Corresponding to the trend of reforming universities, Kyoto University also integrated research facilities located outside the main campuses of University, and the following facilities were integrated into the Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, which has become a facility common to all departments of the university, and not the former department-based facility: the forests for field practices, which were located in Hokkaido, Wakayama, Tokuyama in addition to Ashiu, Shirahama Aquarium, Kyoto University located in Shirahama-cho, Subtropical Plant Institute, Kyoto University located in Kushimoto-cho and Maizuru Fisheries Research Station located in Maizuru City.
近年の大学改革の流れを受けて、京都大学においても学外研究施設の統合が実施され、芦生をはじめ北海道、和歌山、徳山に設置されていた演習林、白浜町の京都大学白浜水族館、串本町の亜熱帯植物実験所、舞鶴市の水産実験所がフィールド科学教育研究センターに統合改組され、従来の学部単位の施設から全学共同利用施設となった。