KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY

Kyushu Sangyo University (KSU) was established in 1960 as a college with the Faculty of Commerce under the Founding Philosophy of “Unification of Industry and Academia”, which means that “the academia must move hand-in-hand with the industry to meet the needs of the society of the times.”Since the foundation, we have grown into a university consisting of 9 faculties and 5 graduate schools, with the total of over 10,000 students. We have more than 140,000 graduates who have been contributing to the society in the areas of business, municipality, art & design, culture, and sports.

We developed the Mid-Term Plan (2021-2030), in which we project ourselves to be “a university leading in unique fusion education in the Humanities, Science and Art to inspire the globally active next generation”. We have made steady progress in the eight focused areas: education, research, globalization, industry-academia collaboration, social and regional contribution, diversity, branding, and governance.

In particular, we focus on developing students to be globally active business persons. As part of this effort, we launched the program called "Stanford e-KyuSan-U" in February 2023, which is an international and cross-cultural educational program tailored for KSU provided by Stanford University SPICE (Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education).

We will continue to develop educational programs that integrate humanities, sciences and arts, and to promote interdisciplinary research. Through these efforts, we will cultivate creative and global talents, and contribute not only to the local community, but also to Japan and the world.