The goals and objectives of the Environmental System Engineering are to contribute to the improvement of agricultural production and to make affluent rural society by utilizing and conserving natural environment in rural areas with the creation of new technologies. This field deals with a wide range of subjects related to land, water, and atmosphere in rural areas, and researches are being conducted to keep agricultural land sustainable in a huge ecological system.

Laboratory	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor
Irrigation and Water Management	Yukiyoshi IWATA		Tomoyuki TANIGUCHI
Water Environment Engineering	Masayoshi HARADA		Toshinori TABATA
Environmental Soil Engineering	Motohei KANAYAMA		Akiko NAKANO
Soil Science	Syuntaro HIRADATE		Yuki MORI
Agricultural Meteorology	Tomoyoshi HIROTA	Daisuke YASUTAKE	Gaku YOKOYAMA

The goals and objectives of the Bioproduction System Science are to develop the high productivity and the high quality of agricultural products by mechanizing and equipping the whole process from the farm work to the distribution and consumption of products. Therefore, the technologies for development of high productivity by the improvement of the energy powers, the farm machinery and the cultivation systems with the information science and for the processing, the storage, the distribution with the information technologies for the efficient utilization of agricultural products are studied.

Laboratory	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor
Agricultural Machinery and Production Systems Design	Takashi OKAYASU	Yasumaru HIRAI Muneshi MITSUOKA
Postharvest Science	Fumihiko TANAKA		Fumina TANAKA

Laboratory	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor
Mathematical Modeling Laboratory		Ta Viet TON

Laboratory	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor
		Akinori OZAKI

About the trial study program for high school students in 2025

We held a hands-on learning program for high school students in 2025. 27 high school students participated and successfully completed the entire program.

Hands-on Program
9:00: Meeting in Room 226, West Building 5, Kyushu University, Ito Campus
9:05-9:30: Orientation. Brief introduction to the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (Prof. Iwata)
9:40-10:50: The Important Role of Water for Plants (Prof. Iwata)
11:00-11:50: Current Students Introduction to University Life and Research (Iwata)
11:50-12:40: Lunch and Discussion - Ask professors and current students questions about university life and research!
12:50-14:10: Improving soil strength using waste (Prof. Kanayama)
14:20-16:40: Hands-on learning about information and communication technology and robotics in agriculture (Prof. Okayasu & Asoc. Prof. Mitsuoka)
16:50-17:00: Closing Ceremony