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{{Short description|Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Hokkaido University
 | native_name            = {{lang|ja|北海道大学}}
 | image_name             = File:Hokkaido University Logo-svg.png
 | image_size             = 160px
 | motto                  = {{lang|ja|少年よ、大志を抱け}}
 | established            = Founded September 1876 (as [[Sapporo Agricultural College]]),<br>Chartered April 1, 1918
 | type                   = [[National university|Public (National)]]
 | president              = [[Kiyohiro Houkin]]
 | city                   = [[Sapporo]]
 | state                  = [[Hokkaido]]
 | country                = Japan
 | undergrad              = 11,935 (2017)<ref name="Number of Students">{{Cite web|url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/university-profile/number-of-students/|title=Number of Students|website=Hokkaido University|language=en|access-date=2018-12-25|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916155700/https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/university-profile/number-of-students/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | postgrad               = 6,336 (2017)<ref name="Number of Students"/>
 | administrative_staff   = 6,250
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]],<br> 3.0 km<sup>2</sup>
 | mascot                 = ''None''
 | website                = [https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/ www.hokudai.ac.jp]
 | colors                 = Leaf Green <br> {{Color box|#21621A|border=darkgray}}
 | logo                   = [[File:Hokkaido University Logo with Namestyle.svg|250px]]
 | mottoeng               = "Boys, Be Ambitious"
 | other                  = 89 research students (2017)<ref name="Number of Students"/>
 | nickname               = Hokudai
}}
[[File:Hokkaido University.jpg|thumb|Hokkaido University, September 2009]]
[[File:Hokkaido University clocktower.jpg|thumb|The Hokkaido University clocktower]]
[[File:Hokkaido-Univ-Furukawa-Hall-01.jpg|thumb|Hokkaido University Furukawa Hall]]
[[File:Hokkaido-Univ-Museum-01.jpg|thumb|The Hokkaido University Museum]]
[[File:131103 Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido Japan04bs.jpg|thumb|Near the library at Sapporo Campus]]
[[File:131103 Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido Japan07s3.jpg|thumb|Forest Elm at Sapporo Campus]]

{{nihongo|'''Hokkaido University'''|北海道大学|Hokkaidō daigaku}}, or {{nihongo|''Hokudai''|北大|}}, is a public research university in [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaido]], Japan.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido Daigaku" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 343|page=343}}.</ref> Founded in 1918, it is the fifth-oldest government-authorised university in Japan and one of the former [[Imperial Universities]]. 

The university finds its roots in [[Sapporo Agricultural College]], which was a pioneer in the country's modern agricultural education and research, founded in 1876.<ref>{{Cite web |title=北海道大学の魅力 {{!}} 国際交流・留学 |url=https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/international3/ryugaku/about/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=北海道大学}}</ref> The university's motto is 'Boys, Be Ambitious', which is said to be the parting words of the American dean of the Agricultural College, [[William S. Clark]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A well-known phrase: "Boys, be ambitious!" |url=https://www.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/en/collections/clark/boys-be-ambitious/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Hokkaido University Library |language=ja}}</ref> 

The university has 12 undergraduate faculties and 21 postgraduate schools. The university mainly operates on two campuses: the main campus is located in downtown Sapporo, just north of [[Sapporo Station]], and the other campus is located in [[Hakodate]], primarily used by the Faculty of Fishery Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=北海道大学の魅力 {{!}} 国際交流・留学 |url=https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/international3/ryugaku/about/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=北海道大学}}</ref>

==History==
The history of the university dates to the formal incorporation of Yezo as Hokkaido into the Japanese realm. Director of the [[Hokkaidō Development Commission]] [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]], having traveled to America in 1870, looked to the American model of settling the new lands. Upon return he brought General [[Horace Capron]], a commissioner of agriculture who pushed for the adoption of new agricultural practices and crops in Hokkaido's colder clime. To achieve this an agriculture college was proposed,<ref>Horace & Emily Foght. ''Unfathomed Japan''. New York, 1928. pp 141-2</ref> leading to the founding of {{nihongo|[[Sapporo Agricultural College]]|札幌農學校|Sapporo nōgakkō}} in 1876 by [[William S. Clark]] with the help of five faculty members and a first class size of 24 students. In September 1907, {{nihongo|[[Tohoku University|Tohoku Imperial University]]|東北帝國大學|Tōhoku teikoku daigaku}} set up the faculty of Agriculture in Sapporo. Tohoku Imperial University ceded the Faculty of Agriculture to {{nihongo|Hokkaido Imperial University|北海道帝國大學|Hokkaidō teikoku daigaku}} on April 1, 1918. It was one of nine [[National Seven Universities|Imperial Universities]]. In 1918, [[Sechi Katō]] became the first woman student admitted to the University.<ref name="Litterae Populi">{{cite news |title=Sechi Kato – the first woman who entered Hokkaido University |url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023_litterae_autumn.pdf |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=Litterae Populi |issue=Autumn 2023 |publisher=Hokkaido University}}</ref>

The School of Medicine was established in 1919, at which time the Agricultural College became the Faculty of Agriculture. This was followed by the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Science, and finally in 1947, the Faculty of Law and Literature.  The current name of Hokkaido University also came into use in 1947. In 1953, the Graduate School was established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hokudai.ac.jp/en/about/brief_history.html|title=Hokkaido University|access-date=15 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806194615/http://www.hokudai.ac.jp/en/about/brief_history.html|archive-date=2012-08-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since 2004 the university has been incorporated as a [[National University Corporation]] under a new law which applies to all national universities. Although the incorporation has led to increased financial independence and autonomy, Hokkaido University is still partially controlled by the [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|Japanese Ministry of Education]].

