On November 2024, 11, Kumamoto University announced the first notice regarding the admissions selection method for the new undergraduate organization, "Co-Creation Graduate School (tentative name: planned to be established in April 27)."
The new "Co-Creation Interdisciplinary Studies Program" will foster talent who can discover, define, and solve problems, as well as create social innovations, by providing interdisciplinary management skills, communication skills, and practical social skills in addition to interdisciplinary expertise and multifaceted thinking, data science skills, and foreign language skills through an integrated liberal arts and sciences education in collaboration with industry, academia, government, and finance. Two courses will be established: the Regional Innovation Course (tentative name) and the Global Innovation Course (tentative name), and students will be assigned to each course upon progression to their third year.
Of the 80 students admitted, 40 will be recruited through general selection (early schedule), 25 through comprehensive selection, and 15 through school recommendation selection I. Of the 25 students in the comprehensive selection, about 18 will be recruited through the "Kumamoto Examination (requiring the University Entrance Common Test)".
The "Kumamoto Inquiry Entrance Exam (which requires the common university entrance test)" evaluates the three elements of academic ability (knowledge and skills, ability to think, judge, express oneself, etc., ability to learn, humanity, etc.) that are developed through the "comprehensive inquiry time" (inquiry learning) that was introduced based on the new curriculum guidelines.
The recruitment quota of about 18 people is broken down into about 12 people for the [Presentation Type], about 3 people for the [Regional Problem Solving Challenge Type], and about 3 people for the [Global Leader Development Type]. The entrance examination method is set according to the characteristics of each type, and the final successful candidates will be those who have reached approximately 8% of the total score (raw score) in the five subjects and six subjects specified in the 5 Common University Entrance Examination.
Please note that this notice regarding the admissions selection method is currently under planning, and the announced names and number of students to be recruited may be subject to change in the future. Please be sure to check the Admissions Selection Guidelines and Student Recruitment Guidelines for the final details.
reference:[Kumamoto University] Plan to establish a new faculty organization “Co-Creation Academic Circle” in 8
Notice regarding the selection method for students for the new Kumamoto University School of Interdisciplinary Studies (provisional name) in the 8 academic year (first report) (PDF)
