Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies

For Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, tuition fees are 535,800 JPY per year.

This doctoral program in Environmental Management at Kyoto University, located in Kyoto, Japan, is taught in English and runs for three years, beginning each April. Kyoto University was founded in June 1897 and has built a long history centered on its main campus in the historic city of Kyoto, a center of traditional Japanese culture, with a stated commitment to higher education and free academic exchange since its founding. As of May 1, 2025, the university comprised 10 faculties, 18 graduate schools, 12 research institutes, and 26 educational institutes and other establishments, with roughly 3,000 of its 22,300 students coming from overseas, representing about 110 countries and regions. A doctoral program in environmental management typically covers natural resource governance, environmental policy, sustainability science, and the management of ecosystems under human and climate pressures. Candidates generally complete coursework in advanced research methods before undertaking an original research project supervised by faculty, addressing a specific environmental management question, and culminating in a dissertation intended for scholarly publication. Over three years, doctoral candidates are expected to progress from coursework through sustained original research toward a completed dissertation, often connected to real-world environmental policy or resource management challenges. Graduates of environmental management doctoral programs commonly pursue careers in environmental policy, international organizations, government agencies, academic research, or private-sector sustainability roles. Delivery in English allows international researchers to pursue this doctoral track at a Kyoto-based research university without needing to complete coursework in Japanese, joining a graduate community that already includes students from around 110 countries and regions.