Kyushu University
九州大学
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Type | Public (National) |
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Established | Founded 1903, Chartered 1911 |
President | Chihura Kubo |
Academic staff
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2,311 |
Undergraduates | 11,689 |
Postgraduates | 9,128 |
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Campus | Urban, -- acres (2.4 km²) |
Mascot | None |
Website | www |
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Kyushu University (九州大学 Kyūshū Daigaku?), abbreviated to Kyudai (九大 Kyūdai?), is a Japanese public university located in Fukuoka, Kyushu. It is one of Japan's National Seven Universities (The others are Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, The University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, Kyoto University and Osaka University). The history of Kyushu University can be traced by medical schools of the feudal domains built in 1867, and is the largest public university in Kyushu.[citation needed]
There are 1,292 foreign students (as of May 1, 2008) enrolled in the University. It was chosen for the Global 30 university program, and has been selected to the top 13 global university project.[1]
Contents
History
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On October, 2003, Kyushu University and Kyushu Institute of Design was officially amalgamated into a single university, with Kyushu Institute of Design becoming Kyushu University's Ohashi Campus. In 2004, Kyushu University was incorporated as a national university corporation under a new law which applies to all national universities.
War crimes
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In World War II, the survivors of a B-29 bomber on the border between Kumamoto and Ōita were sent to Kyushu Imperial University where they were vivisected and killed.[2][3] In 2008, the medical school had a keynote speech led by Dr. Toshio Tono on bioethics and the atrocities. Tono is a graduate of Kyushu University who was among those who were present during the experiments, with many of the events he later detailed in his book Disgrace: The Truth behind the Vivisection at Kyushu University.[4]
Symbol
Kyushu University does not have an official school song, instead it has one cheering song and three student songs including Matssubara-ni, with lyrics by Yoshifumi Akiyama.
The University's logo features a background of pine needles inset with an older iterance of the kanji for "university". The logo was officially established in 2004, but was originally proposed by student Sou Yoshihide in the mid 20th century, and was used then on from 1950. There have also been alternatives designs, such as those featuring the Japanese KU or Q, for Kyushu instead of "university".
The school color is wine, and there are some other associated colors.[clarification needed]
Undergraduate schools and graduate schools/faculties
Undergraduate schools
- School of Letters
- School of Education
- School of Law
- School of Economics
- School of Sciences
- School of Medicine
- School of Dentistry
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Engineering
- School of Design
- School of Agriculture
- The 21st Century Program
Graduate Schools and graduate faculties
Graduate Schools | Graduate Faculties |
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Research institutes
- Medical Institute of Bioregulation
- Research Center for Genetic Information
- Research Center for Prevention of Infectious Diseases
- Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
- Institute of Mathematics for Industry
- Inamori Frontier Research Center
- Research Institute for Information Technology
- Asian Law Centre
- Center for Conflict Management
- Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.[5]
Topics
Taught from a Japanese perspective, the one-year program offers students the opportunity to study international economic and business law, and Japanese and comparative law in a Japanese law faculty. A three-year LL.D. program and another one-year Master’s course in Comparative Studies of Politics and Administration in Asia (CSPA) were launched in October 1999. As a result of the success of these programs, in 2001, Kyushu University was invited by the Ministry of Education to host the Young Leader's Program in Law, a program which, among others, seeks to foster good relations among future national leaders in Asia and other countries. In 2009, it was again selected by the Ministry of Education to host a Bilingual Program in law (LL.M). This unique master aims to overcome barriers of language and culture in the field of international law. This is achieved through law classes conducted in both Japanese and English, an internship, as well as a thesis written in both languages. Its first batch of students graduated in 2010.
