As a comprehensive university endowed with an enterprising spirit, Kagoshima University strives to identify and develop students' potential and aptitude and to develop human resources who have an autonomous and enterprising mentality. To achieve this, we set the following Educational Goals:

• Students acquire a wide range of education and advanced expertise and skills, and develop the ability to discover, explore, and solve problems.
• Students acquire a deep sense of humanity and ethics, and grapple with challenges to keep improving themselves.
• Students voluntarily engage themselves in community activities and develop an action-oriented attitude to keep improving society.
• Students acquire a global perspective and practical skills to contribute to the development of the international community.

To develop the human resources defined by the Educational Goals, Kagoshima University welcomes students blessed with the following qualities:

• Students who sympathize with our Educational Goals, and have basic academic ability, the ability of logical thinking and the motivation to realize the goals.
• Students who have a good sense of morality as a human being and will to continue learning.
• Students who have intellectual curiosity and strive to make the world a better place as professionals.
• Students who are willing to engage in a wide range of experiential learning, including voluntary activities and internships.

To develop the human resources defined by the Educational Goals, Kagoshima University Graduate Schools welcome students blessed with the following qualities:

• Master's Course, Doctor's Course
  • Students who have solid basic academic ability worthy of a bachelor's degree holder and the featured skills in the fields in which they are specialized.
  • Students who take the initiative in learning and are interested in issues related to the fields in which they are specialized.
  • Students who are self-motivated to discover, explore and solve problems.
• Professional Degree Programs
  • Students who have a well-defined awareness and interest to become advanced professionals, and who have acquired a wide range of education and the ability to think flexibly.
  • Students who desire to acquire professional and practical skills.
  • Students who have the solid basic academic ability worthy of a bachelor's degree holder and knowledge and skills in the fields in which they are specialized, or those who have acquired the basic qualifications or experience in the fields in which they are specialized.