Current Students

Student Consultation

Office Hours

Please use these tables. Please contact by email the professors if their office hours are not specified.
There are professors and associate professors in charge of student advice and academic affair taskforce councilors to respond to your questions or issues concerning daily life, education and research. Please feel free to ask for advice. Academic affair taskforce councilors have a "TF" mark in the "Remarks" column in the below tables.
Please refer to the Table of Personnel for e-mail addresses, etc.

Student Counseling Services

We have a "Student Counseling Services". Students can receive free counseling for the various problems such as worries relating to academic life as well as daily life and health. Please feel free to contact us regardless of how minor the problem may be. We are ready to listen to your problems and work with you. We give the utmost consideration to protect the student's right of privacy.

Counseling

Student Counseling room

- Location: Room B102, 1st floor, Wing B, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
- Open: Mon.-Fri. 10:30-16:00
* We require advance reservation.

Reservations

Email Reservations

You can email us at soudann@ist.
(NOTE: please add "osaka-u.ac.jp" on the last of e-mail address)

Phone Reservations

Call our office at 06-6105-5909.

Examples of
counseling

- I have a trouble but I don't know who to consult with.

- Matters concerning learning.

It is difficult for me to understand the purpose of the academic life.
I have problems motivating myself to do study or research.

- Personality related issues.

I'm worried about relationships with my friends.
I want to rethink the relationship with my family.

- Failure to attend the class.

I don't want to go to school.
I'm lack of interest in anything.

Concerning Harassment

Osaka University has established Harassment Counseling Offices in Suita and Toyonaka campus, where specialized counselors and university-wide counselors are available for consultation by phone or in person. The counselors strictly protect the honor and privacy, so please feel free to consult with them.

For the location of the counseling office, please refer to "Prevention of Harassment" on the Osaka University website.

The counselor of IST is Professor Yoshiki Higo (ext. 4105, room B302).