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OCW (OpenCourseWare) of Kyoto University is the project from 2005 which open the lectures actually used in the courses on the internet. The purpose is to open the educational door wider to various people, such as students, staffs, teachers not only in Kyoto University but also in other universities, researchers of associate societies, senior high school students who want to study in Kyoto University and social man who want to further study, by learning the courses of Kyoto University. Moreover, it is also to improve the visibility of Kyoto University in the world and propagate the cultures and traditions of Japan in Japanese. OCW aims to contribute to human’s knowledge assets and share them over the world, and to prompt the international exchange activities to enhance the communications with other countries in the world.

Hiroshi MATSUMOTO,

President of KYOTO University