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