Objective

The objective of the center is to support faculty members in order to bring excellence to education of all faculties including Faculty Development (FD).

Organization

In order to discuss action policies and the overall management of the center, the 'Education Excellence Support Center Steering Committee' was established. The 'FD Promotion Committee' was established specifically to discuss the content and the method of the implementation of Faculty Development.

Content of activity

'Mutual Assessment of Classes' Questionnaire
The center conducts a mutual assessment of classes twice a year by way of a questionnaire. The assessment provides students with an opportunity to express their opinions and requests about classes, enabling faculty members to address student issues and in turn improve on existing teaching methods and enhance the students' learning experience.

All-campus Open Class Week
As a means to build student motivation and effectiveness of learning, the center provides 'All-campus Open Class Week', which offers an opportunity for each faculty member to share the useful teaching skills developed with all other faculty members.

Education Program Support System
This system was established so as to create a new education program to share and develop within the campus. Faculty members are invited to submit ideas for an education program, of which outstanding ones will be implemented by the university with support from this system.

FD Workshop for new faculty members
Workshops are provided at the beginning of each new school year for newly employed faculty members to provide them with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of diverse activities of the university's FD. Two months after classes commence an opinion sharing meeting is held as a follow-up to the earlier work shops.

Newsletter
The center publishes a newsletter about four times a year to broadly transmit its recent activity. Newsletters are also posted on the Internet.

Publishing a university edition of 'Teaching Tips'
"Tips for Better Teaching-An endeavor of Kyoto Sangyo University-" is published mainly through the initiative of the FD Promotion Committee based on the efforts of our faculty members to improve teaching effectiveness.

Devoted to the advancement and development of academic researches

KSU is home to a Research Organization comprising four research institutes with the aim of energizing academic activities. This organization promotes and supports joint research projects with researchers inside and outside of the university, as well as provides comprehensive management and coordination of the various activities of the following institutes.

Institute of Japanese Culture
This institute aims to promote comprehensive and interdisciplinary joint research projects on Japanese culture, economy and industry, and society. It also aims to contribute to the advancement and development of academic researches as well as contributing to the activation of local society.

< Research Projects >
·The international environment of the culture of Kyoto
·The cultural-historical significance of apocryphal books

Institute for World Affairs
The Institute for World Affairs conducts comprehensive and interdisciplinary joint research projects on political and economic issues that the international community is facing in order to contribute to the resolution of international problems in Japan as well as contributing to the advancement and development of academic researches.

< Research Project >
·Interdisciplinary research into anti-Americanism
-International comparison with a focus on Modern Europe-

Institute of Advanced Technology
This institute aims to contribute to industry-university collaboration and improvement of science technology in Japan, as well as contributing to the advancement and development of academic researches by promoting research projects in advanced technology.

< Research Projects >
·Optical element for S-band broadband optical communication
·Bioinformatics regarding crosstalk between nuclear and organelle genome
·Analysis and application of changes in immunity when mediated by mucin in a tumor-bearing condition

Avian Influenza Research Centre
Outbreaks of avian influenza are spreading and are becoming a worldwide concern. In response to the growing threat of such emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases as avian influenza, the "Avian Influenza Research Centre" has been initiated as a base of avian influenza research. From both points of animal hygiene and public health, staffs of the centre are studying avian influenza epidemiologically and epizootiologically.

In Avian Influenza Research Centre, ecology of avian influenza (AI) virus is mainly being studied and properties of isolates are also analysed on molecular level to establish prevention methods from disaster by AI. The centre concluded academic exchange between the Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University and Kyoto Prefectural Medical College respectively to stimulate AI study.

Institute of Comprehensive Academic Research
By promoting project-based researches in all the specialized and interdisciplinary areas, this institute aims to contribute to strengthening the research activities of our university and advancement of the education research field. The institute comprises four categories; Humanities, Social Science, Science and Engineering, and Combined Fields.