and evaluation system.
Process: ○University should inform the ranking of educational records to the student.
Others: ○No applicable for the question (exchange students, students receiving scholarship from home country). ○ It was a surprise that I awarded scholarship through the application made by my supervisor without telling me.

Question13. What was the problem when you applied for the scholarship?

Problem: ○Decrease of amount in Monbushou scholarship. ○Decrease should only be applied for new applicants. ○Competitiveness. ○Too short for application period. ○Application form of Scholarship available in Kagoshima should be translated into English. ○Due to unclear process, I have to visit several times to concerned office to complete the form. ○It took 10months to finally come to Japan. ○It is not clear on how to apply scholarship available in Kagoshima. ○No information, then no chance to apply.
Fairness: ○No transparency on the evaluation system. ○Strict evaluation system for educational records in particular Faculty, make less competitive in application for the scholarship. ○It is unfair that student who has family and child is more competitive. ○Relationship between supervisor and student affects to the evaluation for the application. ○There are students who buy car and go trips using scholarship. ○Awarding scholarship is not based on own capability, but luck. ○There is no special consideration whether applicant is single or with family in Monbushou Scholarship. ○Very long process for awarding scholarship available in Kagoshima. ○Scholarship should be separated for single and for student who has family. ○Evaluation of scholarship should not only consider educational records but other factor. ○Whether evaluation take into account the length of stay (student in doctor course is easier to obtain scholarship than master course)? ○Too many paper works for the application for scholarship. ○Ranking of educational records should be publicized.
Application: ○In home country, long distance and high cost of transportation from my place to the place where I have to receive entrance examination. ○Difficult to identify the supervisor who can write a letter of acceptance. ○Process is very complicated. ○Level of TOEIC is too high.
Information: ○Ranking of educational record should be informed to individual student. ○Availability of Scholarship should be widely announced. ○Special way of dissemination on the announcement of scholarship should be developed, as many foreign students are not aware about availability of scholarship.

Question14. What suggestions do you have for improving the scholarship system?

Suggestion on scholarship: ○Remittance to the bank should be at the beginning of the month. ○No reduction of scholarship (monbushou). ○Increase the amount. ○Wife and husband can apply the same scholarship. ○I did not know that to pass the test is required to extend a period of scholarship. ○I have never obtained a privilege to exempt tuition. ○I received a scholarship only one year. ○Support fund for living should be established in laboratory. ○Scholarship should be given to all foreign students. ○Scholarship donated by Kagoshima University supporters are distributed in very small amount. ○Students who has family should receive additional support. ○Overall scales of scholarship should be expanded.
Fairness: ○Scholarship should be allocated to each faculty. ○Application period and condition should be openly informed to fairly distribute scholarship. ○All foreign students should receive scholarship at least one time during the stay in Kagoshima. ○Evaluation process should be transparent. ○Evaluation of scholarship should be based on educational records. ○ Educational records should be openly informed.
Application Process: ○Application process should be simplified. ○Obligatory condition to participate explanatory meeting is not logical. ○To open the special section to be able to discuss about scholarship.
Other support: As scholarship is economically support students, other kinds of support are suggested as follows. ○Extension of living period of International Resisedence Hall. ○ Free use of internet at International Resisedence Hall. ○Financial support for housing & transportation.
Others: ○Advices by OB/OG are useful. ○University should develop guide for living (eatimate of tuition, living expenses, housing , health insurance, transportation etc.) in Kagoshima.

Question15. Are you satisfied with your student tutor?

