Introduction
To select our current President (Vice Chancellor of the Ritsumeikan Trust) who began his term in January 2018, a one-off system was used for the first time. Under this system, a Presidential Candidate Selection Committee composed of constituents of APU nominated candidates.
Given the outcomes of this process, we have decided to make it permanent with the formulation of the Regulations for the Selection of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidates.
Therefore, the next President of APU (Term: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023) will be selected in accordance with these regulations.
List of Current & Former Presidents

SAKAMOTO Kazuichi
January, 2000 ~ March, 2004

Monte CASSIM
April, 2004 ~ December, 2009

KORENAGA Shun
January, 2010 ~ December, 2017

DEGUCHI Haruaki
January, 2018 ~
Regulations
Public announcement
- The Schedule of the Selection of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidates (PDF)
- The members of the Selection of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidates Control Board (PDF)
- The members of Electoral Candidates for Presidential Candidates Selection Committee [Faculty] (PDF)
- The members of Electoral Candidates for Presidential Candidates Selection Committee [Staff] (PDF)
- The members of Presidential Candidates Selection Committee [Faculty, Staff] (PDF)
- The members of Presidential Candidates Selection Committee [Vice President / Trustee, Alumni] (PDF)
Information Disclosure
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Detailed Minutes of the 1st Meeting of Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Detailed Minutes of the 2nd Meeting of the Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)
- Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)
- Minutes of the 4th Meeting of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)
- Minutes of the 5th Meeting of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)
- Minutes of the 6th Meeting of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)
- Minutes of the 7th Meeting of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)
- Minutes of the 8th Meeting of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)
- Minutes of the 9th Meeting of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Presidential Candidate Selection Committee (PDF)