As the war regime got strengthened, some programs complying with the national policy were set up, such as History of Japanese Spirit (in the Faculty of Letters), Principles of East Asian Economics Policies (in the Faculty of Economics), and Aeronautics & Fuel Chemistry (in the Faculty of Engineering), and after the Pacific War began, "Loyal Patriots' Corps of Kyoto Imperial University" was formed for organizing students in the military style.
戦時体制の強化に伴い、日本精神史（文学部）、東亜経済政策原論（経済学部）、航空学・燃料化学（工学部）などの国策に沿った講座が設けられ、太平洋戦争の開戦後、学生を軍隊風に編成する目的で「京都帝国大学報国隊」が結成される。