Satisfied: Answers include from very satisfied level to acceptable level. ○As tutor is a compatriot, services provided are satisfied level. ○No problem for communication. ○Useful for both University and private life. ○Good relationship because tutor is no Japanese. ○My tutor is Japanese but well understands English. ○Helped for many arrangements except the contact for mobile phone. ○Taking me various places. ○Tutor concerned for my family when earthquake hit my home country. ○Tutor helped when I asked. ○Tutor taught me Japanese and helped my experiments. ○Very kind. ○Go out together for meals and other activities.
Not satisfied: ○No communication. ○I hesitated to contact tutor. ○After tutor was graduated, no tutor. ○As I do not have sufficient Japanese language skill, contact was gradually diminished. ○No Tutor. ○As tutor is inexperienced student, problem faced by graduate students is not understood. ○Although I am not satisfied with tutor, I am also not interested in learning from tutor. ○As sufficient human relationship was not established, I have not asked many things. ○ As tutor is not male, difficult to communicate. ○I know better than tutor about the issues. ○Does not work because of language barrier. ○Tutor was useful in only first two months. ○I do not currently have a tutor. ○When tutor is moved, appointment of other tutor is required. ○After one month, there is no communication. ○Tutor should improve his English. ○I knew there is a tutor system by this interview. ○Different way of thinking. ○I do not need tutor. ○Tutor does not understand what he has to do. ○Tutor does not understand English. ○Tutor is not punctual and too busy for her own work. ○Appointment was postponed without prior notice. ○Technical support is not reliable. ○I needed support for lecture and preparation for test. ○No response when I asked tutor's help.

Question16.How often do you meet your student tutor?

Frequently: ○Tutor is Lab. mate. ○Every day. ○Traveling together. ○Tutor baked for me. ○Tutor taught many things patiently. Often: ○Once a week when I attend a lecture. ○Meeting whenever need tutor's help. ○Only at the beginning of semester.
No communication: ○No contact as tutor looks very busy. ○I have never met. ○No meeting but talking through phone. ○We never exchange a word, even when we meet. ○I have met only one time.

Question17. Are you satisfied with your resident tutor in the International Residence Hall?

Satisfied: ○Responsible persons. ○Very kind. ○Always providing me advices. ○Hardworking. ○Enthusiastic. ○Communicating with meals. ○Cooked together. ○Good English skill. ○Distance with tutor is close.
Problem: ○Not getting advice, because tutor is too busy. ○To develop the system setting date to counsel with tutor. ○Tutor should more strictly enforce the rule of the Hall (Parking way of bicycle). ○Tutor should be more available. ○Announcement should be translated to English. ○Too busy. ○To do tutor's duty. ○Never communicated. ○Tutor should take care not only study but help for daily life. ○Tutor should exert their effort to keep clean the Hall.
Other: ○I wish to be a tutor for Hall.

Question18. What suggestions do you have for improving the student tutor system?

Suggestion: ○Tutor can be selected from the student in the same laboratory. ○It might be good if periodical meeting among tutors. ○Tutor should not be selected by gender. ○Tutor should support foreign student until who graduate. ○University should periodically listen voices of foreign students. ○System that foreign students can select their tutor is desirable. ○Supervisors who monitor the performance of tutor are needed. ○As tutor system is to support foreign students, tutor should be Japanese. ○Manual for tutors should be developed. ○As tutor is not volunteer work but job with fee, tutors should be more serious for their responsibility. ○System to change tutor based on the performance evaluation should be developed. ○Nomination by supervisor is not a good system. ○Tutor's will helping foreign students should be firstly counted. ○Orientation can be organized by a group composed of foreign students, tutors and supervisors. ○Tutor should be selected from the senior foreign students who can both speak Japanese and English. ○Tutor can be selected from the people of outside who has more time to take care foreign students. ○Tutor can be selected from the people who wish to be a tutor.
Language barrier: ○Language improvement both tutor and foreign students is required. ○Tutor should more understand English and different culture.
Capability: ○Tutors should understand their responsibility. ○As tutor accepted its work with fee, they should more focused to support foreign students. ○Tutors should communicate with foreign students in longer time.
Japanese Character: ○To understand Japanese, tutors should be Japanese. ○It is difficult to communicate with Japanese tutors, most of who is shy.

Question19. Have you had a part-time job here?

No: ○I wish to do, because to more understand Japanese system. ○There is no time to do part-time job. ○As Japanese language skill is limited, opportunity is also limited. ○Not interested in part-time job, because I wish to use my time for research. ○Available job is not along line with my interest. ○Supervisor does not recommend to do part-time job and I agree with him.

