Dean's Message

Kansai University has a founding principle called "Jitsugaku-no-Jitsuge" (Realization of Learning).
This principle was advocated by Juntaro Yamaoka, the 11th President of Kansai University (1922-1925) and General Director.
It means that the university should not only pursue truth in academic research as a temple of learning, but also propose what society should be and provide what it needs, thus serving as a bridge between academic theory and industry and government - in other words, seeking "harmony between theory and practice."
It calls upon the university to return its achievements to society and, conversely, to absorb societal needs and pursue scholarship aimed at a better society. This can be understood as the fundamental concept of what we now call industry-academia collaboration and industry-government-academia collaboration.
This truly indicates what universities should aim for today.

Under this philosophy, the Graduate School of Science and Engineering at Kansai University is committed to cultivating practical and competent human resources who can contribute to society through three majors: "Engineering Science," "Environmental and Urban Engineering," and "Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering," based on their respective concepts of "system creation," "urban development," and "product creation."
Under these majors, we have established nine fields: "Mathematics," "Physics and Applied Physics," "Mechanical Engineering," "Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering," "Architecture," "Civil and Environmental Engineering," "Energy, Environment and Chemical Engineering," "Chemistry and Materials Engineering," and "Life Science and Biotechnology," providing an educational system that covers the subdivided academic domains of science and engineering.
Our graduate school aims to provide a place that cultivates the ability to understand the essence of phenomena behind advanced knowledge and new technologies, the ability to approach technological challenges from both hardware and software perspectives, and the ability to make material functions perform in various systems, devices, and living organisms.

The world's technological development is evolving at a speed far beyond our imagination.
How should we face and deal with such changes? What is important is to know the principles and fundamentals of things, broaden our horizons, and polish our flexible sensibility to lead the transformation of the times.
While the knowledge required changes with the times, the principles and fundamentals of things remain constant. Our graduate school has prepared educational programs to cultivate excellent advanced engineers who can acquire reliable technical capabilities and application abilities that are not swayed by changes in the times, and who can respond appropriately to the needs of society.
As one of these initiatives, we are developing "Double Degree (DD) Programs" with Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany) and National Central University (Taiwan) to cultivate advanced science and engineering personnel who can play active roles in global society.
This program is a system where master's degrees are awarded from both the overseas partner university and Kansai University, and through one year of educational and research activities at the overseas partner school, we are cultivating global advanced science and engineering personnel who can play active roles on the front lines of international society.

As described above, our graduate school conducts education and research with the goal that those who gather and study here possess the ability to solve cutting-edge research challenges in technological social systems and be produced as competent personnel who can lead the next generation of academia and industry on the international stage.
We look forward to welcoming students with an exploratory spirit who are willing to learn and think independently to acquire extensive specialized knowledge and skills at the ever-developing Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kansai University!