Overseas expansion of educational networks

Since the opening of the university in April 2004, we have been aiming to become a global educational institution and have been actively promoting cooperation with overseas governments and educational institutions, and our network has been gradually expanding.We are developing a variety of initiatives to realize the world's highest level of IT education and to foster IT professionals with an international mindset.

Educational Support

Since 1989, the KCG Group has been supporting overseas computer education at the request of governments and universities in more than 20 countries. The content of the support covers a wide range of areas, such as the provision of on-site lectures by sending teachers, the creation of curriculums, and the construction of networks. Through these activities, a global educational network centered on the KCG has been formed.

kcg.edu forms a strong academic network with overseas universities.

U.S.A.

Strong academic ties based in our New York office

Extensive partnerships with RIT and other academic networks with leading U.S. universities

In 1989, Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG), one of our group schools, established a satellite office in Boston, US, the birthplace of computer culture as the only Japanese information technology vocational school. It has been a base for overseas study for our students and a base for exchange with universities and research institutes in the United States.

With the opening of Boston Satellite, a strong network of professors and researchers has formed with several universities in the United States, including Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, Columbia University, and the University of Illinois. The results of these exchanges have contributed to the opening of new, cutting-edge KCG programs. In 1993, with the full support of RIT professors who boast top performance in the fields of CG and photographic engineering in the United States, the Department of Art and Information Science was established. In 1996, with the support of young researchers in the computer science department at MIT, the Department of Network Science was established.

In 2000, we moved our base to New York, and opened KCG New York Office in the World Trade Center Building in New York City as a new exchange base with RIT and other American universities.

Our New York office was damaged by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the United States, but we moved our office to the Rockefeller Center Building. From there, we continue our activities to further strengthen our academic network.

In August 2013, we invited the Dean of the School of Computer Science from Manhattan College to give a joint class on game programming. In October 2014, we signed an academic exchange agreement with the Metropolitan University, and are making efforts to build further networks in the United States.

China

Extensive partnerships with higher education institutions across China

Academic Network with Chinese Universities

Since its establishment in 2004, KCGI has been actively involved in exchanges with Chinese universities. In 2006, we concluded an academic exchange alliance with Tianjin University of Science and Technology. In 2000, it became a sister school of Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG), and a joint program, "Tianjin University of Science and Technology KCG Course" has been established in the university. In addition to providing opportunities for graduates of this course to further their education, we also actively promote exchange among faculty members through our partnership program.

Since then, we have concluded academic exchange agreements and joint education agreements with many Chinese institutions of higher education. In addition, since 2009, based on an exchange agreement, KCGI has been dispatching faculty to Fujian Normal University to conduct multimedia (especially anime)/network-related classes, and actively promoting exchange.

Korea

Developing research and education in the IT field in Asia

Academic exchange alliance between the Graduate School of Information Protection, Korea University and the National Jeju University

Exchanges with the Republic of Korea began in 2004 when we formed an academic exchange alliance with the Republic of Korea's No.1 graduate school for training information security professionals, the Graduate School of Information Protection, Korea University.As a leader in the IT fields of Japan and the Republic of Korea, we have contributed to the development of research and education in Asia by co-hosting a Japan-Korea Joint Seminar on Cheju Island, the Republic of Korea in 2005, and a Japan-ROK-Vietnam Joint Seminar in 2006. In addition, KCGI and National Jeju University concluded an academic exchange agreement. In 2008, lectures between the two universities were exchanged over the Internet, and the Japan-Korea Cyber Campus, where both students can take courses, was implemented with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Cyber Campus Development Project. In 2010, KCGI entered into an agreement to establish a dual degree program.In 2024, KCGI concluded an academic exchange agreement with Jeju National University on multilingual education. In 2025, KCGI, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and Jeju National University concluded a tripartite agreement on “Learncation” (educational tourism).Further advancement in educational exchange between the two universities in the field of IT is expected in the years ahead.

In 2008, the school formed a partnership with Jeju Techno Park (Former Jeju Knowledge Industry Development Institute), and in 2009, it signed an agreement with Jeju International University (former Jeju University of Industry and Information) regarding a joint education project.

Experts from various countries who support the education of the KCG Group (excerpt)

• Director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Dr. James E. Hansen
• Former director of research at NASA's Atmospheric Science Branch, Dr. Albert Arking
• Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Education, University of Columbia, United States, Dr. Dale Mann
• Professor, University of Columbia, United States, Dr. Arthur Langer
• Founder of the Department of Peace Education, Columbia University School of Education, United States, Dr. Betty A. Reardon
• Former professor at George Washington University Graduate School of Education, United States, Dr. William K. Cummings
• President, International University of Central Asia, Kyrgyz Republic, Former Harvard University Professor, Columbia University Computer Systems Laboratory Director, Dr. John Clark
• Professor of Radio Astronomical Observatory, Massachusetts State University, United States, Dr. William Irwin.
• Former professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States, Dr. Ruth Perry
• Former professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). United States, Dr. Travis Merrit
• Former Vice President of Corporate Relations, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States, Dr. Donald Boyd
• Former president of Keuka University, Jorge D. Herrera
• Professor of IT, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States, Dr. Jim Leone
• Former professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, United States, Ed. Dr. Russel Klaus
• Former Executive Vice President, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States, Dr. Jeremy Haefner
• Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States, Dr. Andres L.Carano
• Former president of Korea University Graduate School of Information Protection, South Korea, Dr. Jong-in Lin
• Chairman of the Personal Information Committee for the President of the Republic of Korea, South Korea, Dr. Hong-sop Ri
• Former president of Goyang Knowledge and Information Industry Promotion Agency, South Korea, Dr. In-hwan Kim
• Former President, Jeju National University, South Korea, Dr. Chungseok Ko
• Gye-chun Kim, chief editor, Jeju Mainichi Shimbun, Korea
• Professor at University of Munich, Germany, Dr. Dettlof Werner
• University of Warsaw, Poland, Dr. Romuald
• Former professor at Jilin University, China, Dr. Kwang-gyun Hyeon
• Former president of the Dalian Univeristy of Foreign Language, China, Yu-hua Sun
• Former president and secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, Taipeng Wei
• Director of Neusoft Institute of Information, China, Tao Wen
• Secretary of the Party Committee of the Dalian Ocean University, China, Yao Jie
• Former director, Dalian Institute of Science and Technology, China, Yang Deoxin
• Secretary of the Party Committee of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Jie Li
• (Signed) Andy Suwaji Essien Director of Higher Education Department of Education Government of the Republic of Ghana
• Kra Somtrakour Adviser, Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Thailand
• Former Mayor of Wurzburg, Germany, Dr. Klaus Zeitler
• Chan Ba Viet Dung Director of International Cooperation Division Ministry of Education and Training of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
• Gyorgy Darek Director General for Information and Education Ministry of Education of the Republic of Poland

Many others are omitted.

Affiliated educational institutions (excerpt)

Many Others