Kyoto University

Kyoto University is a public educational institute and organization established in 1897 in Kyoto, Japan . The university operates within the industries of education, higher education, and university . Its motto is "Freedom of academic culture" .

The institution is accredited by the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation , the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan , and the Japan University Accreditation Association . Kyoto University is affiliated with the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning , the Association of Pacific Rim Universities , and the Open Education Consortium . It has a number of subsidiaries including the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics , Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine , Language Media Processing Lab , Kyoto University Innovation Capital , Kyoto University School of Informatics , and Kyoto University Hospital . Kyoto University has been granted 221 patents.