SCHOOL OF PROGRESSIVE ARTS
■Dept. of Media Arts
■Dept. of Plastic Arts

SCHOOL OF DESIGN
■Dept. of Visual Design
■Dept. of Fashion and Textile Design
■Dept. of Product Design
■Dept. of Environmental Design

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND DESIGN
■Integrated Arts Division
■Integrated Design Division
■Arts and Design Division

Center for Design Studies

TOWARD KOBE, KOBE DESIGN ON THE MOVE
Art and technology : working with people and the future

■International minds
Kobe is an international port. It has accepted diverse cultures. It’s an urban space where people and cultures integrate. As a symbol of the integration, students from the inside and outside of the country come together at Kobe Design University.

■Urban and Nature
The city faces Osaka Bay and is blessed with abundant nature, with the Rokko Mountains in the background forming a backdrop. Its many people have created the city’s unique spaces, from uptown to downtown, and from the port town to the new town.

■Practicality
This international city offers an abundance of potential fields for Kobe Design University. These include architecture, fine art, design, fashion, photography, computer graphics, film, manga and animation. The university cultivates artists who have a comprefensive mind.

■Totalization
People who develop new values. People capable of collaborating with others. The time you spend in Kobe can be a big stepping stone for your future development. Toward Kobe, Kobe design on the move.

University Outline
Kobe Design University intends to contribute to the promotion of social and cultural development through the use of knowledge, state-of-the-art technology, and expression. The institution is also involved in education and research to create new artistic expressions through practices to be carried out in collaboration with various industries.
The university was founded in 1989 by the Tanioka Gakuen Educational Foundation, under the motto, “Training people who contribute to our world.”

Chairman : Dr.TANIOKA Ichiro
President : Dr.SAIKI Takahito

Campus Area
Site : 114.138sq m
Buildings : 32,004sq m

After graduation: Typical career options

Auto manufacturing Home electronics Optical equipment Housing manufacturing Housing materials Construction facilities Fashion Apparel Textiles Furniture Sundry manufacturing Architecture Designs Urban planning

Landscape Interior Visual designs Mass media Broadcasting Event planning Audio-visual planning Information processing Communications services Arts and cultural facilities Teachers at high school (arts and crafts) and junior high school (arts) Creators Artists

Access to the campus
A 60-minute ride by shuttle bus from Kansai International Airport to Sannomiya (Kobe’s central area).

From Sannomiya Station, take the Kobe Municipal Subway (Seishin-Yamate Line bound for Seishin-Chuo) to Gakuen-toshi Station.

A six-minute walk from Gakuen-toshi Station.