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Research Integrity Training FY 2023

The Kyoto University Action Plan for the Promotion of Research Integrity was established to promote education on research ethics and related matters at Kyoto University. In accordance with the plan, Kyoto University provides mandatory research integrity training for faculty members, researchers, and graduate students in the form of an APRIN e-learning program. The APRIN e-learning program must be taken at least once per specified three-year period. FY 2023 is the third year of the three-year period 2021–2023. Faculty members, researchers, and graduate students who did not take the course in FY 2021 or 2022 are therefore required to take it in the current period.

The course is not mandatory for undergraduate students, non-regular students (research students, auditing students, etc.), and non-research staff, but such persons are recommended to take the course electively, and all persons who will co-author an academic paper must take the e-learning course in advance.

Course materials

APRIN e-learning program "京都大学全学共通基礎コース(Kyoto University Common Foundational Course) (2021)"

Deadline for taking the course

Newly-employed faculty members and researchers are required to take the course within approximately two weeks from their date of employment.

Persons who are required to take the course

All persons engaged in research activities at Kyoto University (including graduate students) and persons who deliver lectures at Kyoto University. Please see the "FAQ" for a list of the specific employment positions for which the course is mandatory.

How to take the course

Visit the APRIN e-learning program website (https://edu.aprin.or.jp), enter your username and password to log in to the system. Please take the course as per the instructions contained in the course manual. Please note that the username and course manual differ depending on the designation of the individual taking the course.

Faculty and staff members: your KUMail address (--@kyoto-u.ac.jp) (not your departmental email address)
Graduate students: your KUMOI address (--@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
Recipients of the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists: your KUMOI address (--@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
Undergraduate students, non-regular students (including research students and auditing students), and others: Please use the user name and password provided in the manual for guest users.

Points to note

If you have taken the "JST Course (1) Biomedical" during or after April 2021, you are not required to take the "京都大学全学共通基礎コース (Kyoto University Common Foundational Course) (2021)."
If you have taken the "JST Course (1) Biomedical" during or before March 2021, you are required to take the "京都大学全学共通基礎コース(Kyoto University Common Foundational Course) (2021)," as, even if you re-take the "JST Course (1) Biomedical" during or after April 2021, the completion date will not be updated.
Even if you have taken the "京都大学医の倫理委員会受講者コース(Kyoto University Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine: Ethics Committee Course)," "JST Course (2) Engineering," or "JST Course (3) Humanities," you are still required to take the "京都大学全学共通基礎コース(Kyoto University Common Foundational Course) (2021)."
Persons who are not affiliated with Kyoto University and have already taken an equivalent training course at their institution of affiliation are still required to take the "京都大学全学共通基礎コース(Kyoto University Common Foundational Course) (2021)." (This does not apply to part-time lecturers who are not affiliated with Kyoto University). If you wish to be exempted from the course, please present the completion certificate for the equivalent course that you have already taken to the departmental administrative staff in charge.
You are not required to register your account information by yourself, as the Research Promotion Department will do it.
After your account is registered, your account information (including an initial password) will be sent to your KUMail/KUMOI address. The name of the sender and the subject line of the email will be as shown below. If your account was registered during or before March 2020, your initial password may be different. For more details, please see the manual.
Sender: no-reply＊aprin.or.jp (Please change * to @.)
Subject: APRIN eラーニングプログラム（eAPRIN）: [eAPRIN]アカウント発行のお知らせ／Your Account