Question20. How do you get information about part-time jobs?

Advertisement: ○Magazine. ○Advertisement. ○Announcement in the University. ○Mail.
Friend: ○Compatriot. ○Foreign students
University: ○Supervisor. ○Ryuugakusei Center. ○International Cooperation Division.
Problem: ○Information on part-time job is limited.

Question21. What is your relationship with your employer like?

Good: ○Although I heard Japanese ill treat foreign people, they are very kind and teach me many things. ○ Lot of useful and good experience. ○Very professional.
Problem: ○There are people who discriminate foreign people. ○Misunderstood of my activities that initiated by my good will, due to different way of thinking. ○Depend on the person. ○Kind people and peculiar people. ○Word of greeting is too much. ○No communication due to busy working condition. ○Sometimes persecuted. ○ Difficult human relashonship.

Question22. How you can improve your financial problems?

Good housekeeping: ○Borrow the money from friends. ○Ask parents to increase financial support. ○Economize expenditures. ○Use scholarship wisely and creatively. ○Using money from saving.
Scolarship: ○Actively apply for available financial support, such as full or half of exemption of tuition, opportunities of research assistant, gakushu shoureikin and scholarship. ○Studying hard also for obtaining schlorship. ○Financial support for housing should be available.
Part-time job: ○As I was busy to do part-time job, I am puzzled whether I came to Kagoshima for study or doing part-time job. ○More chance to work in the University as research assistant.
Problem: ○There is no solution to improve financial problem. ○Fee for part-time job in Kagoshima is cheap. ○More information on part-time job should be available. ○The capacity of International Residence Hall should be expanded. ○More job opprtunities in the laboratory. ○It is difficult to both support family and child and conduct research work.

Question23. Who do you talk to when you have problems?

Friends: ○Tutor(compatriot). ○Japanese friends. ○Compatriots (having the same way of thinking). ○Close friends. ○Boy/girl friends. ○Friends in church. ○Friends in home country through internet.
Relatives: ○Parents. ○Family. ○Relatives in Kagoshima. ○Wife/husband.
People in the University: ○In case of study, supervisor, in case of life in general, friends. ○Colleagues in the laboratory. ○Supervisor. ○ Advisors for foreign students. ○Tutor.
No consultation: ○There is nobody with whom I can consult. ○Although I have a problem related to the laboratory, I cannot consult with the people in the University. ○I tried to self control.

Question24. How do you solve your problems?

Hobby: ○Sports. ○Eat. ○Watching movies through computer. ○Listen speech. ○Hiking. ○Internet. ○ Listen music. ○Window shopping. ○Sightseeing ○Watching TV. ○Taking a walk. ○ Hot spring. ○Karaoke. ○Museum. ○Taking photos. ○Doing something good for health. ○Join traditional musical instruments club.
Discuss with people: ○Join the gathering (like KUFSA). ○Go out with friend. ○Discuss stress with close friend, compatriots and supervisor. ○Call telephone to relatives. ○Cooking with friend. ○Home-stay.
Others: ○Drink. ○Cry. ○Sleep. ○Smoke. ○Self control (taking a walk or shopping). ○Relaxation. ○Rest. ○Making myself busy. ○Go back to home country. ○Move. ○Less mental problem after adjusting life in Japan. ○Have to overcome by myself. ○Patient. ○Playing with child.
Religion: ○Pray. ○Go to church.

Question25. How would you like the University help with these problems?

