Navigate the Globe is a comprehensive study abroad information platform operated by Kyushu University’s International Education Navigation Center. Beyond university-wide programs, we showcase unique international research and educational opportunities across various fields. This site serves as a central resource for students—whether they are exploring study abroad options, preparing for departure, or returning from their international experience. Our mission is to present Kyushu University’s diverse study abroad programs and international exchange initiatives in an accessible, systematic format that puts students’ needs first. We guide students through their journey of global engagement, whether through study abroad or international programs at Kyushu University.

Nowadays, we are facing with various international architecture issues such as growing demand for natural resources and energy, global warming, and air contamination. In urban architecture field, it is our urgent issue to pursue a high degree of professional education which has global perspective in order to solve international environmental problems including creation of a recycling and low-carbon society. It has been also requiring to have practical education system which is based on the international standard by cause of particular problems by historical and cultural reasons. Especially, in Asia, it is significant to nurture human resources which can put environmental measures into practice. Therefore, figuring out or examining their issues in local, develop a solution and learning from their own experiences are highly effective. In a word, it is crucial to provide a place of learning and diffuse of the ensured educational program with sharing the multiplicity of architecture in Asian cities.   In this project, Kyushu University, Tongji University and Busan National University (we have concluded an agreement) have formed consortium of 3 University. Ⅰ. Implementation of educational plans which is based on the model of the education Kyushu University. Ⅱ. Establishment of program that unified and degree-granting process. Ⅲ. Establishment and application of WEB education management system which support international standard evaluation, remediation and management. Ⅳ. Development of a portal website which is designed to encourage spreading of the global standard model and international public relations. Ⅴ. Address the development of the authentication system that guaranteed quality of architectural environment education. Consequently, it enables to establish the international environment system that students can acquire diverse sustainable processes while interacting and competing with international students.  

The Kyushu University Taiwan Studies Project is one of three such programs in Japan. It is supported by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education and run in cooperation with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Fukuoka. It is hosted by the Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies (Department of Education), which manages the program on behalf of Kyushu University. It was formally established in October 2017, when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the President of Kyushu University and the Director (Consul General) of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Fukuoka. The program’s goal is to promote interest in and knowledge of Taiwan amongst our own students and faculty, as well as more widely across Western Japan. We also aim to encourage promising young scholars to consider careers researching Taiwan’s history, politics, society and culture.

The Top Global University Project The Top Global University Project (hereafter referred to as "TGU Project") is a high profile national project that provides generous financial support to Japan’s elite universities that are vigorously promoting internationalization through new initiatives to realize and accelerate exchange and collaboration with world-class universities, to reform academic affairs and HR systems, and to improve pedagogies for developing students' global competence. (The Project is to be completed at the end of FY2023). The Kyushu University Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies occupies a strategic position in our own TGU initiative (known as SHARE-Q) as part of the "strategic reconfiguration of the research and education portfolio" to further promote one of the TGU project’s set goals, i.e., "enhancing education and research capabilities to raise global presence.” SGU-related activities in Asia and Oceania （１）Japan-Australia University Symposium 2015: Towards Successful Partnerships: Learning from Experiences This was the first full-scale inter-university symposium to be co-hosted by a Japanese university in Australia. Prominent researchers from comprehensive universities in both Australia and Japan delivered lectures on, and discussed amongst themselves, the challenges and prospects for Australia-Japan university partnerships. A total of 130 individuals from universities and government agencies attended this symposium. On the Australian side, the above number includes 24 universities and 29 government agencies and companies. On the Japanese side are included 29 universities, mainly TGU sites, and 3 public organizations, including MEXT (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), and the Embassy of Japan in Australia. （２）The University of Queensland – Kyushu University Oceania Project (UQ-KU Project) The University of Queensland – Kyushu University Oceania Project (hereafter, the UQ-KU Project) started in July 2015, based on our academic exchange agreement with the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, with the aim of promoting further educational and research exchange between the two universities. The Project’s main initiatives are two short-term student exchange programs, viz., (1) UQ-JPIE and (2) Q2PEC, with about 20 students participating in each program every year. In UQ-JPIE, UQ students who come to Kyushu U through the "New Colombo Plan" learn about Japanese industrial technology and business practices by attending lectures at Kyushu U and by taking part in field trips to Japanese companies. In Q2PEC, Kyushu U students are dispatched to UQ to acquire high English proficiency and a global mindset through intensive English language study, visits to UQ engineering laboratories, and participation in workshops. （３）Overseas Training for Administrators to upgrade their management skills and improve their capacities (Australia and Taiwan) SHARE-Q offers a series of trainings to Kyushu U’s administrators, with the aim of developing their management skills and maximizing their potentials. These trainings include: language trainings to develop high English proficiency; global mindset trainings; and overseas trainings to learn firsthand about our overseas universities’s global initiatives. In our overseas trainings, a total of 26 administrators have so far been dispatched to the University of Sydney (2015-2018) and National Taiwan University (2019). These trainings consist of talks in English, discussions with the host university staff, and the independent research, and are designed to equip the participants with advanced practical skills that enable them to take the lead in proposing and implementing solutions to hard problems.

