About

University Overview

Organization

Board Members

President

Executive Vice Presidents

Makoto Aratono
Executive Vice President
Provost
Senior Vice President


Roles and responsibilities:

Planning, Personnel

 

Rin-ichiro Taniguchi
Executive Vice President
Senior Vice President

Roles and responsibilities:
Information Technology, Library, DX, Evaluation and Institutional Research

 

Yoshio Hisaeda
Executive Vice President
Senior Vice President

Roles and responsibilities:
Education, Student Support, Admissions, Partnerships with High Schools, Alumni Associations, Kyushu University Fund, Inclusion

 

Susumu Fukuda
Executive Vice President
Senior Vice President

Roles and responsibilities:
Research, Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Intellectual Properties, Campus Development and Management

 

Kenji Iwata
Executive Vice President
Senior Vice President

Roles and responsibilities:
International Affairs, Diversity, Legal Affairs, SDGs, Research Integrity

 

Norifumi Nishida
Executive Vice President
Secretary-General

Roles and responsibilities:
Finance, Administrative Affairs, Labor Management, Crisis Management, Disclosure of Information, Safety and Health

 

Yoko Murakami
Executive Vice President

Roles and responsibilities:
Public Relations, Citizen Science, Harassment Prevention

 

Yuko Maeda
(Part-time) Executive Vice President

Roles and responsibilities:
Management Strategy

 

Auditor

Name Miya Yamaguchi
Job title Auditor
Tenure September 1, 2020–August 31, 2024
Roles and responsibilities Operational Audit
Name Shigeyuki Kudo
Job title Auditor (Part-time)
Tenure September 1, 2020–August 31, 2024 (CPA at Kudo CPA Firm)
Roles and responsibilities Operational Audit

Senior Vice President


Name Affiliation Tenure Roles and responsibilities
Koichi Akashi

Professor / Faculty of Medical Sciences

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

Research Promotion (Medicine and Health), Infection Control

Masaharu Shiratani

Dean / Institute for Advanced Study

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
Research, Researcher Development
Kaoru Tamada Professor / Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

Diversity, Harassment Prevention

Akira Harata Professor / Faculty of Engineering Sciences October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

International Affairs, Research and Education Promotion (Asia and Oceania), SDGs, Recurrent Education

Yoshimi Sonoda

Dean / Faculty of Engineering

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
Education Reform, Inclusion
Akira Omoto

Dean / Faculty of Design

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
Research Promotion (Future Co-Creation)
Kazunari Sasaki

Professor / Faculty of Engineering

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Research and Education Promotion (Energy and Decarbonization)
Koji Okamura

Professor / Research Institute for Information Technology

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
Information Technology Infrastructure, Information Security, Alumni Associations, Kyushu University Fund 
Takahiro Kusakabe

Professor / Faculty of Agriculture

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
Research Promotion (Environment and Food), Citizen Science
Masahiko Kaburagi

Dean / School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
Project-Based Learning
Seiichi Uchida

Professor / Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
IT Human Resources Development, Education DX
Johan Lauwereyns

Professor / School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
International Affairs, Public Relations, Student Support, Alumni Associations, Kyushu University Fund (Abroad)

Vice President

Name Affiliation Tenure Roles and responsibilities
Shuji Shimizu

Research Professor / Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies

April 1, 2022–
March 31, 2023

Research Promotion (Asia and Oceania), International Affairs, Infection Control

Koji Harada

Dean / Faculty of Arts and Science

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

Project-Based Learning, KIKAN Education, Admissions

Kenichi Tanoue

Professor / Faculty of Design

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

Campus Development and Management, Inclusion, Citizen Science

Takeru Nose

Professor / Faculty of Arts and Science

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

Education Reform, Student Support, Partnerships with High Schools

Megumi Takata

Professor / Faculty of Economics

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

Management Reform, Entrepreneurship Education, Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Research Promotion (Decarbonization) 
Aya Hagishima

Professor / Faculty of Engineering Sciences

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

Research, Diversity

Natalie Konomi

Professor / Global Strategies Office

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
International Affairs, Diversity (International Students, Faculty and Staff)
Shinji Ohnishi

Professor / Academic Research and Industrial Collaboration Management Office

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024

Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Intellectual Properties

Ryu Kojima

Professor / Faculty of Law

October 1, 2022–
September 30, 2024
Legal Affairs, Intellectual Properties, Research Integrity
Shoshiro Takeyoshi

Deputy Head / Executive Office of the President

April 1, 2021–
March 31, 2023
Management and Coordination for Executive Office of the President