Kyoto University Courses

Disaster Recovery and Build Back Better

Explore integrated post-disaster reconstruction strategies, focusing on resilient community redevelopment through Build Back Better principles, vulnerability mapping, and people-centered approaches.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Origins of the Human Mind

2 reviews

Learn about the evolutionary origins of the human mind by comparing our cognitive features to chimpanzees, our closest living relative.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Fun with Prime Numbers: The Mysterious World of Mathematics

2 reviews

Learn about prime numbers, solve math problems and explore recent discoveries and theories.

• edX
• 4 weeks
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Extremes of Life: Microbes and Their Diversity

2 reviews

Microbes are everywhere! Find out how diverse microbial life is, and what their genome sequences tell us.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Stochastic Processes: Data Analysis and Computer Simulation

1 review

The course deals with how to simulate and analyze stochastic processes, in particular the dynamics of small particles diffusing in a fluid.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

よくわかる！iPS細胞 (ga019)

1 review

ノーベル賞受賞のiPS細胞について、基礎から医療応用まで学ぶ。再生医療、創薬、研究基盤など幅広いトピックを通じ、最先端の医療技術への理解を深める。

• gacco
• 4 weeks
• Finished
• Free Online Course

Culture of Services: New Perspective on Customer Relations

1 review

Learn how to analyze and understand the difficult dynamics of customer service.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Ethics in Life Sciences and Healthcare: Exploring Bioethics through Manga

1 review

Learn about the ethical decisions surrounding critical health and life science issues vital to your life through Manga.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Chemistry of Life

1 review

Learn how to generate ideas at the interface between chemistry and biology.

• edX
• 13 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Gene Mapping

Learn about statistical methods used to identify genetic variants responsible for phenotypes.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Evolution of the Human Sociality: A Quest for the Origin of Our Social Behavior

Learn about the origins of human beings and primatology, the scientific study of primates.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

More Fun with Prime Numbers

Take a deep dive into Prime Numbers - one of the most mysterious and important subjects in mathematics!

• edX
• 5 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Animal Ethics

Learn about what ethical issues arise in human-animal relationships, and how to think about such issues systematically. The course utilizes Manga as a study aid.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Culture of Services: Paradox of Customer Relations

Understand the subtle and sometimes counter-intuitive dynamics of customer relations. Learn a fresh, cultural perspective on service-focused industries.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Geochemistry

The goal of the course is to apply chemical principles to understand the natural (non-living) world around us and appreciate its complexity.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)