As one of the "Inter-University Exchange Project" promoted by MEXT, Campus Asia is an educational project conducted jointly by universities in Japan, China and Korea. This CAMPUS Asia EEST (Energy and Environmental Science and Technology) program at Chikushi campus has formed a consortium with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Pusan National University, focusing on training advanced researchers and engineers who have the ability to develop applications, solve problems, and can play an active role globally in the fields of EEST. This program has established a EEST course to award double degrees in two of the three partner universities within a normal enrollment period with one master thesis written in English. The course consists of a “three in one” module, namely combining one semester exchange, two summer schools, and several international seminars together. A total of 171 students has been awarded Master’s double degree in modes 1 and 2 among three universities. From 2021, we have launched mode 3 and expanded our project to ASEAN by adding a new partner, University of Technology Malaysia. As an upgrade of CAMPUS Asia EEST, this CAMPUS Asia Plus program is conducted jointly by four universities and will be a platform of higher education in the field of science and technology embracing the diversity of Asia for cultivating advanced global talents in EEST field. We also promote research internships of PhD students and further active international research and education aiming for producing doctoral double degree graduates.

Advanced Asian Archaeological Research Center was launched in 2013 for multidisciplinary research on archaeological material using archaeological, anthropological, medical and geological analytical methods. The Center also promotes active research exchange by inviting researchers from Asia, Europe, and the United States, with the aim of forming an international center of excellence for the study of archaeological materials.

Make “Study in Japan” familiar to the people Kyushu University was selected as a representative university in Japan for the Study in Japan Global Network Project to double the number of international students from Middle-East and North Africa, what is called MENA region by the MEXT. One of the regional projects under “Study in Japan Global Network Project” to familiarize Study in Japan through disseminating actual figure of study in Japan and to promote academic linkage among universities in the region and Japan. Kyushu University has launched Ankara office in 2019. Our office provides consultations for students who are interested in studying in Japan, as well as networking with high school and universities in Turkey.

The Green Asia Program aims to develop outstanding leaders who can contribute to the achievement of “Green Asia”. Successful candidates have the opportunity to be trained in one of the program’s three specialized fields: materials science, system engineering, and resources engineering, with additional lectures on environmental science, basic sociology, and economics. Furthermore, candidates can network with other professionals in Asia through educational training offered domestically and internationally. Students who have completed all the required training are expected to play the leading role in our society with the following five abilities; research, practical understanding, global perspective, objective appraisal, and leadership. The Green Asia Education Center was established in December 2012 as an educational facility that conducts the Green Asia Program, and later it has been expansively integrated with Transdisciplinary Research and Education Center for Green Technologies since April 2019, aiming to further enhance its functions for globally advanced education. Moreover, Evergreen – Joint Journal of Novel Carbon Resource Sciences & Green Asia Strategy – was designed to be one of the pillars of the Green Asia Program and has been published as a peer-reviewed journal. The CiteScore 2022 of Evergreen was recorded to be 3.5 while the total number of publications stands at 253 (as of 07 February, 2022).  

Telemedicine Development Center of Asia (TEMDEC) was set up in 2008 to organize attractive, effective remote education, involving interactive discussions in various medical fields, whereby medical institutions in different countries are connected by the Internet. Since its establishment, TEMDEC has deepened cooperative relationships with medical professionals and engineers around the world. We have supported many remote education programs, such as international webinars, case conferences, and live demonstrations of advanced surgery and endoscopy. In that way, TEMDEC has helped share the latest medical knowledge and accumulate the experience of experts in various medical fields. We at TEMDEC are also actively engaged in remote medical consultation around the world.