In 2014 the university was selected under the [[Super Global Universities]] program that began as an initiative of Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]] who stated its aim was to help more of Japan's universities rank in the top 100 worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title = QS Intelligence Unit {{!}} Prime Minister Abe to Accelerate Internationalisation of Japanese Universities|url = http://www.iu.qs.com/2014/05/prime-minister-abe-to-accelerate-internationalisation-of-japanese-universities/|website = www.iu.qs.com|access-date = 2016-01-16|archive-date = 2017-07-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170703042925/http://www.iu.qs.com/2014/05/prime-minister-abe-to-accelerate-internationalisation-of-japanese-universities/|url-status = dead}}</ref> Under the program, it is listed in the top university category or Type A—(Top Type). The Top Type is for world-class universities that have the potential to be ranked in the top 100 in world university rankings. Each Type A university will receive ¥420 million ($US 4.2 million) annually<ref>{{Cite news|title = Universities aim to boost their global ranking|url = http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/22/national/universities-aim-to-boost-their-global-ranking/|newspaper = The Japan Times Online|date = 2014-10-22|access-date = 2016-01-16|issn = 0447-5763|language = en-US|first = Mami|last = Maruko}}</ref> until 2023.

In June 2020, Hokkaido University president Toyoharu Nawa was dismissed by Japanese education minister [[Koichi Hagiuda]] for abuse of power at the workplace, becoming the first national university president to be dismissed since national universities became independent in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2020063000431/|title=Hokkaido Univ. President Nawa Sacked|date=30 June 2020 |publisher=Nippon.com|access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref> He was succeeded by former neurosurgeon and director of [[Hokkaido University Hospital]] [[Kiyohiro Houkin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/announcement-new-president-of-hokkaido-university/|title=Inaugural Message from the new President of Hokkaido University|date=October 2020 |publisher=Hokkaido University|access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref>

==Faculties and graduate schools==

===Faculties===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Letters
* Education
* Law
* Economics
* Medicine
* Health Sciences (radiation technology, laboratory technology, physical therapy, occupational therapy)
* Nursing
* Dental medicine
* Engineering
* Veterinary medicine
* Fisheries sciences
* Agriculture
* Pharmaceutical sciences
* Science (mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, biological chemistry, earth and planetary sciences)
}}

===Graduate schools===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Agriculture
* Biomedical Science and Engineering 
* Chemical Sciences and Engineering
* Dental Medicine
* Economics and Business
* Education
* Engineering
* Environmental Science
* Fisheries Sciences
* Global Food Resources
* Health Sciences
* Information Science and Technology
* Infectious Diseases
* International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies
* Law
* Letters
* Life Science
* Medicine
* Pharmaceutical Sciences 　　
* Public Policy
* Science
* Veterinary Medicine
}}

===Postgraduate degree programs in English===
The following departments offer postgraduate degrees taught entirely in English<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/prospective-students/graduate-admissions/study-in-english-postgraduate-level/|title=Study in English (Postgraduate Level) {{!}} Hokkaido University|website=global.hokudai.ac.jp|date=8 July 2013 }}</ref>

* Agriculture 
* Chemical Sciences and Engineering
* Engineering 
* Environmental Science 
* Life Sciences 
* Science 
* Veterinary Medicine

Both international and domestic students may apply for graduate programs taught in English. Competitive scholarships are available for all graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in English degree programs, which range in amount from tuition discounts to full funding.

=== Special degree programs for international students ===
The university offers two programs aimed exclusively at international students: One, four-year undergraduate degree program, the Modern Japanese Studies Program (MJSP), and one, five-year degree program comprising both undergraduate- and graduate-level study, the Integrated Science Program (ISP). As with other English-based degree programs at the university, competitive scholarships are available for all graduate and undergraduate students, which range in amount from tuition discounts to full funding.

