In 2014, Kumamoto University was chosen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) as a member of the “Top Global University Project”, to be a leading model for university reform in Japan, cultivating global human resources leadership, and actively promoting globalization efforts at home and abroad.

The Organization for Globalization was established on March 1, 2015 to address university-wide globalization. The Organization for Globalization was reorganized to establish the vice president as Director in April, 2018, to further strengthen globalization efforts in Kumamoto University.