Nagoya University

Nagoya University

名古屋大学
the Emblem of Nagoya University
Motto	勇気ある知識人 (courageous intellectual)
Type	Public (National)
Established	Founded 1871, Chartered 1939
President	Seiichi Matsuo
Academic staff	1,793
Undergraduates	9,818
Postgraduates	5,993
Location	Nagoya , Aichi , Japan
Campus	Urban, 3.2 km²
Colors	Green
Mascot	None
Website	www.nagoya-u.ac.jp

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The Toyoda Auditorium of Nagoya University, constructed by Fumihiko Maki

Nagoya University (名古屋大学, Nagoya daigaku), abbreviated to Meidai (名大), is a Japanese national university headquartered in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya. It is the last Imperial University in Japan and among the National Seven Universities. It is the 3rd best ranked higher education institution in Japan (77th worldwide).

As of 2014, the university has produced six Nobel Prize winners in science, it was the third most in Japan behind Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo.

History

Nagoya University traces its roots back to 1871 when it was a temporary medical school. In 1939 it became Nagoya Imperial University. In 1947 it was renamed Nagoya University, and became a Japanese national university. In 2004 it became a Japanese national university corporation.

The ideal written in the Nagoya University academic charter is to encourage the intelligentsia with courage by providing an education which respects independent thought.

In March 2012 the university played host to the International Symposium on Innovative Nanobiodevices.

Student population

While the majority of its students come from Tōkai region, Nagoya University has a good portion of students from all over Japan.

It also receives many students from abroad. Currently there are over 1300 foreign students (150 undergraduate) from 78 countries studying in the faculties of Nagoya University. The majority of them are from China (47%, as of May 1, 2009) and Korea (9.5%). Among other countries, Taiwan, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Uzbekistan are represented by more than 30 students. The United States and Brazil with 16 students each are the most represented non-Asian countries.

Faculties and Graduate Schools

Faculties

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Nagoya University

• Law
• Medicine
• Engineering
• Letters
• Science
• Agriculture
• Economics
• Education
• Information Culture

Graduate Schools

Nagoya University Hospital

• Educational Growing
• Law
• Economics
• Arts and Sciences
• Science
• Mathematics
• Engineering
• Life Sciences and Agriculture
• Medicine
• International Language Culture
• International Development (GSID)
• Environmental Studies
• Information Science

The University's Research Center for Seismology, Volcanology and Disaster mitigation is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.

Academic Rankings

University rankings (overall)

Toyo Keizai National	General	21
Kawaijuku National	General	8
T. Reuters National	Research	5
WE National	Employment	38
NBP Hokuriku/Tokai	Reputation	1
Shimano National	Selectivity	SA
QS Asia (Asian Ranking version)	General	14
ARWU Asia	Research	7
QS World	General	80
ARWU World	Research	79

University rankings (by subject)

Social Sciences & Humanities
LAW
Asahi National	Research	4
BE Success National	Qualification	12
BE Pass rate National	Qualification	10
ECONOMICS
RePec National	Research	13
Natural Sciences & Technology
Engineering
Kawaijuku National	General	6~7
QS World	General	96
PHYSICS
T.Reuters National	Research	6
T.Reuters World	Research	61
CHEMISTRY
T.Reuters National	Research	7
T.Reuters World	Research	43
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
T.Reuters National	Research	5
T.Reuters World	Research	97
* T. Reuters World rankings include non-educational institutions

Nagoya University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. This can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.

General Rankings

The university has been ranked 15th in 2009 and 21st in 2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai. In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Nagoya as the 8th best university in Japan.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2009 ranks Nagoya University as fourth in Japan. The 2009 THE-QS World University Rankings (From 2010 two separate rankings will be produced by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings) ranks Nagoya University as fifth in Japan. The 2010 QS Asian University Rankings rated Nagoya number ten in Asia and number five in Japan, while the QS World University Rankings for 2011 ranked Nagoya 80th in the world.

Research performance

Nagoya is one of the top research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, Nagoya is the 5th best research university in Japan. Its research standard is especially high in Physics (6th in Japan, 61st in the world), Chemistry (7th in Japan, 43rd in the world), and Biology & Biochemistry (5th in Japan, 97th in the world).

Weekly Diamond reported that Nagoya has the 6th highest research standard in Japan in research funding per researchers in COE Program. In the same article, it's also ranked 6th in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.

In addition, Nikkei Shimbun　on 16 February 2004 surveyed 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 Nagoya was placed 9th (research planning ability 5th//informative ability of research outcome 9th/ability of business-academia collaboration 6th) in this ranking.

Furthermore, Nagoya had the 8th highest number of patents accepted (108) in 2009 among Japanese universities.

It has a high research standard in Social Science & Humanities. Asahi Shimbun summarized the amount of academic papers in Japanese major legal journals by university, and Nagoya University was ranked 4th during 2005-2009. RePEc in January 2011 ranked Nagoya's Economic department as Japan's 13th best economic research university.

Graduate school rankings

Nagoya Law School is considered one of the top law schools in Japan, as it was ranked 10th in the pass rate of the Japanese Bar Examination in 2010.

Alumni Rankings

According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Nagoya have the 38th best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan.

Popularity and Selectivity

Nagoya is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered one of the highest in Japan.

Notable alumni and affiliates

Full list can be found in the Japanese Wikipedia article: List of Nagoya University people (in Japanese)

It includes six Nobel Prize winners.

• Hiroshi Amano, one of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the blue LED.
• Isamu Akasaki, one of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the blue LED.
• Makoto Kobayashi, one of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Toshihide Maskawa, one of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Osamu Shimomura, one of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• Ryōji Noyori, one of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners, spent most of his academic career researching and teaching at the university.

It includes one Fields Medalist.

• Shigefumi Mori, one of the 1990 Fields Medalists, spent most of his academic career at the university until he won the Fields Medal in 1990.

There're several world-class scientist:

• Koji Nakanishi, a Japanese-American bioorganic and natural products chemist, graduated from Nagoya, professor at Columbia University.
• Hisashi Yamamoto, a Japanese chemist, laureate of the Medal of Honor with a Purple Ribbon.
• Masayoshi Nagata, a Japanese mathematician, disproved Hilbert's fourteenth problem.
• Reiji Okazaki and Tsuneko Okazaki - Pioneering molecular biologists, discoverer of the Okazaki fragments, graduated from Nagoya and was a professor at the university.
• Masatoshi Takeichi, a Japanese cell biologist.
• Morinobu Endo, a Japanese chemist.
• Masatake Kuranishi, a Japanese mathematician.

Other notable alumni:

• Tang Jun, President and CEO of Xin Hua Du Industrial Group Co.
• Uichiro Niwa (丹羽 宇一郎) - Japanese Ambassador to China, former Chairman and President of Itochu, former CEO of Japan Post Holdings
• Shoichiro Toyoda - Ex-CEO of Toyota Motor

External links

• The Nagoya University English website
• Nagoya Repository - collection of scholarly papers and dissertations by the faculty and students of Nagoya University.
• Information about the English-taught Full Degree Program
• Courses offered in English .