GPMI | Joint Graduate School of Mathematics for Innovation, Kyushu University

Graduate Program of Mathematics for Innovation (GPMI)

－What is the GPMI ?

The “Graduate Program of Mathematics for Innovation (GPMI)” is a degree program that was adopted by MEXT as WISE Program (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education) in 2020.

The GPMI aims to foster outstanding mathematical talents, who can co-create in various fields by utilizing their mathematical modeling skills and lead innovations, across organizational and disciplinary boundaries based on their international excellent mathematical skills and statistical skills.

In this program, we will foster talents with the following five abilities through the cooperation and collaboration of the Graduate School of Mathematics (Department of Mathematics), the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering (Department of Information Science and Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering), and the Graduate School of Economics (Department of Economic Engineering): (1) high and flexible “mathematical ability,” (2) “statistical ability” which is essential for data handling, (3) “modeling ability” to recognize the essence of complex issues and formulate mathematical models, (4) “co-creation ability” to collaborate with researchers in other fields and to co-create and (5) “emergence ability” to lead innovations by integrating the above four abilities.

－Purpose of program

The two most important objectives of this program are as follows.

We will promote and lead the innovation of graduate schools not only in our university but also in Japan by establishing and developing a five-year cross-disciplinary degree program which combines a master’s course and a doctoral course.
The program will contribute to the development and leading of the world society and industry by drawing out the potential of industrial mathematics in Japan and by contributing to the enhancement of the quality and quantity of mathematics doctoral talents who can co-create with other fields.

－Program Management System

　１．General Meeting
　　This meeting consists of program members and is for sharing information and exchanging opinions on educational content and methods to ensure the appropriate and smooth implementation of the program.

　２．Global Advisory Board
　　The board consists of experts from outside the university, including foreign nationals and business people, and aims to give opinions or proposals regarding the contents and methods of education of our program from an international point of view.

Board Members	Affiliations	Positions	Fields
Jos Stam	NVIDIA	Senior Research Scientist	Computer Graphics
Jonathan Hosking	Amazon.com, New York	Principal Research Scientist	Statistics
Naoki Abe	T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM Research	Distinguished Research Scientist	Computational and Statistical Learning, Foundations of Trusted AI
Satoshi Hamaguchi	Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University	Professor	Plasma Physics
Alessandra Micheletti	Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy	Associate Professor	Mathematical Statistics, Mathematical Morphology and Big Data Applications

Message from Program Management Team

Message from the President of Kyushu UniversityNurturing Excellent Doctoral Talents in Mathematics

With the aim to create and develop “New interdisciplinary fields,” Kyushu University has established the Joint Graduate School of Mathematics for Innovation, in which the three graduate schools—Mathematics, Information Science and Electronic Engineering, and Economics—collaborate to provide an advanced, integrated master’s-to-doctoral 5-year interdisciplinary education spanning the humanities and sciences. We have positioned the Graduate Program of Mathematics for Innovation, which is implemented by the joint graduate school, as the university’s flagship program and have been carrying it out. In this program, we nurture “Excellent Doctoral Talents in Mathematics” who can develop new interdisciplinary fields and create innovation by making full use of the “Modelling ability” based on excellent “Mathematical ability,” and “Co-creation ability” that can cross the boundaries of organizations and fields. In addition, through this most important graduate school program at Kyushu University, we will “promote and lead graduate school reform in Japan” and “develop and lead the world society and industry by drawing out the potential of industrial mathematics.”

President, AKASHI Koichi

MessageInnovation through Mathematics!

In today’s world artificial intelligence and data science are advancing day by day, and mathematics and statistics are attracting more and more attention as theoretical foundations to support and further develop these technologies. Regrettably, every few of our experts are currently exercising their mathematical skills in industry or other scientific areas to solve society and humanity’s problems. At Kyushu University, armed with our successful experience in mathematical research and education, we aim to nurture doctors in mathematics who can flourish in a variety of fields with support from academic staffs in various areas including social sciences. Please do join us and become an innovative mathematician that society is looking for!

Professor, Institute of Mathematics for industry, Kyushu University
Program Coordinator SAEKI Osamu

Promotion Videos

*Audio is in Japanese only.

Introduction Video (Released in August 2021)

Promotion Video（Released in August 2023)

Program Members

　*Information as of October 1, 2026.

■Program Members of GPMI Program FY2026.10.1 Download

Cooperative Institutions

－Kyushu University

Graduate School of Mathematics	Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering (ISEE)	Faculty of Science
Graduate School of Economics	Faculty of Law
Institute of Mathematics for Industry (IMI)	Faculty of Medical Sciences
Research Institute for Information Technology	Kyushu University Hospital
Pan-Omics Data Driven Innovation Research Center	Faculty of Engineering
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER)	Faculty of Design
Faculty of Arts and Science	Faculty of Agriculture
Education Promotion Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation	Medical Institute of Bioregulation
Data-Driven Innovation Initiative	Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
Center for Japan-Egypt Cooperation in Science and Technology (E-JUST Center)

－Domestic Institutions

The Institute of Statistical Mathematics	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Riken

－Overseas Universities and Institutions

Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US)	Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego (US)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University (Australia)	Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Department of Mathematics, Ajou University (Korea)	Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University (Taiwan)
Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) (Germany)	Department of Mathematical Sciences, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
Mathematical Institute, Leiden University (Netherlands)	Department of Automatic Control, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University (Sweden)

－Domestic Companies

Fujitsu Limited	Mazda Motor Corporation
NTT, Inc.	Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

－Municipality

Itoshima City