Kyoto University pursues international research collaboration through academic cooperation and exchange agreements with leading international universities and other institutions.
176 universities, 2 university alliances and 16 other institutions (194 in total) in 53 different countries and regions.
For a list of partner institutions with which Kyoto University has concluded a student exchange agreement, please see here
Asia(16)
Republic of Indonesia
- 1. Institut Teknologi Bandung (2006)
- 2. University of Indonesia (2008)
- 3. Gadjah Mada University (2012) (2022 renewed)
- 4. Hasanuddin University (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 5. University of Riau (2020)
- 6. IPB University (formerly Bogor Agricultural University） (2013) (2018 renewed)
- 7. National Research and Innovation Agency (2022)
Republic of Singapore
- 8. National University of Singapore (1999)
Kingdom of Thailand
- 9. Kasetsart University (1984)
- 10. Thammasat University (2005) (2022 renewed)
- 11. Chulalongkorn University (2005)
- 12. Mahidol University (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 13. Chiang Mai University (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 14. Asian Institute of Technology (2017) (2022 renewed)
- 15. National Science and Technology Development Agency (2018) (2023 renewed)
Republic of Korea
- 16. Kyungpook National University (1980) (1984 renewed)
- 17. Seoul National University (1991)
- 18. Yonsei University (1998)
- 19. Korea University (2002)
- 20. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2005)
- 21. Pohang University of Science and Technology (2007)
- 22. Konkuk University (2012) (2022 renewed)
- 23. Ewha Womans University (2020)
Taiwan
- 24. National Taiwan University (2005)
- 25. National Tsing Hua University (2006)
- 26. National Cheng Kung University (2019)
- 27. Academia Sinica (2019)
- 28. National Chung Hsing University (2020)
- 29. China Medical University (2022)
People's Republic of China
- 30. Northwest University (1980)
- 31. Wuhan University (1980) (1995 renewed)
- 32. Peking University (1983)
- 33. Tsinghua University (1998)
- 34. Fudan University (2002)
- 35. Zhejiang University (2003)
- 36. University of Science and Technology of China (2005)
- 37. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2005)
- 38. Nanjing University (2006)
- 39. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2008)
- 40. Xi'an Jiaotong University (2008)
Kingdom of Bhutan
- 41. Royal University of Bhutan (2013) (2018 renewed)
Brunei Darussalam
- 42. University of Brunei Darussalam (2014) (2019 renewed)
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- 43. Vietnam National University, Hanoi (2007)
- 44. Hue University (2007)
- 45. Hanoi University of Science and Technology (2009)
- 46. University of Da Nang (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 47. Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (2020)
- 48. Can Tho University (2023)
Malaysia
- 49. University of Malaya (2008) (2023 renewed)
- 50. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2016) (2021 renewed)
- 51. National University of Malaysia (2017) (2022 renewed)
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- 52. Mandalay Technological University (2013)
- 53. Yangon Technological University (2013)
- 54. University of Yangon (2015)
- 55. Yezin Agricultural University (2017)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 56. National University of Laos (2002) (2007 renewed)
Republic of the Philippines
- 57. University of the Philippines (University of the Philippines System) (2015) (2020 renewed)
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- 58. Tribhuvan University (2015) (2020 renewed)
India
- 59. Banaras Hindu University (2015) (2020 renewed)
- 60. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2015) (2020 renewed)
- 61. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2016) (2021 renewed)
- 62. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2016) (2021 renewed)
- 63. Indian Institute of Science (2017) (2022 renewed)
- 64. North-Eastern Hill University (2018)
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- 65. University of Peradeniya (2020)
North America(2)
Canada
- 1. University of Toronto (1991) (2018 renewed)
- 2. University of Waterloo (2003)
- 3. McGill University (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 4. University of British Columbia (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 5. Concordia University (2014) (2019 renewed)
United States of America
- 6. Wayne State University (1985)
- 7. Stanford University (1989)
- 8. University of California (1990)
- 9. Brown University (1992) (1996 renewed)
- 10. University of Washington (2011) (2021 renewed)
- 11. Tufts University (1998)
- 12. University of Pennsylvania (1999)
- 13. University of Michigan (2003)
- 14. University of Hawaii (2003)
- 15. University of Washington (2011) (2016 renewed)
- 16. University of California, Davis (2011) (2020 renewed)
- 17. University of California, San Diego (2014) (2024 renewed)
- 18. Olin College of Engineering (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 19. University of Notre Dame (du Lac) (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 20. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015) (2023 renewed)
- 21. Rice University (2017)
- 22. University of Florida (2019)
- 23. University of California, Los Angeles (2021)
- 24. The Jackson Laboratory (2023)
Latin America and the Caribbean(2)
Federative Republic of Brazil
- 1. University of São Paulo (2014) (2024 renewed)
United Mexican States
- 2. University of Guadalajara (1983)
Europe(18)
Ireland
- 1. University College Dublin, UCD National University of Ireland (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 2. University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin (2014) (2022 renewed)
Italian Republic
- 3. University of Siena (1989)
- 4. University of Bologna (1995)
