Education Policy
Undergraduate Program
Diploma Policy
To achieve its fundamental educational objectives, Kochi University has established the “10+1 Competencies,” categorized into the areas listed below, as the competencies that all undergraduate students should have acquired by the time of graduation. The University grants graduation and confers a bachelor’s degree upon students who have acquired these competencies by earning the required credits within the curriculum established by each faculty.
| domain | 10+1 Skills |
|---|---|
| [Regarding the Issue] | [Expertise in the Field] |
| [Knowledge of human culture, society, and nature] | |
| [Logical Thinking Skills] | |
| [Problem-Solving Skills] | |
| [Language and Information Literacy] | |
| [Interpersonal] | [Expressiveness] |
| [Communication Skills] | |
| [Collaborative Skills] | |
| [Toward Oneself] | [Self-reliance] |
| [Ethical Standards] | |
| [Integration and Outreach] | [Integration and Engagement] (The ability to internally integrate the aforementioned capabilities and externally engage with the surrounding culture, society, nature, and people) |
Curriculum Policy
Kochi University systematically organizes its curriculum, consisting of general education and specialized education, to cultivate the type of graduates outlined in its Diploma Policy.
General education courses are organized to cover content that all Kochi University students should acquire, regardless of their major, with a focus on continuity from the time of admission through to specialized education.Specialized education is organized according to the characteristics of each academic discipline.
Learning outcomes for each course are rigorously evaluated in accordance with pre-established grading criteria, and students’ acquired competencies are assessed through periodic evaluations.
Based on the evaluation of students’ learning outcomes, the curriculum is reviewed and evaluated to facilitate its improvement.
*For the curriculum guidelines for general education, please see .
Admissions Policy
Kochi University’s admission policy specifies, for each faculty and department (course), the “ideal graduate profile,” the “desired student profile and the content and standards to be acquired at the high school level,” and the “admission selection methods and the competencies to be assessed.”
Furthermore, under “Admission Selection Methods and Evaluated Competencies,” a “Correlation Table of Selection Methods and Evaluated Competencies” is provided for each selection process. The symbols ◎ and ○ in the table indicate the importance of the relevant competency or the weighting/guideline used to evaluate it (◎ indicates mandatory/highest priority items; ○ indicates necessary/priority items).Please note that the symbols ◎ and ○ are not directly related to the breakdown of point allocation.
Furthermore, “Initiative, Diversity, and Collaboration” refers to “an attitude of learning collaboratively with diverse people while taking initiative.”
For specific details regarding the “○○ Studies” mentioned in the desired student profile, please refer to the websites of each faculty.
Each faculty
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Science and Technology
Medical School
Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science
Faculty of Regional Collaboration
For reference
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Students Enrolled Before the 2024 Academic Year)
Faculty of Education (Students Enrolling in the 2024 Academic Year)
Faculty of Science and Engineering (Students Enrolled in or Before the 2024 Academic Year)
School of Medicine (Students admitted in fiscal year 2024 or earlier)
Faculty of Regional Collaboration (Students Enrolling in the 2024 Academic Year)
Faculty of Education (Students Enrolled in or Before the 2023 Academic Year)
Faculty of Regional Collaboration (Students Enrolled in or Before the 2023 Academic Year)
Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry, and Marine Sciences (Students Enrolled in or Before the 2022 Academic Year)
Graduate School
Diploma Policy
The Graduate School of Kochi University takes a comprehensive and scientific approach to its research subjects—namely, “humanity” and “nature”—and the reciprocal relationships between them. With a strong sense of ethics, it conducts education and research characterized by advanced expertise and interdisciplinarity. The school cultivates individuals who can adapt flexibly to new situations and environments, collaborate with experts from diverse fields to address societal challenges, and forge their own paths; it then confers degrees upon them.
The diploma policies for each major are defined across the domains of “Knowledge and Understanding,” “Thinking and Judgment,” “Interest, Motivation, and Attitude,” “Skills and Expression,” and “Integration and Engagement.”
Curriculum Policy
The Graduate School of Kochi University offers the courses necessary to achieve the educational objectives of its graduate schools and programs, formulates plans for supervising the preparation of theses and other academic work, and systematically organizes its curriculum.
Furthermore, the curriculum is designed to enable students to acquire advanced specialized knowledge and skills in their field of study, as well as foundational knowledge in related fields. It also aims to cultivate the ability to identify connections between their own research and social or regional issues, develop communication skills to convey this to diverse stakeholders, and foster the ability to collaborate with experts from different fields to solve problems (transferable skills).
Admissions Policy
The Graduate School of Kochi University selects students based on the admission policies established for each admission category by each department and program, in accordance with the desired profile of graduates.