Meet and Greet under the Camphor Tree 2021を開催しました


京都大学欧州拠点は昨年に続き、欧州の学生とスタッフを対象とした2回目のオンラインイベント、Meet & Greet under the Camphor Tree 2021を9月8日に開催しました。単なる情報提供に止まらず、”Meet and Greet” で参加者同士が情報交換できるようインフォメーション・セッションとネットワーク・セッションの二部構成としました。広く京都大学のS N Sから告知をしたこともあって、100名近い参加者の中にはアジアからの学生も含まれています。

冒頭、横山美夏欧州拠点所長による歓迎の挨拶では、イベント参加への感謝とともに、今後渡航制限が緩和されて留学生が京都に戻ってこられることを期待しているとの言葉が述べられました。続いて、国際交流課から伝統と革新の魅力ある京都という都市と世界有数の研究大学である京都大学に関する紹介があり、国際教育交流課からは留学制度や手続きなど具体的な説明が行われました。

参加者に人気のある学生の体験談パートでは、ハンブルク大学、ウィーン大学、カールスルーエ工科大学(KIT)の本大学の5人の元留学生たちと、英国への留学経験がある本学学生が協力を申し出てくれました。我々の想像以上に京都大学、そして日本での生活を満喫した様子の彼らは、参加者の不安を取り除くような様々な体験談を披露してくれ、チャット欄にはオススメのラーメン屋さんのリンクが貼られるなど大いに盛り上がりました。

最後に設けられたQ&Aでも 国際教育交流課のスタッフが回答する内容にチャットで捕捉情報が追加されるなど終始、活発なやりとりが行われる中、インフォメーション・セッションは終了しました。

ネットワーキング・セッションは、仮想空間の中でアバターが動くアプリを利用して行われました。Meet and Greet under the Camphor Treeの名称のごとく、庭園に囲まれた仮想のクスノキの木の下で、あるいはピアノのある部屋で、参加者は活発に交流していました。その中には、ネットワーキング・セッションに合流した本学の学生10名も含まれており、海外渡航ができない中、現役学生の立場から海外学生との交流を楽しんでいました。また、同窓会コーナーでは、新旧の学生が出会い、京都での思い出話に花を咲かせ、新たなネットワークを築いているようでした。

参加者の皆様、ご協力をいただいたスタッフの皆様に感謝いたします。

今回のイベントで一人でも多くの学生に京都大学への関心を持っていただき、近いうちに実際にクスノキの下で再会出来ることを心から願っています。■

 

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質問と回答

Program/ PositionQuestionsAnswer
M.A. StudentCurrent situation (corona) and spaces for Business Administration students (study abroad)?We have been providing vaccinations for students, faculty and staff members at the university hospital who wish to receive them. As for the Business Administration programs, we have two MBA programs (which taught in English) in the Graduate school of Management. Please visit their website for more details. https://www.gsm.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/
B. A. StudentPhysics masters programYou can pursue Physics in the Division of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School of Science. Please visit their website for more details. http://www.sci.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/divisions/phys-astr/
Foundation student1.May I know the scholarships offered for students from Europe and Asia who wish to continue the studies in Kyoto University? 2.Second, may I know is the engineering course offered there will be taught in English?
3.Third, is the students overseas require to sit for Japan's Universities Pre-entrance national examination before enrolled into any public universities (including Kyoto uni)?
Thank you in advance
(1st question)
Kyoto university does not offer scholarships for students.
There are scholarships offered by the Japanese government (MEXT) and private foundations.
Furthermore, it is not a kind of scholarship, but students seeking a degree at the university, not research student or exchange student, are able to apply for exemption of the admission and tuition fee.

(2nd question)
There is an English-taught undergraduate course in civil engineering.
International Course in Management of Civil Infrastructure in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering and International Course in Urban and Regional Development in the Department of Urban Management have an English-taught program in master.
Integrated Engineering Course, Human Security Engineering Field has an English-taught program in master and doctor.

(3rd question)
Application requirements vary depending on which faculty/graduate school you intend to apply for.
Please check our website, or if you would like to enrol in a graduate program, check application guidelines of a graduate school you wish to enrol.
B. A. StudentHow hard is it to find somewhere to live in Kyoto ?Kyoto University has around 10 international dormitories on or off campus. So far, exchange students are entitled to live in one of such dormitories owned by Kyoto University or managed by cooperation with affiliated organizations. Monthly rents are 100-350 euro. No room sharing. Students can apply by online system.