Establishing Counseling Room: ○Extend supports for survival. ○Establishing pcychrogical counseling /counseling system for foreign students. ○Pcychrogist specialized for fpregin people might be needed. ○Free counseling system is needed. ○University should show its policy to take care mental problem of foreign students. ○Difficult to counsel with unknown person. ○Setting up periodical counseling system organized anong students.
Activities on Cooperation: ○Attractive activities should be organized. ○Activation of foreign student community. ○Close communication between Japanese and foreign students. ○More opportunities of field trips and bus tours. ○Support of KUFSA activities. ○Leader of atheletic club should accept more foreign students into the club. ○Organization of sports activities. ○Meeting between teachers and foreign students (with tea or coffee). ○Improve the indoor sports facilities. ○More active invitation to the Japanese students for these activities. ○Activities to make understand different culture. ○Weekly meeting where can discuss with the people in the vicinity. ○Social activities. ○Mental support for foreign students.
Support for financial problem:As It looks that mental problem related to financial problems, such requests were presented. ○To increase opportunities of part-time job in the university. ○Increase the scale of scholarship, exemption of tuition. ○Supervisor should more understand the needs of part-time job. ○Wish to have financial support.
Others: ○It is difficult to answer, because the problem differ by the people. ○No need for the support. ○As personal problem,solution should come from myself. ○I should improve my personal capacity. ○ I do not have clear idea on how I should diccuss such personal problems.

Question26. What kind of accommodation problems do you have?

Problems:Facilities; ○No airconditioner (heater and cooler). ○Too small. ○Bathroom has to share with other people. ○No sunlight. ○No bathroom. ○International Residence Hall is dirty.
Environment; ○Noisy because house is located near railway. ○Many mosquitoes. ○Very noisy during daytime.
Social Problem; ○Problem with neighbor. ○Neighbor always complain about me. ○As my child is noisy, there is a problem with neighbor. ○As there is no time limit, Karaoke is very noisy(International Residence Hall). ○No appropriate room for family. ○There is no good human relationship with other Japanese in the dormitory. They do not even greet me in the morning. ○All information is in Japanese.
Costs: ○Expensive. ○Appropriate room for foreign students is not easily available and expensive. ○Cheap house is in remote area and no friends in the area.
Other problems; ○House move is difficult for foreign students (Renting car). ○Iwish to have financial support for the cost of housing. ○Staying period in International Residence Hall is too short.

Question27.How did you find your accommodation?

Special requirements: ○Looking for small, old and cheap room. ○Room should be close to the laboratory ( ease for family). ○Room at least have two rooms.

Question28. Did you have a problem finding a guarantor?

Yes: ○Why guarantor is needed in addition to the payment of deposit and commission? ○As I could not ask my friend, I asked to a special company to be a gurantor.

Question29. Do you understand the Japanese deposit and commission system?

Understand: ○Now understand. ○Understand as told by real estate agent. ○Understand but too expensive.
Not Understand: ○Peculiar system. ○Accept but not understand. ○Not understand on how these money would be used. ○Not understand and not paid.
Problem: ○Not standardized system. Sometimes deposit was not refunded. ○Too expensive. ○Deposit should be included in the scholarship.

Question30. What suggestions do you have for improving the accommodation problems?

Expansion of International Residence Hall: ○Facilities of International Residence Hall should be improved. ○Extension of staying period of Hall. ○More people can be accommodated in the Hall. ○Arrangement to be able to stay in the public house(Danchi)
Support System: ○Able to stay in rooms for family in cheaper rate. ○Support of foreign students to find cheaper rooms. ○Orientation for the foreign students with respect to housing should be sufficiently conducted. ○Preparation and availability of English pamphlets of house. ○Advisor for foreign students should be consolidated. ○No application of deposit and commission for the foreign students. ○More sufficient information on good and cheap rooms. ○System to identify appropriate room should be developed.
Problems: ○Not understanding for the financial charge on disposing large sized garbage. ○Free internet connection at International Residence Hall. ○Why foreign students cannot stay at vacant rooms in the campus (Sakuragaoka)?

Question31. What do you think about International Residence Hall?

Satisfied: ○Well equiped. ○Soon repaired, whenever boroken. ○Convenient. ○Hall is important for newcomers. ○good.
Problems of facilities: ○Too old. ○Pillow is not good. ○If it has a television. ○Facilities in the room is good, but not good for the utility. ○Not good for soundproof of the room. ○Too old. ○Too small room. ○Each room should have own bathroom. ○Dirty( many cockroaches).
Improvement of the rule: ○Establishing free internet. ○Why use of internet has to request to tutors? ○hould be clean. ○Tutor should be more strict to enforce the rule.

