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Facts and Figures

Faculty Staff

Divisions Professor Associate
Professor
Lecturer Assistant
Professor
Staff Technical
Staff
Total
Department of Physics {1}
12
12 1 11   1 {1}
37
Department of Chemistry 11 14 3 12   1 41
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences 8 14   7   1 30
Department of Biology 9 9 1 14     33
Institute of Seismology and Volcanology {1}
1
3       2 {1}
6
Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory 1     2   1 4
Cryogenic Laboratory           1 1
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering           3 3
Affiliated Factory           3 3
Information Technology Infrastructure Section           1 1
Faculty Office         40   40
Total {2}
42
52 5 46 40 14 {2}
199

Graduate Students

Number of Graduate Students

May 1, 2018.

Division Master Course Doctor Course Total
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Physics 46 38 11 3 10 108
Chemistry 65 66 10 11 9 161
Earth and Planetary Sciences 46 53 6 11 7 123
Total 157 157 27 25 26 392

Number of Degrees Awarded (May 1, 2018.)

Master Degrees : 5,823

Doctorate Degrees

Old System New System Total
through the doctoral
course studies
through the submission
of a dissertation
208 1,319 727 2,254

Recent three years of doctorate degrees awarded

Fiscal Year through the doctoral
course studies
through the submission
of a dissertation
Total
2015 21 1 22
2016 18 1 19
2017 26 0 26

Admission Procedure

May 1, 2018

Division quota applicants admitted FR student MSD student enrolled
Total from Kyushu Univ. from other univ.
Master Course  
Physics 41 61 46 - - 45 35 10
Chemistry 62 75 66 - - 63 52 11
Earth and Planetary Sciences 41 52 47 - - 43 32 11
Total 144 188 159 - - 151 119 32
Doctor Course  
Physics 14 4 4 8 - 11 10 1
Chemistry 19 4 3 2 3 8 7 1
Earth and Planetary Sciences 14 2 2 4 - 6 6 0
Total 47 10 9 14 3 25 23 2

MSD: Advanced Graduate Course on Molecular Systems for Devices

Number of Graduate Students by Selection Procedure

Division FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018
Master Course General Admission 146 149 148
Special selection for adult student (Chemistry) 0 0 0
Grade-skipping (Chemistry) 0 0 0
Special screening for international students 0 2 3
Doctor Course General Admission 17 24 24
Special selection for adult student (entering on Apr.) 0 0 0
Special screening for international students 0 0 1

Undergraduate Students

Number of Undergraduate Students

May 1, 2018.

Division 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Physics 56 62 67 92 277
Chemistry 65 68 64 93 290
Earth and Planetary Sciences 48 50 49 55 202
Mathematics 54 57 57 74 242
Biology 52 53 56 66 227
Total 275 290 293 380 1,238

Number of Graduates

May 1, 2018.

Division Old System New System Total
before 2016 FY 2017 Total
Physics 194 3,262 56 3,318 3,512
Chemistry 198 3,599 65 3,664 3,862
Geology 89 381   381 470
Earth and Planetary Sciences - 1,186 50 1,236 1,236
Mathematics 117 2,899 53 2,952 3,069
Biology 9 2,489 40 2,529 2,538
Total 607 13,816 264 14,080 14,687

The Department of Geology was reorganized as the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in 1990.

Admission Procedure

May 1, 2018.

Division quota applicants examinees admitted enrolled
Physics 55 870 667 60 56
Chemistry 62 69 65
Earth and Planetary Sciences 45 50 48
Mathematics 50 56 54
Biology 46 53 52
Total 258 870 667 288 275

Hometown of New Students

International Students

Number of international students by course

May 1, 2018.

Number of international students by scholarship

May 1, 2018.

Number of international students by country

May 1, 2018.