Please visit the website below for more details.
(Housing Guidebook)
https://kuiso.oc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/files/housing_guidebook.pdf
M.A. StudentA semester abroad in Kyoto, what you'd have to watch out forYou may feel mixture of traditional culture and cutting edge advanced technology.
B. A. Studentmy most important question: what is the probability that I will be accepted? And how many students can study at most?If we tell about exchange students, most of applicants will be accepted. Research only exchange students may be rejected if they can not find a suitable host professor whose specialty is similar with them and who can supervise their research. By university wide Student Exchange Agreements, we accept around 250 students in a year before COVID-19 appeared.
M.A. StudentIs it possible to do a Ph.D at Kyoto University and what are differences to a Ph.D in europe?We have 18 graduate schools including 16 graduate schools which are offering doctoral degree programs. We are not sure the differences about Ph.D between Japan and Europe. Please visit our website ( https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/education-campus/education-and-admissions/graduate-degree-programs/graduate-schools2 ).
B. A. StudentMedical internship at Kyoto UniversityIf it indicates activities to work at private companies or at public sectors during their enrollment, Kyoto University does not have such system or students' status to let them do so, in university wide fixed scheme. Depending on circumstances, Graduate School (and Undergraduate Faculty) of Medicine may offer such chances by accepting students as some kind of non regular students including Short-term International Students. You should direcly consult with the School / Faculty.
Administative StaffPossibilities for Incoming students to take pedagogy courses at Kyoto University (in English)We have a Graduate school of Education. However, they do not offer the English taught degree program. So students are required to have Japanese proficiency except those who wish to enroll as doctoral students.
B. A. StudentIs it possible to study chemistry (more specific chemistry of food) at the Kyoto UniversityGraduate school of Agriculture has the special Course in Agricultural Science - For the Global Future of Life, Food and the Environment-. Please visit their website for more details. https://www.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english/international/global30/
B. A. StudentI've seen the short-term international students program for 3 month but it said you don't gain any credits for your attended courses. Is it possible to study a single semester or maybe two semesters while also getting credits for the courses?Short-term International Students can not take any course or credits because courses of Kyoto University complete in 15 weeks while they can stay within 90 days. Students who need credits should apply to be exchange students. Exchange students may choose to stay only for a semester or for 2 semesters with approval by Home University and can get official credits issued by Kyoto University.
B. A. StudentCurrent researches going on in the field
of nanotechnology ?
Please find the potential supervisor from the website ( https://iso.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/intl-admissions/find-supervisor/#/ ) who researches your interested field, and please check his/her website for more details.
M.A. StudentIs a research internship in a chemistry lab in Kyoto University possible during the next year?Kyoto University does not have official system or students' status to let them do internship but students in graduate schools at Home Universities may apply to be General Exchange Special Research Students (GESR), one of categories of exchange students at Kyoto University. GESR students can concentrate on their own research under supervisions by host professors without taking any courses lectured in classrooms. Short-term International Student is also a possibility to do some kind of research activities if host faculty approved.
Ph.D. StudentLegal exchange and financing possibilitiesJASSO Scholarship may be offered for exchange students. 80,000 JPY per month. Highly competitive. Numbers of recipients differ year by year. Kyoto University chooses recipients based on their GPA at Home Universities.
B. A. StudentMaybe something about multidisciplinary study courses at the Kyoto UniversityThe Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS) is a 5-year Graduate School, aiming to produce top-level global leaders who can resolve complex and diversified social issues with a strong sense of responsibility, humanity and morality.
We also have a Division of Multidisciplinary Chemistry. They flourish in the intersection of chemistry and physics, carrying out fundamental research in cooperation with the other divisions to enhance the scientific value of materials development.
B. A. StudentI would like to know more about how Kyoto University handles Corona and if the lectures and seminars next spring will be online or in the classroom. Also I would like to know more about how likely it will be that abroad mobility will be possible next spring considering that Japan hasn't lifted its strict travel restrictions.As for the lectures and seminars, basically, Kyoto University provides face to face lectures and seminars.
However, as you know, entry into Japan by foreign nationals newly arriving from all countries and regions has been suspended, hence, we provide online or hybrid lectures for international students.
It depends on the lecture, so please confirm the professor who manages the lecture that the lecture is available for online or hybrid.

We are not sure about the prospects that the Japanese government will continue border controls next spring, such as entry restrictions and visa restrictions.

Concerning the COVID-19 vaccination, Kyoto University has been providing vaccinations for students, faculty and staff members at the university hospital who wish to receive them.
But we are not sure that providing vaccinations for students is available for next spring enrollment students.

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