• About Kyoto Student Public Relations Department
• What is Kotokare?
• workshop
• Recruitment of Public Relations Department Staff
• Contact us

About Kyoto Student Public Relations Department (Project Overview)

　As competition among universities is expected to intensify further due to the long-term decline in the 18-year-old population, it is necessary to actively communicate the appeal of Kyoto as a "university town and student city" to junior high and high school students who will become university students in the future.
Therefore, as a new collaborative initiative, the University Consortium Kyoto and Kyoto City have established the "Kyoto Student Public Relations Department" to convey to junior and senior high school students nationwide the "real charm of Kyoto" that university students studying in Kyoto experience while living their student lives.
The Kyoto Student Public Relations Department will disseminate the appeal of university life in Kyoto that students planned, interviewed, and created articles on the dedicated website "Kotokare", SNS, events, etc.

Support System

What is Kotokare?

Media introducing the real lifestyles of university students in Kyoto
"Kotokare" is a website that distributes various contents planned, interviewed, and created by the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department, and was opened on October 1, 2015.
＜URL＞https://kotocollege.jp/ 

Kotokare's Policy

　Based on the name idea devised by the Kyoto Student Public Relations Department members at the workshop, the decision was made by a vote of the members.
The name is an abbreviation of "College in the Ancient Capital" and expresses the uniqueness of Kyoto and the school, while making it easy for junior high and high school students to remember and become familiar.
Under the supervision of a professional designer, the student communications staff also created the following logo.

The vertical and horizontal lines represent the paths that various students are walking, and express that by interacting with them in various ways, one circle = community and connect.
It also includes the characteristic of the city of Kyoto, the "grid eye" of the streets, which are perpendicular to the north-south and east-west.

Check out SNS!

The Kyoto Student Public Relations Department also disseminates information on SNS! We provide behind-the-scenes stories of interviews, daily activity reports, and the latest information. Please also follow up with the PR staff Karen Koto!
＜Twitter＞ https://twitter.com/gakusei_kyoto
＜Facebook＞ https://www.facebook.com/gakuseikyoto
＜Instagram＞ https://instagram.com/gakusei_kyoto

workshop

The Kyoto Student Public Relations Department conducts training aimed at improving the skills of PR staff.

Recruitment of Public Relations Department Staff

The Kyoto Student Public Relations Department is looking for members to work with us!
Kotokare, a website planned, operated, and managed by students attending universities in Kyoto, will convey the appeal of university life in Kyoto to junior high and high school students nationwide. Our mission is to make junior high and high school students want to attend a university in Kyoto.
University students in Kyoto, why don't you demonstrate your ideas, passion, and teamwork as the initiators of this project?

If you would like to join or visit the club, please contact us from the link below.

Admission Requirements

•Undergraduate, undergraduate, and graduate students belonging to member schools of the Consortium of Universities Kyoto (*Regardless of grade) 【Click here for a list of member schools】
•Those who can participate in activities at bases in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City (* Transportation expenses will not be paid)
•Unless there is a compelling reason, those who can participate in activities at least once a month

We are waiting for such students!

Contact information

University Consortium Kyoto, Kyoto Student Public Relations Department Office
TEL 075-353-9130 FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Campus Plaza Kyoto
Shiokoji, Nishinotoin-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto ※Reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00~17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)