A delegation from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in the US, headed by Prof. George Blumenthal, chancellor of the UCSC, visited Kyoto University on August 24, 2018. They met with Prof. Nagahiro Minato, provost and executive vice-president for strategy coordination, research, planning, and hospital administration, Prof. Tomomi Yagi, deputy executive vice-president for student affairs, Prof. Yukari Mitsuhashi, vice-director of the International Strategy Office, Prof. Takafumi Kurosawa, vice-dean of the Graduate School of Economics, and Prof. Tetsuo Sawaragi, vice-dean of the Graduate School of Engineering. They discussed the potential development of student exchange between the two universities.