Kobe University
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox university Template:Nihongo, also known in the Kansai region as Template:Nihongo, is a national research university located in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan.
The university was established in 1949, but the academic origins of Kobe University trace back to the establishment of Kobe Higher Commercial School in 1902, which was renamed as Kobe University of Commerce in 1929, and Kobe University of Economics in 1940.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
It comprises 14 graduate schools and 11 undergraduate faculties, and holds about 16,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. International students accounted for 1,179 members of the student body as of 1 May 2021.<ref name="international student">Template:Cite bookTemplate:In lang</ref> It also has 3,102 staff members, including professors, associate professors and administrative officials.<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:In lang</ref>
The university is known to be the sole university in Japan to have a faculty dedicated to maritime sciences. It was also the first university to establish a faculty dedicated to business administration in the country.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
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The roots of the university can be traced back to 1902, when the Template:Nihongo was established. Its first president was Template:Nihongo. In 1929 this school was renamed Template:Nihongo,<ref name="com">Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kobe University</ref> and it was further renamed in 1944, Template:Nihongo.<ref name="com" />
In 1949, under Japan's new educational systems, the university was merged with Hyogo Normal School, Hyogo Junior Normal School, Kobe Technical College and Himeji High School, all of which were in Hyōgo Prefecture, leading to the creation of Kobe University.
The university has since been expanded and has created new faculties to complement its main academic foundations, which have been strongly established in the fields of economics and commerce.
Organisation
Undergraduate faculties
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Graduate schools
- Graduate School of Humanities
- Graduate School of Intercultural Studies
- Graduate School of Human Development and Environment
- Graduate School of Law
- Tier 1 full-time law school
- Graduate School of Economics
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- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Tier 1 full-time MBA school
- Graduate School of Science
- Graduate School of Medicine
- Graduate School of Health Sciences
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Graduate School of System Informatics
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science
- Graduate School of Maritime Sciences
- Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies
Research institutes
- Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration
Campuses
The university comprises four campuses: Rokkodai, Kusunoki, Myodani, and Fukae. Rokkodai Campus is the main campus of the university, and nine out of the eleven faculties are located there.
Rokkodai area
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- Law, Economics, Business Administration (2-1, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe)
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- Letters, Science, Agriculture, Engineering (1-1, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe)
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- Intercultural Studies (1-2-1, Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe)
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- Human Development (3-11, Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe)
Kusunoki area
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- Medicine (7-5-1, Kusunoki, Chūō-ku, Kobe)
Myodani area
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- Health Sciences (7-10-2, Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe)
Fukae area
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- Maritime Sciences (5-1-1, Fukaeminami, Higashinada-ku, Kobe)
Academic reputation and rankings
Template:Infobox Japanese university ranking QS World University Rankings ranked the university 465th in the world in 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2023, THE World University Rankings categorised the university within the 601-800th tier globally, without specifying an exact rank.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Popularity and selectivity
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International education
Scholarships for international students
Kobe university encourages international students to study at the university through a number of scholarships for eligible students. Some of them are:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Japanese Government Scholarship System
- JASSO/ Honors Scholarship
- Hyogo Prefecture Private Foreign Student Scholarship
- Kobe/Sugawara Scholarship
Notable alumni
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historical researcher, Order of Culture
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- Politics
- Technology
- Sazō Idemitsu, founder, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
- Rizaburo Toyoda, founder, the first president of the Toyota Motor Corporation Co., Ltd.
- Tadahiro Sekimoto, recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor, ex-CEO, NEC Co., Ltd.
- Academic
- Masato Sagawa, Neodymium magnet researcher, awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in 2022
- Shinya Yamanaka, stem cell researcher, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012
- Haruko Wakita, historical researcher, Order of Culture in 2010
- Arts
- Shirin Nezammafi, Iranian writer
- Shijaku Katsura II, Rakugo performer
- Kuranosuke Sasaki, Japanese actor
- Kumi Tanioka, Japanese video game music composer and musician
- Yasuo Mizui, Sculptor, awarded Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur)
Notable faculty
- Yasutomi Nishizuka, biochemist, awarded the Lasker Award in 1989
- Ichiro Fujimori, visiting professor, electrical engineer
See also
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