The University Consortium Kyoto, in collaboration with the Tomorrow’s Kyoto Cultural Heritage Platform, has established the “Kyoto World Heritage PBL Course” as a credit transfer course since 2015, which develops PBL in the field of world cultural heritage in Kyoto.
Set in the world heritage site of Kyoto, which has cultural and historical significance, a major feature of this course is that students can come together beyond the framework of the university through the credit transfer system and study together in PBL. “Kyoto”, the city of universities, and “Kyoto”, the city of history. Learning that can only be done in Kyoto is condensed into this subject.
In 2015, 7 courses were offered through partnerships between 6 world heritage shrines and temples in Kyoto and 6 universities, and approximately 80 students from 11 universities took the courses.
*PBL: PBL (Project Based Learning) is problem discovery and solution type learning. Mainly through group learning, students discover problems and propose solutions. Through this process, we aim to nurture various abilities and develop human resources who can play an active role in unpredictable times.
We are currently accepting applications for the 2016 Kyoto World Heritage PBL Course.
If you are a faculty member of the Consortium of Universities Kyoto member school and are interested in World Heritage Sites or PBL subjects, please contact the person in charge of credit transfer at each university (educational affairs section, academic affairs section, etc.) or the Consortium of Universities Kyoto Please contact the credit transfer department at .
About course opening
When opening a course, please submit the “Application Form for Opening a New ‘Kyoto World Heritage PBL Course'” through the department in charge of credit transfer at your home university.
Click here for the application form for new opening of the Kyoto World Heritage PBL Course
About the subsidy system
University Consortium Kyoto provides the following subsidies for the establishment and operation of Kyoto World Heritage PBL courses.
・Matching with partner World Heritage Sites at the time of course opening
・Subsidy (100,000 yen) for course administration costs (rewards for guest lecturers, TA salaries, etc.
) Subsidies for expenses related to activities (maximum 70,000 yen)
・Provision of training (lectures) on interviews and presentations by external lecturers
・Dissemination of activity content and learning results
Application deadline
October 15, 2015 (Thursday)
* Coordination with partner World Heritage Sites is required in advance, so please contact us as soon as possible.
About this year’s efforts
The syllabuses of the Kyoto World Heritage PBL courses offered this year and class reports for each course are available as follows.
Please be sure to check the contents of the courses offered this year and the activities of the students.
Kyoto World Heritage PBL Course Special Site
2015 Kyoto World Heritage PBL Course Report
Contact information
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Consortium of Universities Kyoto Credit Transfer Program
TEL +81-75-353-9120 FAX +81-75-353-9121
Campus Plaza Kyoto, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8216
*Reception hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9:00- 17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)
