Founded in 1965, KSU is a private comprehensive university in Kyoto with faculties in humanities, social sciences, sciences, and engineering, including computer science and life sciences.
Address: Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, 603-8555 Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Computer Science & Engineering, Physics & Engineering, Life Sciences
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Astroscience, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Life Sciences, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
International exchange programs. Collaborations with local businesses and research institutions in Kyoto.
Research:
Astrophysics (Koyama Astronomical Observatory), Avian influenza research, Information security, Robotics and AI.
Famous Alumnis:
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International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
800
Current students***:
15000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Comprehensive university with growing science and engineering departments, located in historic Kyoto, active in specific research fields.
Cons
Private university tuition fees, engineering/science faculties are part of a larger comprehensive university.
Best For
Comprehensive private university with programs in computer science, physics, and life sciences.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of astroscience, bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics can consider Konan University, and it is smaller, enrolling about 9,000 students against roughly 15,000 here, and is also a private institution.
- On content, Waseda University and this institution are close, as both teach astroscience, aerospace and bioinformatics; it also offers mba programmes and covers transportations and geotechnics as well.
- Think of Osaka Sangyo University when optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics is the priority: it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers ergonomics and UX and transportations as well.
- Sophia University follows much the same lines as this university, with bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and optics as common ground, and it has almost the same size, at about 14,000 students, and is also a private institution.
- Tokyo University of Science shares the core fields of this university, namely astroscience, aerospace and bioinformatics; it covers food science and transportations as well, and is slightly larger, at about 20,000 students against roughly 15,000 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- University of Zielona Góra (Poland) works on the same fields as this institution, chiefly astroscience, aerospace and bioinformatics; it is public, whereas this institution is private, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in Poland is the nearest foreign match on astroscience, bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics; it is public, whereas this institution is private, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- If this university is on your list for astroscience, aerospace and bioinformatics, Universität Bern in Switzerland deserves a comparison, because it is public, whereas this university is private, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- In China, USTC teaches much the same core subjects, astroscience, aerospace and bioinformatics, and it is larger, enrolling about 25,000 students against roughly 15,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena in Germany is the nearest foreign match on astroscience, aerospace and bioinformatics; it covers nanotechnologies and structural engineering as well, and is slightly larger, at about 17,000 students against roughly 15,000 here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Astrophysics, Environmental Engineering, Innovation, Robotics
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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