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Faculty Staff

May 1, 2024

Divisions Professor Associate
Professor
Lecturer Assistant
Professor
Staff Technical
Staff
Total
Department of Physics {1}
12
12 1 16   1 {1}
42
Department of Chemistry 10 14 1 14   1 40
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences 15 13   10   1 39
Department of Biology 9 7 6 15     37
Institute of Seismology and Volcanology {1}
(2)
(2)       2 {1}
(4)
2
Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory (1) (1)   (1)   1 (3)
1
Cryogenic Laboratory         1 2 3
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering           3 3
Affiliated Factory           3 3
Information Technology Infrastructure Section           1 1
Faculty Office         44   44
Total {2}
46
46 8 55 45 15 {2}
215

{ } : visiting professor, ( ) : concurrent post

Number of Graduate Students

May 1, 2024

Division Master Course Doctor Course Total
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Physics 56 47 5 7 12 127
Chemistry 62 64 13 9 17 165
Earth and Planetary Sciences 41 48 12 10 8 119
Total 159 159 30 26 37 411

Number of Degrees Awarded (April 1, 2024)

Master Degrees : 6,699

Doctorate Degrees

Old System New System Total
through the doctoral
course studies
through the submission
of a dissertation
208 1,452 731 2,391

Recent three years of doctorate degrees awarded

Fiscal Year through the doctoral
course studies
through the submission
of a dissertation
Total
2021 25 1 26
2022 28 0 28
2023 21 1 22

Admission Procedure

April 1, 2024

Division quota applicants admitted FR student MSD student enrolled
Total from Kyushu Univ. from other univ.
Master Course  
Physics 41 85 61 - - 56 36 20
Chemistry 62 70 59 - - 54 47 7
Earth and Planetary Sciences 41 48 42 - - 40 33 7
Total 144 203 162 - - 150 116 34
Doctor Course  
Physics 14 3 3 4 - 5 5 0
Chemistry 19 7 7 1 - 8 7 1
Earth and Planetary Sciences 14 7 7 1 - 8 7 1
Total 47 17 17 6 - 21 19 2

MSD: Advanced Graduate Course on Molecular Systems for Devices

Number of Graduate Students by Selection Procedure

Division FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023
Master Course General Admission 151 141 150
Special selection for adult student (Chemistry) 0 0 0
Grade-skipping (Chemistry) 0 0 0
Special screening for international students 3 1 0
Doctor Course General Admission 25 19 20
Special selection for adult student (entering on Apr.) 0 0 0
Special screening for international students 1 3 1

Undergraduate Students

Number of Undergraduate Students

May 1, 2024

Division 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Physics 60 57 61 87 265
Chemistry 72 63 63 84 282
Earth and Planetary Sciences 47 49 48 57 201
Mathematics 56 56 57 70 239
Biology 48 49 49 56 202
Total 283 274 278 354 1,189

Number of Graduates

April 1, 2024

Division Old System New System Total
before 2022 FY 2023 Total
Physics 194 3,605 64 3,669 3,863
Chemistry 198 3,982 60 4,042 4,240
Geology 89 381 - 381 470
Earth and Planetary Sciences - 1,471 49 1,520 1,520
Mathematics 117 3,229 59 3,288 3,405
Biology 9 2,784 46 2,830 2,839
Total 607 15,452 278 15,730 16,337

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

Admission Procedure

April 1, 2024

Division quota applicants examinees admitted enrolled
Physics 55 853 662 60 60
Chemistry 62 74 72
Earth and Planetary Sciences 45 50 47
Mathematics 50 56 56
Biology 46 51 48
Total 258 853 662 291 283

Hometown of New Students (FY 2024)

International Students

Number of international students by course

May 1, 2024.

Number of international students by scholarship

May 1, 2024.

Number of international students by country

May 1, 2024.