Everything about Kyoto University totally explained
, or is a major
national university in
Kyoto,
Japan. It is the second oldest university in Japan, and formerly one of the
Imperial Universities of Japan. The university has a total of about 22,000 students enrolled in its undergraduate and graduate programs.
Kyoto University has historically advocated a "spirit of freedom" in its academic activities The university established itself as a premier research university with six Nobel Laureates and two Fields Medalists among its faculties and alumni. The university is also known as the home of the
Kyoto School group of philosophers.
Kyoto University was ranked as the 22
nd best university in the world in 2007 according to the
Academic Ranking of World Universities.
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The Times Higher Education Supplement ranked Kyoto University as the 25th in the world and the 3rd in Asia in 2007.
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History
The forerunner of the university was the founded in
Osaka in
1869, which, despite its name, taught physics as well. (is a
transcription of a
Dutch word .) Later, the was established in the place of
Seimi-kyoku in
1886, it then transferred to the university's present main campus in the same year.
as a part of the
Imperial University system was established in
June 18,
1897,
using the Third Higher School's buildings. The higher school moved to a patch of land just across the street, where the Yoshida South Campus stands today. In the same year of the university's establishment, the College of Science and Technology was founded. The College of
Law and the College of
Medicine were founded in
1899, the College of Letters in
1906, expanding the university's activities to areas outside
natural science.
After
World War II, the current Kyoto University was established by merging the imperial university and the Third Higher School, which assumed the duty of teaching
liberal arts as the . The faculty was dissolved with the foundation of the in
1992.
Kyoto University has since
2004 been incorporated as a national university corporation under a new law which applies to all national universities.
Despite the incorporation which has led to increased financial independence and autonomy, Kyoto University is still partly controlled by the .
The current president is
Kazuo Oike.
Campuses
The university has three campuses in
Yoshida,
Kyoto; in
Gokashō,
Uji; and in
Katsura, Kyoto.
Yoshida Campus is the main campus, with some laboratories located in Uji. The Graduate School of Engineering is currently under process of moving to the newly-built Katsura Campus.
Faculties and graduate schools
- Integrated Human Studies (総合人間学部)
- Letters (文学部)
- Education (教育学部)
- Law (法学部)
- Economics (経済学部)
- Science (理学部)
- Medicine (医学部)
- Pharmaceutical Sciences (薬学部)
- Engineering (工学部)
- Agriculture (農学部)
- Experimental Farm
- University Forests
- Human and Environmental Studies
- Energy Science
- Asian and African Area Studies
- Informatics
- Biostudies
- Global Environmental Studies
Research institutes, centers, and facilities
Institute for Chemical Research
Institute for Research in Humanities
Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences
Institute of Advanced Energy
Wood Research Institute
- Disaster Prevention Research Institute
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Institute for Virus Research
Institute of Economic Research
Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Research Reactor Institute
Primate Research Institute
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies
Radiation Biology Center
Radio Science Center for Space & Atmosphere
Center for Ecological Research
Radioisotope Research Center
Environment Preservation Center
Center for Molecular Biology and Genetics
Center for Student Exchange
Research Center for Higher Education
University Museum
- International Innovation Center
Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences
Center for student Health
Research Center for Sports Science
Counseling Center
University Archives
Center for Archaeological Operations
Center for African Area Studies
KU-VBL (Venture Business Laboratory)
Health and Medical Services
Kosobe Conservatory
Notable alumni
Many famous people have graduated from Kyoto University, including six Nobel laureates and five Japanese prime ministers.
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