Academic rankings
Toyo Keizai National[6] | General | 8 |
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Kawaijuku National[7] | General | 7 |
T. Reuters National[8] | Research | 6 |
WE National[9] | Employment | 53 |
NBP Kyushu/Okinawa/Yamaguchi[10] | Reputation | 1 |
Shimano National[11] | Selectivity | SA |
QS Asia (Asian Ranking version)[12] |
General | 18 |
ARWU Asia[13] | Research | 19-26 |
QS World[14] | General | 122 |
ARWU World[15] | Research | 151-200 |
ENSMP World[16] | Alumni | 38 |
Social Sciences & Humanities | ||
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LAW |
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BE Success National[17] | Qualification | 15 |
BE Pass rate National[18] | Qualification | 17 |
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT |
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Eduni MBA National[19] | General | 18 |
Eduni MBA World[20] | General | 616 |
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Engineering |
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MATERIALS SCIENCE |
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T.Reuters National[21] | Research | 6 |
T.Reuters World[21] | Research | 49 |
CHEMISTRY |
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T.Reuters National[21] | Research | 6 |
T.Reuters World[21] | Research | 41 |
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY |
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T.Reuters National[21] | Research | 4 |
T.Reuters World[21] | Research | 95 |
Life Sciences | ||
IMMUNOLOGY |
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T.Reuters National[21] | Research | 4 |
T.Reuters World[21] | Research | 68 |
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY |
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T.Reuters National[21] | Research | 4 |
T.Reuters World[21] | Research | 76 |
* T. Reuters World rankings include non-educational institutions |
General rankings
The university has been ranked 8th in 2010 and 2009 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.[6] In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Kyusyu as the 7th best university in Japan.[7]
In 2011 QS World University Rankings[22] ranked Kyushu University 122nd in the world. Its subject rankings were: 123rd in Engineering & IT, 170th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, and 150th in Natural Sciences. It is also the 18th best university in Asia, according to QS Asian University rankings.[23]
Research performance
Kyushu is one of the top research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, Kyushu is the 6th best research university in Japan.[8] Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Materials Science (6th in Japan, 49th in the world), Chemistry (6th in Japan, 41st in the world), Biology & Biochemistry (4th in Japan, 95th in the world), Immunology (4th in Japan, 68th in the world), and Pharmacology & Toxicology (4th in Japan, 76th in the world).[24]
Weekly Diamond reported that Kyushu has the 16th highest research standard in Japan in terms of research funding per researchers in COE Program.[25] In the same article, it is also ranked fifth in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.
Furthermore, Nikkei Shimbun on 2004/2/16 surveyed about the research standards in Engineering studies based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Kyushu was placed 11th (research planning ability 10th) in this ranking.[26]
Kyushu University is one of Japan's National Seven Universities. Since Prof. Suzuki received the Nobel Prize in 2010, all the other Universities have alumni or professors who received a Nobel Prize, Kyushu University is only National Seven University whose alumni or staff have not won a Nobel Prize.
Graduate school rankings
Eduniversal ranked Kyushu as 9th in the rankings of "Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and/or with continental links " in Japan.[27]
Kyushu has a good Law schools in Japan, as it was ranked 12th in the number of successful candidates of Japanese Bar Examination in 2009 and 15th in 2010.[28]
Alumni rankings
According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Kyushu have the 53rd best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan.[29]
École des Mines de Paris ranks Kyushu University as 38th in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[16]
Popularity and selectivity
Kyushu is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered as one of the top in Japan.[30][31]
Scholarships for international students
Kyushu offers a number of selected scholarships for international students. Some of them are:[32]
- Topia Leisure Scholarship (scholarship with work experience)
- JASSO - Encourage privately financed international students learning costs
- Fukuoka International Student Scholarship
- Ushio Foundation Scholarship
- Ajinomoto Scholarship
- Sun Noh Scholarship
Notable alumni
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Ph.D.
- Hakaru Hashimoto M.D., Ph.D., medical scientist, discoverer of Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- Shozaburo Jimi M.D., Ph.D., Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Takehiko Sasazuki M.D.,Ph.D. emeritus professor, professor of Kyushu University Institute for Advanced Study (高等研究院?)[33]
- Seiji Shinkai Ph.D., emeritus professor, professor of Kyushu University Institute for Advanced Study (高等研究院?)[33]
- Genichi Taguchi Ph.D., engineer and statistician
- Koichi Wakata Ph.D., cosmonaut
Bachelors
- Yasushi Inoue, author
- Kyoichi Katayama, author
- Ichiro Nakagawa, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
- Toshio Shimao, author
- Tomihisa Taue, mayor
Former professors
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Medical faculty
- Ōmori Harutoyo
- Tawara Sunao, pathologist who discovered the atrioventricular node (Node of Tawara)
- Inokichi Kubo, pioneer of otorhinolaryngology
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Inokichi Kubo
See also
- National Seven Universities
- Campus of Kyushu University
- Kyushu Institute of Design
- Kyoto University
- Maidashi kyudai byoin mae
- IBM/Google Cloud Computing University Initiative
- Experimentation on American POWs
References
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- ↑ The Denver Post, June 1, 1995, cited by Gary K. Reynolds, 2002, "U.S. Prisoners of War and Civilian American Citizens Captured and Interned by Japan in World War II: The Issue of Compensation by Japan" (Library of Congress) Archived December 14, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Landas, Marc The Fallen A True Story of American POWs and Japanese Wartime Atrocities Hoboken John Wiley 2004 ISBN 0-471-42119-7
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