
Address: Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo
Ward, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
The conference reports
will be scheduled in the meeting room in the university
Kyoto University is a national research university in
Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former
Imperial Universities and the second oldest university
in Japan.
The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen
graduate schools, and thirteen research institutes. The
university's educational and research activities are
centred in its three main campuses in Kyoto: Yoshida,
Uji and Katsura. The Kyoto University Library Network,
consisting of more than 40 libraries spread across its
campuses, has a collection of more than 7.49 million
books, making it the second largest university library
in the country. In addition to these campuses, the
university owns facilities and lands for educational and
research purposes around the country.
As of 2024, Kyoto University counts two prime ministers
of Japan amongst its alumni. Additionally, three prime
ministers of Japan attended the Third Higher School, a
university preparatory school that merged into KyotoU in
1951. There have been 21 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 Fields
Medalists, 1 Abel Prize winner, 1 Gauss Prize winner,
and 5 Lasker Award recipients affiliated with KyotoU
either as alumni or faculty members.