Question32. If you are a student with children, have you had any problems?

Education of Child: ○As nursery is not closely located, difficult to help home work. ○Difficult to help homework on Japanese(Kanji). ○Problem on nursing. ○Present qualification to enroll kinder garden (Priority is given to the family that both parents are working, due to shortage of facilities). ○Admission to the elementary school (life style, language barrier. Different educational policy)
Financial Problem: ○Tight living condition. ○Very expensive for private kinder garden. ○Very expensive tuition for kinder garden. ○Doing more part-time work is difficult.
Others: ○Although studying and nursing at the same time are enjoyable, very tired. ○Our child could go to kinder garden only a few months due to high risk of pregnancy of my wife. ○We are worrying about after birth. ○There was no systematic guidance on how family can stay in Kagoshima, when my wife joined to me. ○Difficult to find the place where we can consult about problems related to family. ○Big problem when child become sick.

Question33. What can Kagoshima University do to support and improve your life in Kagoshima?

Scholarship: ○Sufficient financial support to be able to syudy. ○Increase scale and amount of scholarship. ○Increase scale of exemption of tuition. ○Support for purchasing books. ○Special arrangement scholarship for the foreign students with family. ○Correction of unfairness for the application of scholarship by faculties. ○Exemption of tuition should be separately conducted for Japanese and foreign students. ○Simplify the arrangement for application of scholarship.
Support for housing: ○Financial support for the foreign students who can not stay at International Residence Hall. ○General support for housing. ○More information on housing, especially when foreign students bring their family. ○Sufficient information to find house/room. ○Arrngement for foreign students enabling to stay public house(Danchi).
International Residence Hall: ○Extension of period for staying Hall. ○Expansion of rooms for family. ○Flexible use of Hall' facilities (Extension of usage time of public spaceur during holidays). International atmosphare: ○International Cooperation Division should more closely communicate with foreign students. ○The Division should support not only for the University issues but for the life issues of foreign students. ○As the most of lectures are conducted in Japanese, the lectures in English should be increased. ○The system to solve the problem whenever the complaint are raised can be improved. ○To develop the atmosphare as if foreign students staying at home. ○More meetings and activities are needed to understand each other. ○Collaborative research works with other developed countries should be increased.
Financial Suports: ○Information on part-time jobs should be more provided. ○Wish to be supported for foreign students who are visiting by their own costs. ○Wish to be considered on vicious cycle of the privately funded students(Increase part-time job, decrease study time, application for scholarship was not highly evaluated, financial difficulty). ○Illogical for the application of field work(more simplified precess by supervisors).
Facilities: ○More computers for foreign students at the laboratory. ○Extension of the usage time of library.
Services: ○English translation can be added for information from elementary school and kinder garden. ○Questionares and announcements in the University is only made by Japanese. ○Food information for Muslim is required.
Tutor: ○Tutor should assist not only for study but for life in Kagoshima. ○Tutor should be sellected by test including English.
Others: ○More understanding for foreign students who funded by themselves, in applying exemption of tuition. ○More detailed guide for obtaining driving license is needed.

Follow up

These results will be used as a base for understanding by the University to further support foreign students and improve the situation in and out of the University to ensure they have a more pleasant stay in Kagoshima.

The Voices of International Students about Kagoshima and Kagoshima University.

My life in Kagoshima

Nikolay Gyulemetove(under-graduate student), Bulgaria

When I first came to Kagoshima almost a year and half ago, it was more or less like a leap into the unknown. Of course, by that time I already knew a little about the city, its people and glorious history, but about the actual everyday life there I knew nothing. Neither did I know what my own new life in Kagoshima would be like. There was a lot of uncertainty of the kind that accompanies any major change in a person's life.

Would I be able to make friends? Would I find my own place? How would my studies go, having to take them together with the Japanese students? All these and many more similar questions were on my mind during the first days after I set foot in Kagoshima with the goal of becoming a Kagoshima University student.

