大学概要工芸科学部１学部で構成される工科大学で、それ程大きな規模の大学ではないが、バイオ、材料、情報、環境などの先端科学技術分野から造形・デザインまでの幅広い分野において、ものづくりを基盤とした「実学」を目指した個性ある教育研究を行っている。また、芸術系の学科を持つ工科大学として、有機的な教育カリキュラムによる『科学と芸術の融合』を掲げ、感性豊かな国際的工科大学を目指す。沿革1899年京都蚕業講習所開設1902年京都高等工芸学校設立1914年京都高等蚕業学校設立1931年京都高等蚕業学校を京都高等蚕糸学校と改称1944年京都高等工芸学校を京都工業専門学校と改称、京都高等蚕糸学校を京都繊維専門学校と改称1949年京都工業専門学校・京都繊維専門学校を母体として新制大学京都工芸繊維大学発足、工芸学部・繊維学部設置1951年京都工芸繊維大学工業短期大学部併設1992年京都工芸繊維大学工業短期大学部廃止2004年国立大学法人法により、国立大学法人へ移行2006年工芸学部と繊維学部を統合し工芸科学部設置工芸科学部生命物質科学域応用生物学課程生体分子工学課程高分子機能工学課程物質工学課程設計工学域電子システム工学課程情報工学課程機械システム工学課程デザイン経営工学課程造形科学域造形工学課程先端科学技術課程(夜間主)工芸学部電子情報工学科物質工学科機械システム工学科造形工学科繊維学部応用生物学科高分子学科デザイン経営工学科工芸科学研究科博士前期課程機械システム工学専攻電子情報工学専攻物質工学専攻造形工学専攻デザイン科学専攻建築設計学専攻応用生物学専攻生体分子工学専攻高分子機能工学専攻デザイン経営工学専攻博士後期課程機能科学専攻材料科学専攻情報・生産科学専攻博士前期・後期課程先端ファイブロ科学専攻教育及び研究採択されているプログラム特色ある大学教育支援プログラム新たな工学的感性を養う教育プログラム―表現行為の実践と人文的教養を基礎として―現代的教育ニーズ取組支援プログラム京都ブランドによる人材育成と地域創成―産学官連携による地域ブランド教育プログラムの展開と市民啓発―創造性豊かな国際的工科系専門技術者の育成―伝統からイノベーションへ・ローカルからグローバルへ―学生数総数4393名大学生3317名（うち女子759名）大学院生1076名（うち女子382名）学生と教員の共同プロジェクトとは、学外で開催される物づくりに関連するイベントや大会に向けての学生と教員の取り組みを、大学が財政面で支援する活動のことである。活動は2006年度より始まった。robocon挑戦プロジェクト()2006年4月に澤田祐一准教授の呼びかけで学生と教員の共同プロジェクトとして開始される。2007年6月に東京で行われたnhk大学ロボコン2007年に初出場した。予選リーグでは初戦の千葉大学戦を1対0で初勝利し、続く神奈川工科大学戦も1対0で勝利を、予選順位7位で決勝トーナメントに進出する。決勝トーナメントでは優勝した金沢工業大学に30対0で敗れた。学生フォーミュラプロジェクト()2005年秋、グランデルフィーノは学生フォーミュラ製作チームとして自動車部のメンバーにより同志を募り創立し、本学初の「学生と教員の共同プロジェクト」として動き始める。2007年夏、全日本学生フォーミュラ大会に参戦。28チームが完走したエンデュランスの完走を果たす。順位は全61チーム中52位。チーム名であるgrandelfinoとは、イタリア語のイルカと、大きな、壮大な、というグランドを掛け合わせて作った造語。注：このプロジェクトの実態は、多くの学生には知られていないのが現状である。松ヶ崎祭例年11月の第三週金曜日～日曜日にかけての三日間で行われる。前後日も準備・後片付けのため休校となる。大学関係者と組織大学関係者一覧京都工芸繊維大学の人物一覧備考信州大学と東京農工大学とあわせて伝統ある三繊維大学と呼ばれている。かつてノーベル賞受賞者の福井謙一が学長を務めたことがある。平成19年度の一級建築士の合格者人数が国立大学中1位である。（私学を入れると3位）五山送り火で知られる「妙」「法」が学内から間近に見られる。

collegeoutlinekyoto institute of technology ( kit ) has only one school , that is , school of science and technology , so it 's not that big in scale , but its education and research are unique in pursuing " practical science " based on creating products , ranging widely from the cutting-edge science and technology , such as biotechnology , material , information , and environment , to formative arts and design .and , having the departments related to art , kit tries " the fusion of science and art " through its organic education curriculum , attempting to become an international , sensibility-rich institute .historyin 1899 , kyoto college of textile fibers was founded .in 1902 , kyoto college of technology was founded .in 1914 , kyoto institute of textile fibers was founded .in 1931 , kyoto institute of textile fibers was renamed kyoto institute of textile thread .in 1944 , kyoto college of technology was renamed kyoto vocational college of technology , and kyoto institute of textile thread was renamed kyoto vocational college of textile .in 1949 , based on two vocational colleges above , kit started as a college under the new system , and opened school of engineering and design , and school of textile science .in 1951 , technical college of kit was established within the premises .in 1992 , technical college of kit was closed .in 2004 , kit was transformed into the national university corporation by the national university corporation law .in 2006 , school of engineering and design , and school of textile science were united into school of science and technology .school of science and technologyacademic field of materials and life scienceapplied biologybiomolecular engineeringmacromolecular science and engineeringchemistry and materials technologyacademic field of engineering designelectronicsinformation sciencemechanical and system engineeringdesign engineering and managementacademic field of design sciencearchitecture and designintegrated science and technology ( lectured mainly in the evening )school of engineering and designdepartment of electronics and information sciencedepartment of chemistry and materials technologydepartment