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Kobe University, working in a spirit of integrity, freedom, and cooperation in keeping with its open and cosmopolitan culture and environs, aims to contribute to the global community through the creation of knowledge founded on universal values and the fostering of rich understanding and strong leadership skills. Kobe University, working in a spirit of integrity, freedom, and cooperation in keeping with its open and cosmopolitan culture and environs, is committed to achieving Global Excellence by 2015. Excellence in Research Kobe University strives to achieve continuing international recognition as an institution for its outstanding work in designated core research areas founded on traditional disciplines and incorporating newly created inter-disciplinary initiatives. Excellence in Education Kobe University, in keeping with its Charter on Education and through its outstanding educational program, strives to achie...

Niigata University is located in the City of Niigata, a key metropolis on the Sea of Japan. Niigata is the only government ordinance–designated city on that coast and thus is the region's leading municipality. The university is nestled between the Sea of Japan and the Echigo Plain. Off the coast is the picturesque island of Sado, and the Shinano River travels over the plain. The university boasts two campuses: the Ikarashi Campus and the Asahimachi Campus. With this magnificent natural environment, the two campuses offer an ideal setting for students to enjoy concentrating on their studies. Niigata University boasts a long history and rich tradition, with the predecessor institutions of the university tracing back about 140 years. The school was inaugurated as Niigata University in 1949 under the new university system introduced in Japan soon after the end of World War II. Since then, the university has played a key role as a center of scholarship in the Japan Sea Rim region. With ...

As President of OCU, I am proud of the vibrant atmosphere of our campus. OCU has about 9,000 students and 2,000 staff members, who study and work with enthusiasm under the university's motto "Creativity, Friendliness and Flexibility." It is OCU's aim to meet the needs of society and to continue as an urban-oriented institution that strives to study possible solutions to the contemporary challenges facing urban areas, as well as ways to enable the sound development of cities. In order to create an optimal educational environment befitting the 21st century, we have been working over recent years to renew our academic and sporting facilities. The Media Center and the Basic Experimental Education Building are both highly sophisticated facilities that are unique in Japan. Innovative efforts have also been made to reform the educational system, such as the participation of graduate students as teaching assistants in undergraduate courses and the introduction of course eva...

Chiba University was founded about 130 years ago, taking its forerunner into account; and from its foundation, great efforts have been made to improve the university’s research and standing. The university charter says, “Always Aim Higher”, and it is our goal to continue the high standard of achievement set with its inception in the Meiji era. After the incorporation of national universities in 2004, we obtained a freedom which we had never had. Yet, this has presented us with a new set of obstacles and challenges to overcome. Faced with a wide range of difficulties starting with matters of management, we will make drastic reforms to overcome these issues. Our reforms here at Chiba University will be guided by the debate about “What is the problem?”, “What is the objective?”, “What should we do?” and “How will we evaluate the results?” This will be achieved in corporation with everyone involved with the school from the students, to the educatio...

As the president of one of the oldest and leading universities in Japan, let me extend to you a warm welcome. Kobe University has been pursuing academic endeavor in the exploration and practice of novel theories under the spirit of integrity, freedom, and cooperation ever since the foundation over a century ago. We have always been committed to the creation of knowledge in a broad range of fields from Humanities, Social Science, Natural Sciences to Bio-Medical Sciences. The intellectual curiosity and the inquiring mind of each faculty member have continually advanced the level of researches since the foundation. In the area of education, faculty and administrative staff members united their efforts to collaborate on ways to prepare a better learning environment from the students' viewpoint. In the course of our quest for academic excellence, many of our research areas have gained considerable recognition worldwide as the "core research areas" of Ko...

The University of Tsukuba aims to establish free exchange and close relationship in both basic and applied sciences with educational and research organizations and academic communities in Japan and oversea. The university makes a contribution to the world through its educational system that seeks to make the most of students' creativity and individuality Offical sites

Hokkaido University was founded in 1876 as Sapporo Agricultural College -- the nation's first institute of higher education to award bachelor's degrees. "Boys, be ambitious!," the phrase Dr. William S. Clark, the first Vice-Principal, was quoted as saying to his students before leaving Sapporo, is well known among the Japan's youth and also serves as Hokkaido University's maxim. 　Hokkaido University upholds "The Frontier Spirit," "Global Perspectives," "All-round Education" and "Practical Learning" -- concepts that have been developed over its history of more than 130 years as the basic philosophies of education and research. Currently, all the faculty members, students and graduates are making concerted efforts to transform their campus into a global base for education and research. Offical site

Welcome to Kumamoto University (KU), located in Kumamoto city in the heart of Kyushu Island, Japan. Beautiful Kumamoto is characterized by “RGB”, the three primary colors of light. R (Red) means active volcano, Mt Aso, and very warm (burning)-hearted people. G (Green) means very rich environment with a lot of green. B (Blue) means water. Kumamoto has the highest quality underground water, which is served as drinking water for people live in Kumamoto. In Kumamoto, therefore, visitors/international students can take an enjoyable time and very high quality and pleasant life, I believe. KU is one of the universities of the longest history in Japan, and now has seven Faculties, seven Graduate Schools and thirteen Research Centers/Institutes, supporting a wide spectrum of educational and research activities. Currently, the university has more than 8,000 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students, including 320 international students from 39 countries. For over 100 years our universit...

