“Katsura Yui”－An evolving network base for cutting-edge research equipment
In order to sustain and strengthen the world's top-level education and research infrastructure in the current severe financial situation, it is important to efficiently use existing basic facilities, and it is necessary to promote the sharing of facilities. Although the university has been making efforts to improve its basic facilities, it has been limited to efforts at the departmental level and has not yet been able to build a university-wide system. Therefore, in order to actively promote the sharing of facilities, the certification of facility support bases was started in the 31st academic year as an organization (base) to efficiently and effectively implement the joint use of excellent facilities both inside and outside the university, such as by district and research field, beyond the framework of existing departments.
In April of the second year of Reiwa, the Graduate School of Engineering was certified as a new certified base, "Katsura Yui" - an evolving network base for cutting-edge research equipment. This center aims to strengthen and promote industry-academia collaboration and inter-university joint research by organically combining cutting-edge research equipment distributed on the Katsura Campus of Kyoto University with an IoT network system, positioning the Katsura Campus as an "open laboratory base for measurement, evaluation, and analysis" and realizing joint use of advanced research equipment both inside and outside the university.
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Equipment search (3-site joint site) Registering devices and reserving time "KUMaCo" User Registration 
News
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2026.02.12 [KUMaCo] Notice of Additional Unavailable Equipment As of February 10, the following equipment will be unavailavle due to maintenance. [Chemistry Incubation Core Lab] Ultra-fine periodic structure analysis system NANO-Viewer We will update this column with information regarding the reopening date as soon as it is determined. |
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2026.02.03 Regarding Use of the Materials Engineering Department's Common Equipment(notice) Staring February 16th, some usage fees and usage units will be revised. Please see the link below for details. |
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2026.02.02 [Katsura Yui] Announcement of the addition of shared equipment (notice) Staring February 16th, shared use regulations for six new devices will be established. [Materials Engineering Department] Yoshida Campus, Physics Building If you have a "KUMaCo" portal account and would like to use the equipment, you can apply for equipment use in advance. |
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2025.12.22 [Sharing system “KUMaCo”] Unavailable devices notification As of December 22th, the following three devices were removed from the list of shared equipment. [Electrical Engineering Department] As of today, the above equipment can no longer be reserved through the shared equipment system "KUMaCo." |
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2025.12.02 [Katsura Yui] Establishment of the Joint Use Regulations From November 13th, new shared use regulations have been established for one facility. [Chemistry Incubation Core Lab] The above facilities will be operated through the shared system "KUMaCo." |
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2025.10.14 [Katsura Yui] Regarding the abolition of the Joint Use Regulations As of October 9th, the shared use regulations for one piece of equipment were abolished. [Materials Chemistry Department] Materials Chemistry Department Materials Processing Equipment Shared Use Regulations Thank you very much for your continued use of the above equipment. |
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2025.10.14 [Katsura Yui] Establishment of the Joint Use Regulations From October 9th, new shared use regulations have been established for one facility. [Electrical Engineering Department] The above facilities will be operated through the shared system "KUMaCo." |
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2025.09.24 [Katsura Yui] Establishment of the Joint Use Regulations From September 11th, new shared use regulations have been established for one facility. [Chemistry Incubation Core Lab] The above facilities will be operated through the shared system "KUMaCo." |
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2024.07.18 Request regarding changes to project numbers due to the conversion of research grants to funds, etc. In the KUMaCo system, project numbers are determined at the time of reservation, so they cannot be changed after use. If you need to change your project number, please follow the steps below. 1. If you have already used the old project number 2. If you have made a reservation with the old project number but have not yet used it (Note) After you have multiple "application numbers", please make a reservation with the appropriate "application number" when making a reservation. 3. If you have no plans to use the facility for the time being and have not made a reservation under the old project number In either case, please submit the original, stamped user registration application form to our office. (Where to send application form) |
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2021.04.01 The "Katsura Yui" website has opened. |