Now, more than a year later, I am happy to have found the answers, and indeed some excellent answers. First of all, it is a pleasure to be a part of the Kagoshima University student community - I have had the chance to meet hundreds of students not only from all parts of Japan, but from all over the world, which is a fascinating experience. On the very second day since my arrival I have already been invited to a couple of welcome parties, orientations and other such events, which were an indispensable help in those first days. I immediately felt Kagoshima like home - and a home I would be happy to live in and would keep in my heart forever.

And that of course brings me to the next thing - the wonderful surroundings! Kagoshima has a picturesque landscape, lush and beautiful, and the looming bulk of Sakurajima above the waters of the Kinko Bay and the city itself is a landmark impossible to forget or even parallel. I have grown up loving nature and its endless diversity and such a lovely place as Kagoshima (not only the city, but the whole of the prefecture) is a true blessing to live in. There are so many places to see, and discover, and enjoy. Beautiful weather, the sea at the doorstep and the numerous parks, campsites and other tourist and entertainment spots are ever more tempting, especially after the end of the school term and the flurry of exams and reports. But Kagoshima is also a centre of culture and industry with its numerous museums, historical landmarks, and famous local food and beverage products.

The people of Kagoshima are extremely friendly, open to new experiences and points of view, supportive and eager to make their beautiful hometown a valuable and cosmopolitan part of the world. It is to a great extent thanks to the hospitality and good-nature of the citizens of Kagoshima that I have come to enjoy and appreciate my life here so much. And this is kindness which I shall try to repay with my dedication in studies, in meeting and interacting with people, and with trying to learn and understand as much as possible about the people I have the privilege to meet while living it this fantastic place - Kagoshima.

(raduate student of Agriculture Faculty, Indonesia)

Strategic geographical zone, peaceful, attractive topography, unique agriculture products and well developed agricultural economy, those of which have attracted many people to know more about it. The attraction for such agricultural industries in Kagoshima will further be strengthened by the relevant academic know-how and technology developed in, Kagoshima University. The faculty has been not only scientifically advanced but achieved various technologies through the application to its farms in collaboration with a lot of efforts exerted by local government and industries

The Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University is located in the heart of Kagoshima city. It consists of four departments: Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Biochemical Sciences and Technology, Environmental Sciences and Technology, and Veterinary Medicine. The faculty has affiliated research institutes inside campus and also in different locations. A well developed road and transportation system has eased to have an access to every of those facilities as well as any local farmlands and industries.

One of the unique agriculture products in Kagoshima has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as world's heaviest radish with 119 cm girth and 32.1 kg weight compared with normal radish with a weight of 10 kg. Special nature of radish attracts research activities on its production and processing. There are many other special products of Kagoshima that has attracted people not only for research but also for their use, such as sweet potatoes and shochu (liquor made of a variety of potatoes), green tea, tankan orange, Kagoshima black pig and cattle, and Satsuma native chicken.
Faculty of Agriculture has conducted wide range of research and experiments mobilizing advanced technologies including biotechnology in agriculture production and its management system. The projects are widely open for both domestic and international people through joint research and trainings. The faculty is very intent to develop various kinds of collaboration with foreign institutions and universities.

Kagoshima University Foreign Student Association - KUFSA

Kagoshima University Foreign Student Association - KUFSA is the official representative of the foreign students in Kagoshima University.

The association was established in view of dealing with the foreign students well-being so as to make their study and stay in a different environment, a pleasant one. It tries to establish a bridge between foreign students and the Japanese people, its culture as a whole, and the university authority in particular, promoting different ways of socio-cultural exchange and understanding.

You will find here a lot of interesting things, we hope help you to know the association, to understand the University system, to know the beautiful city of Kagoshima, to make a lot of friends around the world and to keep in touch all of those which are currently studying in Kagoshima University, and even with those ones who already graduated.

Last year the members of KUFSA were more than 340 foreign students from 42 countries.

OBJECTIVES

To unite and foster good relationship among foreign students of the Kagoshima University

To promote friendship and better understanding between we, foreign students of Kagoshima University and the Japanese.

MEMBERS

Kagoshima University Foreign Student Association - KUFSA membership is classified as follows.