It has been four years since Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka Women's University and Osaka Prefecture College of Nursing integrated into one university, incorporated and reemerged as the Osaka Prefecture University, a Public University Corporation. The new university comprises seven schools, each with its own graduate school: Engineering, Life and Environmental Sciences, Science, Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Nursing, and Comprehensive Rehabilitation. Among the seven graduate schools, only the School of Comprehensive Rehabilitation does not currently offer a doctoral degree, but we will start the degree program in April 2009. We are among a select group of public universities to offer this many undergraduate and graduate schools.Our fully-fledged university has established the highest standard in both research and education. With approximately 6,500 undergraduates and 1,500 graduate students, our school boasts an enrollment of over 8,000 students, all a...

The University of Tokushima aims to enhance mankind's culture and welfare by training human resources and promoting academic studies, by striving for the pursuit of truth and the advancement of knowledge in a spirit of independence, and to pass along to others our outstanding scientific, technological and cultural traditions. Our University is open to the whole world, and we are doing our best to create a rich and peaceful society for the future. Our University's mission is as follows: 1. Education: To encourage the enterprising talent of students by respecting their individuality, developing their sense of humanity, and providing them with outstanding professional knowledge and skills in their chosen fields. 2. Research: To advance academic research through innovative joint efforts from researchers in various fields, regardless of their academic disciplines. The University aims to foster, refine, and disseminate research and original work of the highest international standard....

Yokohama National University celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2009. At this important juncture, we aim to make further strides as a world-class center of practical education and research in the knowledge-based society of the 21st century. The conditions surrounding Japan’s universities are growing increasingly harsh. The university-age population is decreasing; the overall economic situation is deteriorating; the international society is facing multi-faceted challenges; and Japan’s administrative and fiscal structures are undergoing severe belt-tightening exercises. Undaunted by this difficult environment, Yokohama National University is steadily initiating reforms and other efforts with a focus on education and research, setting concrete goals to be attained within a span of ten to twenty years. Incorporated in 2004, Japan’s national universities are tasked to be the institutes of higher education to train leaders for the future, to contribute to the develo...

With the elegance of the Ouchi-clan's predilection for the medieval court culture and the history over three-hundred years of the Mori-clan's heritage of virile simplicity and plainness, Yamaguchi stands unique and distinct among the regions of Japan. Producing talents with indefatigable human strength for challenges like Yoshida Sho'in on the eve of Japan's modernization in the mid-19th century, Yamaguchi continues to foster individuals who excel in all walks of life. More recently, Yamaguchi was the birthplace of the Choshu Five who in 1860 (late Edo Period), under the orders of the Provincial Government, sailed to England to study at the University of London. Upon returning to Japan, the five pioneers made phenomenal contributions to the modernization of Japan-Hirofumi Ito became the first Prime Minister of Japan; Kaoru Inoue, the first Minister of Foreign Affairs; Masaru Inoue launched the construction of railway systems in Japan; Kinsuke Endo developed the manag...

Kagoshima University is located in the city of Kagoshima, the gateway to Japan's islands. The region has a long history of pioneering and maintaining cross-cultural ties with people from overseas, and is the birthplace of many of the leaders of Japan's modernization. The area is blessed with a bountiful natural environment, framed by oceans and islands, and is home to an arrayof local tradition and cultures that must be preserved for future generations. The university maintains academic freedom and diversity with a deep awareness of being at the threshold of a new epoch in which there is hope that all people in the world can live in prosperity. The university aims to be an integrated academic institution, cooperative in nature and striving to pursue a spirit of study based on truth, virtue, and encouragement, while cultivating independence and freedom. Besides its contribution to academic progress, the university is committed to the promotion of a fair society in which human ri...

he University of Tokyo was established in 1877 as the first national university in Japan. As a leading research university, the University of Tokyo offers courses in essentially all academic disciplines at both undergraduate and graduate levels and conducts research across the full spectrum of academic activity. The university aims to provide its students with a rich and varied academic environment that ensures opportunities for both intellectual development and the acquisition of professional knowledge and skills. The University of Tokyo has a faculty of over 4,000 and a total enrollment of about 29,000, evenly divided between undergraduate and graduate students. As of 2006 there were 2,269 international students, and over 2,700 foreign researchers come annually to the university for both short and extended visits. The University of Tokyo is known for the excellence of its faculty and students and ever since its foundation many of its graduates have gone on to become leaders in...

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Outline of the University Hitotsubashi University is a national educational institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It is the only university in Japan to specialize exclusively in the humanities and social sciences. The university was originally established in 1875 as a private entity called the Institute for Business Training (Shoho Koshujo). It educated the businessmen who went on to become the driving force behind the modernization of Japanese society following the collapse of the feudal Tokugawa Shogunate. Ever since, Hitotsubashi has been at the forefront of Japan's economic and social progress. It has become the country's premier institution for education and research in the social sciences but has always maintained its emphasis on practical learning. The academic organization of the university consists of four undergraduate faculties: Commerce and Management, Economics, Law, and Social Sci...