of mechanical and system engineeringdepartment of architecture and designschool of textile sciencedepartment of applied biologydepartment of polymer science and engineeringdepartment of design engineering and managementgraduate school of science and technologymaster 's programsmechanical and system engineeringelectronics and information science = > electronics = > information sciencechemistry and materials technologyarchitecture and designdesignarchitectural designapplied biologybiomolecular engineeringmacromolecular science and engineeringdesign engineering and managementdoctor 's programsmaterials and life scienceengineering designdesign sciencemaster 's program and doctor 's programadvanced fibro-scienceeducation and researchprograms adoptedsupport program for good practice as unique university educationeducation program for nurturing new sense of engineering-based on artistic expressions ' practice and human science 's knowledgesupport program for good practice as tackling contemporary educational needstraining of human resources and revitalizing community through kyoto brands-developing education programs and enlightening the general public over regional kyoto brands in cooperation with industry , university and the local government-training of creative , international specialists in engineering & design-from tradition to innovation , from kyoto to the world-number of students4,393 in total3,317 undergraduate school students ( including 759 females )1,076 graduate school students ( including 382 females )" joint projects between students and teachers " are kit-sponsored activities in which its students and teachers team up for taking part in events or contests related to manufacturing held outside of kit .the activities started in 2006 .robocon trial project ( )in april , 2006 , associate professor yuichi sawada proposed the project , and it started as a cooperative one between students and teachers .in june , 2006 , they took part in college category of nhk robot contest 2007 in tokyo .in the preliminary , they won with a score of 1-0 against chiba university 's team , and then won with the same score against kanagawa institute of technology 's team , so they were qualified for the championship tournament at the seventh rank .but in the championship tournament , they were defeated with a score of 30-0 against kanazawa institute of technology 's team , the champion 2007 .student formula project ( )in autumn , 2005 , " grandelfino " was founded as a team for producing a student formula car by like-minded people in kit , gathered by its car club members ,in summer , 2007 , grandelfino took part in student formula sae competition of japan .and its car managed to run till the end of the endurance check category of the competition , in which 28 teams did the same .it ranked the 52nd out of 61 teams .the team 's name grandelfino is a coinage made of the words " delfino " , an italian word for dolphin , and " grand " , meaning great or magnificent .note : for now , many kit students don 't know about the actual conditions of this project .matsugasaki festivalit 's held over three days from the third friday until sunday every november .kit is off not only on those three days but on the day before and after the festival for its preparation and cleanup .people and organizations related to kitlist of people related to kitpublic figures related to kitnoteskit , shinshu university , and tokyo university of agriculture and technology , are praised as classic 3 textile colleges .kenichi fukui , the nobel prize winner , has ever acted as the president of kit .in fiscal heisei 19 , kit ranked the first of all national colleges at the number of successful candidates who took the test of the first-class registered architect .( including private ones , kit ranked the 3rd . )myo ( 妙 ) and ho ( 法 ) , known as " gozan no okuribi " , can be seen nearby from the campus .