- 5. Politecnico di Milano (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 6. Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2015) (2020 renewed)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 7. University of Sussex (1989)
- 8. University of Oxford (1991)
- 9. University of Cambridge (1997)
- 10. University of Nottingham (1999)
- 11. University of Edinburgh (2005)
- 12. University of Sheffield (2006)
- 13. University of Manchester (2006)
- 14. University of Bristol (2011) (2020 renewed)
- 15. University of Glasgow (2013) (2021 renewed)
- 16. King's College London (KCL) (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 17. University of Birmingham (2015) (2018 renewed)
- 18. University of Leeds (2016) (2021 renewed)
- 19. University of Southampton (2017)
- 20. Queen Mary University of London (2020)
Ukraine
- 21. National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (2013) (2018 renewed)
- 22. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2014) (2022 renewed)
Republic of Austria
- 23. University of Vienna (1993)
Kingdom of the Netherlands
- 24. Leiden University (1997)
- 25. Utrecht University (1997)
- 26. University of Groningen (2013) (2018 renewed)
- 27. Wageningen University and Research (2018) (2022 renewed)
Swiss Confederation
- 28. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (1989)
- 29. University of Lausanne (1997)
- 30. University of Zurich (2013) (2018 renewed)
- 31. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2015) (2022 renewed)
Kingdom of Sweden
- 32. Uppsala University (1997)
- 33. Stockholm University (1997)
- 34. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH ) (2005) (2020 renewed)
- 35. Lund University (2014) (2019 renewed)
Spain
- 36. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2017) (2022 renewed)
Czech Republic
- 37. Charles University (1990)
- 38. Czech Academy of Sciences (2021)
Federal Republic of Germany
- 39. Free University of Berlin (1984) (1997 renewed)
- 40. University of Munich (1989)
- 41. University of Bonn (1990)
- 42. Heidelberg University (1990)
- 43. Humboldt University of Berlin (1998)
- 44. Technical University of Munich (2006)
- 45. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2011) (2021 renewed)
- 46. University of Cologne (2013) (2018 renewed)
- 47. RWTH Aachen University (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 48. Technical University of Berlin (2016) (2021 renewed)
- 49. Universität Hamburg (2017) (2022 renewed)
- 50. TU Dresden (2018)
- 51. TU Dortmund University (2019)
- 52. University of Gottingen (2011) (2021 renewed)
Republic of Finland
- 53. University of Helsinki (2011) (2021 renewed)
French Republic
- 54. Université de Strasbourg (1991) (2020 renewed)
- 55. French National Center for Scientific Research (2013) (2022 renewed)
- 56. Agropolis International (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 57. École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (2015) (2020 renewed)
- 58. Mines Paris – PSL (2016) (2021 renewed)
- 59. Université Paris Cité (2020)
- 60. École normale supérieure - PSL (2009)
- 61. University of Bordeaux (2014) (2019 renewed)
- 62. Université Paris-Saclay (2018)
- 63. Université Grenoble Alpes (2020)
- 64. École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (formerly ENS Cachan) (2017) (2022 renewed)
- 65. National Institute for Oriental Languages and Cultures (2016) (2021 renewed)
Kingdom of Belgium
- 66. Université catholique de Louvain (1997) (2018 renewed)
- 67. KU Leuven (2020)
Republic of Poland
- 68. Jagiellonian University (2013) (2018 renewed)
Russia
- 69. Lomonosov Moscow State University (1987)
- 70. Saint Petersburg University (2013) (2018 renewed)
Kingdom of Norway
- 71. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2014) (2019 renewed)
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- 72. University of Luxembourg (2016) (2021 renewed)
Pacific(2)
Australia
- 1. University of Queensland (1981) (2022 renewed)
- 2. University of Melbourne (1997) (2019 renewed)
- 3. University of New South Wales (1998)
- 4. University of Sydney (1999)
- 5. Australian National University (2008)
New Zealand
- 6. University of Auckland (1997) (2012 renewed)
Middle East(2)
State of Israel
- 1. Tel Aviv University (1999)
Republic of Turkey
- 2. Koç University (2011) (2021 renewed)
Africa(11)
Arab Republic of Egypt
- 1. Egyptian Academy of Science, Research and Technology (2010)
- 2. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (2012) (2022 renewed)
The Republic of the Sudan
- 3. University of Khartoum (2001) (2007 renewed)
Republic of Botswana
- 4. University of Botswana (2012) (2018 renewed)
Republic of Uganda
- 5. Makerere University (2015) (2020 renewed)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 6. University of Kinshasa (2015) (2020 renewed)
Kingdom of Morocco
- 7. Mohammed V University of Rabat (2016) (2021 renewed)
Republic of Ghana
- 8. University of Ghana (2017) (2022 renewed)
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- 9. Addis Ababa University (2017) (2024 renewed)
United Republic of Tanzania
- 10. Sokoine University of Agriculture (2019)
Republic of Zambia
- 11. University of Zambia (2019)
Republic of Madagascar
- 12. University of Antananarivo (2019)
Others(6)
Headquarters in Japan
- 1. United Nations University (2005) (2020 renewed)
- 2. Japan International Cooperation Agency (2010) (2020 renewed)
Headquarters in Kingdom of Thailand
- 3. ASEAN University Network (2009)
- 4. ASEAN + 3 University Network (ASEAN+3 UNet) (2012)
Headquarters in United States of America
- 5. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2016) (2021 renewed)
Headquarters in Italian Republic
- 6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2016) (2018 renewed)
Headquarters in French Republic
- 7. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2012)
- 8. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2019)
- 9. ITER International Fusion Energy Organization (2014) (2020 renewed)
- 10. UNESCO Chairs (2018) (2022 renewed)
Headquarters in Republic of Indonesia
- 11. Center for International Forestry Research (2016) (2021 renewed)
