Far from the downtown of Kyoto City, Kyoto University is in the calm surroundings that still retain some traces of the historic city, so students and teaching staff can concentrate on the studies in such calmness, and the university's motto "academic freedom", implying everything related to students' affairs should be left to their autonomy, can be seen in, for example, the annual November Festival, the graffiti on the statue of Prof. Orita, and the students' disguise in the graduation ceremony.
京都市内の繁華街からはなれた古都の風情を残す落ち着いた環境の中にあり、何よりも静かな環境の中で学問に集中することができ、何事も学生の自主性に任せるという「自由の学風」を標榜しており、毎年行われる11月祭や折田先生像をめぐる落書き、卒業式での仮装などにもその一端を垣間見ることができる。