Awards and disciplinary measures

1 University awards

Okayama University has the following award systems.

Okayama University Kokusho Award

Okayama University Kokusho Award was established in memory of Iwao Kokusho, who made a great contribution in the founding of Okayama University. We confer this award on excellent undergraduate students, both for academic achievements and integrity upon recommendation by each dean.

The Kanemitsu Award

The Kanemitsu Award was established with a donation from the late Tomio Kanemitsu, a graduate of the second cohort of Okayama University. The award is given to undergraduate students with outstanding academic achievements and experience in international activities, as well as graduate and doctoral students who have made outstanding research achievements. In principle, one person from each faculty and graduate school is nominated and selected to receive an award certificate and a monetary prize.

Okayama University Student Sports Award

We award individuals or groups who are acknowledged to have achieved excellent performance or activity results in students’ extracurricular sports activities.
(1) International Sports Award (2) Sports Excellence Award (3) Sports Encouragement Award (4) Sports Contribution Award

Okayama University Cultural Incentive Award

We award individuals or groups who are recognized to have performed excellent achievements in extracurricular cultural activities.

Award for a student awarded the prize from an Academic Conference

It has established to celebrate a student awarded from an Academic Conference. Both applications recommended by the supervisor and student's self appointed will be accepted.

2 Disciplinary measures

It goes without saying that any criminal or dishonest conduct (that a student commits) is subject to legal action, as is the case with ordinary members of society. However, the university will also take disciplinary action from a separate educational perspective.

Types of disciplinary action

(i) Expulsion: loss of student status
(ii) Suspension: suspension from attending school for a certain period of time
(iii) Admonition: giving a written warning to the student to warn them against future misconduct

Examples of Disciplinary Actions

Section	Punishable Conduct	Types of disciplinary action
		Expulsion	Suspension		Severe Warning
			Indefinite	Fixed-Term
Criminal acts (Excluding traffic accidents and violations)	Heinous crimes such as murder, robbery, rape, arson, etc., or attempts to commit such crimes	〇
	Drug-related criminal acts (Use, illegal possession, buying and selling of marijuana or other illegal drugs, and dangerous drugs, etc.)	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Indecent acts	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Assault	〇	〇	〇
	Violent acts not resulting in injury to others		〇	〇	〇
	Illegal gambling	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Criminal acts such as theft, fraud, extortion, unlawful entry into a residence	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Stalking	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Crimes committed using computer technology or the internet	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Other acts that violate criminal laws and regulations not mentioned above	〇	〇	〇	〇
Traffic accidents and violations	Traffic accidents resulting in death or severe permanent injury caused by malicious behavior such as unlicensed driving, drunk driving, or reckless driving.	〇
	Traffic accidents involving personal injury due to malicious behavior such as drunk driving or reckless driving	〇	〇	〇
	The violation of traffic laws through actions, such as drunk driving or reckless driving		〇	〇	〇
Alcohol drinking	Forcing someone to drink alcohol, leading to their death	〇	〇	〇
	Forcing someone to drink alcohol and causing harm, such as acute alcohol poisoning	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Forcing someone to drink alcohol without their permission		〇	〇	〇
	Being present and aware that a person under 20 years old is consuming alcohol		〇	〇	〇
	When a person under 20 years old consumes alcohol		〇	〇	〇
Illegal conduct that disrupts the order of the university	Acts that significantly disrupt the education and research activities, the learning environment, or the management and administration of the university	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Acts of violence, intimidation, confinement, or restraint against university members	〇	〇	〇
	Destruction, defacement, or illegal alteration of university-managed buildings or property	〇	〇	〇
	Illegal entry into, misuse, or occupation of university-managed buildings	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Sexual harassment, academic harassment, bullying, or other forms of harassment	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism of data or published research results	〇	〇	〇	〇
	Other illegal actions that severely damage the university's reputation	〇	〇	〇	〇
Misconduct during examinations	Taking or allowing someone else to take the exam on your behalf, or committing particularly serious acts of fraud	〇	〇	〇
	When misconduct is committed		〇	〇
	When an attempt is made to commit misconduct or when assistance is provided for misconduct		〇	〇	〇