About Kyushu University > Organization > The Graduate school/Graduate Faculty System   The Graduate school/Graduate Faculty System      Kyushu University has instituted a Graduate School/Graduate Faculty system - the first attempt of this kind at a Japanese university - as part of the overall reorganization of undergraduate and graduate education at the university in 2000.    In separating the former Graduate School into the Graduate School (the education body) and the Graduate Faculty (the research body to which faculty members belong), the University is seeking to revitalize relationships between the Graduate Faculty and the Graduate School, and the Graduate Faculty and Undergraduate School. These changes should promote a more dynamic functioning of the Graduate Faculty in its relation to the Graduate School and the Undergraduate School. (Refer to chart No.1 below). Under the Graduate School/Faculty system, all faculty members have been transferred from members of the Undergraduate Faculty to members of the Graduate Faculty. In addition, the educational body (Graduate School) and research body (Graduate Faculty) have become independent administrative entities. This new, more responsive administrative mechanism will enable Graduate Faculty members to participate more flexibly in the education of both the Undergraduate and Graduate School bodies. In implementing a more dynamic configuration of the education bodies (Undergraduate and Graduate Schools) and research body (Graduate Faculty), the university can more readily accommodate changes and shifts to pedagogic and research foci that may occur in the future.   Chart 1) Universities which have shifted their emphasis to Graduate School Education/Research   Graduate School / Faculty (Education / Research Body) Undergraduate School (Education / Research Body)   Kyushu University Graduate School (Education Body) Graduate Faculty (Research Body) Undergraduate School (Education / Research Body)     body to which faculty members are attached   Chart 2) The Organization of Graduate Schools, Graduate Faculties and Undergraduate Schools   Graduate Schools Faculties Schools Humanities Humanities Letters Social and Cultural Studies Social and Cultural Studies   Human-Environment Studies Human-Environment Studies Education Law Law Law Law School (Professional Graduate School)     Economics Economics Economics   Languages and Cultures   Sciences Sciences Sciences Mathematics Mathematics   Systems Life Sciences   Medicine Medical Sciences Medical Sciences Dentistry Dental Science Dental Science Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences Engineering Engineering Engineering   Design Design Design Information Science and Electrical Engineering Information Science and Electrical Engineering   Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Engineering Sciences   Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences Agriculture Agriculture Integrated Frontier Sciences Medical Institute for Bioregulation     Research Institute for Applied Mechanics     Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering       Research Institutes   Top     Sitemap