Full membership: all foreign students enrolled in kagoshima University and who pay annual fee. They have the right to all Kufsa service free.

Associated members: all the family members of foreign students in kagoshima University.

Honorary members: an individual or group who supports by contribution the activities of KUFSA.

All members can use the mailing list, which is an important way to communicate with all the foreigners students in Kagoshima.

International Food :

Center for International Planning (KUCIP) developed "International Food" program in collaboration with Kagoshima University COOP and Kagoshima University Foreign Students Association (KUFSA) in June 2010. International Food is served by the restaurant of COOP through the training session conducted by voluntary students to the cooking staff. The objective of the "International Food" is to popularize the food and food culture of the countries from where foreign students come. It is hoped that communication between foreign and Japanese students is going to be close through the understanding of different food cultures including Halal food. Since June 2010, the following foods have been served through COOP restaurant in the Kagoshima University.

Locations of Campuses and Off-Campus Facilities :

The Campuses of Kagoshima University are located in Kagoshima City, which has a population of more than half a million and is the most populous area in the southernmost part of Japan.

Mt.Sakurajima an active volcano towering over Kinko Bay and very often billowing smoke high into the sky, stands 4 kilometers away from the city and affords a magnificent view.

Campus Views

Addresses & Phone Numbers


Administration Bureau	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-8580	099-285-7111
Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities	1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Faculty of Education	1-20-6, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Kindergarten	1-20-15, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7990
Primary School	1-20-15, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7962
Junior High School	1-20-35, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7932
School for Special Needs Education	1-10-1, Shimoishiki, Kagoshima 890-0005	099-224-6257
Center for Educational Research and Development	1-20-6, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Graduate School of Science and Engineering	1-21-40, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Nansei-Toko Observatory for Earthquakes and Volcanoes	10861, Yoshino-cho, Kagoshima 892-0871	099-244-7411
Faculty of Science	1-21-35, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Faculty of Engineering	1-21-40, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Faculty of Medicine	8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8544	099-275-5111
Medical and Dental Hospital	8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8544	099-275-5111
Kirishima Rehabilitation Center	3930-7, Takchiho, Makizono-cho, Kirishima 899-6603	0995-78-2538
Faculty of Dentistry	8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8544	099-275-5111
Faculty of Agriculture	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Campus Farm	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Toso Orchard	3-32-1, Toso, Kagoshima 890-0081	099-254-1042
Ibusuki Experimental Botanical Garden	1291, Ju-cho, Ibusuki, 891-0402	0993-22-2848
Iriki Livestock Farm	4018-3, Uranomyo Otani, Iriki-cho, Satsumasendai 895-1402	0996-44-2204
University Forests	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-8744
Takakuma Experimental Forest	3237, Kaigata, Tarumizu, 891-2101	0994-32-6329
Sata Experimental Forest	349, Magome, Sata, MinamiOhsumi-cho, Kimotsuki-gun, 893-2604
Veterinary Teaching Hospital	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-8750
Faculty of Fisheries	4-50-20, Shimoarata, Kagoshima 890-0056	099-286-4111
Education and Research Center for Marine Resources and Environment	4-50-20, Shimoarata, Kagoshima 890-0056	099-286-4111
Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences	8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8544	099-275-5111
Center for Chronic Viral Diseases	8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8544	099-275-5111
Law School	1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Professinonal Graduate School of Clinical Psychology	1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Central Library	1-21-35, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7415
Medical Library	8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8532	099-275-5201
Fisheries Library	4-50-20, Shimoarata, Kagoshima 890-0056	099-286-4051
Health Service Center	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-8580	099-285-7385
Research Center for the Pacific Islands	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-8580	099-285-7394
International Student Center	1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-3601
The Kagoshima University Museum	1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-8141
Computing and Communications Center	1-21-35, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7474
Research and Education Center for Lifelong Learning	1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7294
Education Center	1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-8821
Inamori Academy	1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-3751
Frontier Science Research Center	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-3583
Kagoshima University Innovation Center	1-21-40, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065	099-285-7111
Research Center for Archaeology	1-21-24, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-8580	099-285-7111