==== Modern Japanese Studies Program (MJSP) ====
The Modern Japanese Studies Program is a bilingual, bachelor's degree program that aims to educate students about the history, culture, society, and political economy of modern Japan while raising them to fluency in the Japanese language. The program offers two majors, one in History and Culture and one in Society and Political Economy. The majors share coursework, so whichever of the previous specializations a student does not choose as their major becomes their minor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About MJSP ≫ MJSP: Modern Japanese Studies Program {{!}} Hokkaido University|url=https://www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/mjsp/whymjsp/why-mjsp/educational-aims/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp}}</ref>

==== Integrated Science Program (ISP) ====
The Integrated Science Program is a multifaceted degree program that aims to provide students with a bachelor's degree in either physics, chemistry, or biology. Upon enrolling, students will spend the first semester attaining an all-round education in the three sciences along with mathematics and Japanese language. After this intensive first semester, students will join the department of Physics, chemistry or biology within the school of science. The final allocation is decided by a combination of student preference, availability and GPA. Japanese language education continues until the first semester of the second year. After graduation, students have the choice of enrolling in one of Hokkaido University's graduate schools. Through the unique, accelerated methodology of the program, students are able to graduate with a master's degree in five years (made up of three-and-a-half years of undergraduate study and one-and-a-half years of graduate study and research). All classes, besides Japanese language, are carried out in English by professors with native or fully professional proficiency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About ISP {{!}} HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY'S INTEGRATED SCIENCE PROGRAM (ISP)|url=https://www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/isp/about-isp/|access-date=2021-01-25|language=en}}</ref>

===Institutes===
The university's Institute of Seismology and Volcanology was founded in 1998 in collaboration with several seismological observatories around Hokkaido. The institute is represented on the national [[Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction]].<ref name=ccep-orgs>[http://cais.gsi.go.jp/YOCHIREN/links.e.html#hoka Organizations with ties to CCEP] CCEP, accessed 2011-03-19</ref>

In 2016, the university launched the Hokkaido Summer Institute, a three-month-long program from June to August which offers a variety of classes for both undergraduate and graduate students. Guest lecturers are invited from all over the world to share their expertise for the courses, which usually run for 1–2 weeks and grant students a small amount of academic credit. Both Japanese and foreign students participate in this unique program, which is conducted entirely in English.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/|title=Hokkaido Summer Institute|website=Hokkaido Summer Institute}}</ref>

==Campus==

===Sapporo campus===

[[File:Gingko Ave. in Fall.jpg|thumb|Golden ginkgo trees line the street at Hokkaido University in fall.]]

The main Sapporo campus is located just north of Sapporo Station, in the heart of Sapporo City. The entirety of the campus measures approximately 180 hectares and houses academic and administrative buildings, research laboratories, student dormitories, and farmland. The main academic buildings are found along a 1.5 kilometer stretch of road that runs from the Main Gate to the Kita 18 Gate, roughly encompassing the distance between Kita-Juni-Jo and Kita 18-jo subway stations on the [[Namboku Line (Sapporo)|Namboku Subway Line]]. A campus-wide bus service runs regular routes between the southern and northern end of the university, although access is restricted to university staff only.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.facility.hokudai.ac.jp/%E4%B8%80%E8%88%AC%E3%81%AE%E7%9A%86%E6%A7%98%E3%81%B8/%E6%A7%8B%E5%86%85%E5%BE%AA%E7%92%B0%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9 |title=構内循環バス – 北海道大学施設部|trans-title=Circulation bus in the premises – Hokkaido University Facilities Department|language=ja}}</ref>

The abundance of accessible green space has continued to be popular not only among students, but also the general public, who can often be seen using the campus area in a similar way to a public park. Walking tours of the campus for interested foreign and domestic tourists are provided by several businesses in Sapporo, although no tour is needed to visit the campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://takarajima-travel.com/info/news150612/|title=「北海道大学キャンパスウォーキングツアー」が実施されています！ – 北海道宝島トラベル|website=北海道宝島トラベル}}</ref> Fall is an especially popular time for campus visits, with tourists and Sapporo residents flocking to get a view of the golden ginkgo trees that line Ginkgo Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jalan.net/kankou/spt_01102ac2100007923/|title=北大イチョウ並木アクセス・営業時間・料金情報 – じゃらんnet|trans-title=Hokkaido University Ginkgo bunko Access · Hours · Price Information – Jalan net|language=ja}}</ref>

===Hakodate campus===
The campus is located in [[Hakodate]], a city located in the southern part of Hokkaidō. The Faculty and Graduate School of Fisheries Science are located there. However, students of Fisheries Science start their education at the Sapporo campus in order to complete three semesters of compulsory liberal arts education courses and move to the Hakodate campus from the second semester of their sophomore year. As the minimum requirement to study at the Hakodate campus is only one year of a four-year bachelor's program, the turn-over rate of students entering and leaving the Hakodate campus is fairly high. To provide students in the Faculty and Graduate School of Fisheries Science with practical hands-on experience, the university has two fully operational research vessels, the ''Oshoru Maru'' and the ''Ushio Maru'', based in nearby Hakodate harbor. Graduate students and professors also use these vessels to carry out their research.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/about/facilities/training-vessels/|title=Training Vessels|website=Hokkaido University|date=28 November 2012 }}</ref>

===Overseas satellite offices===
In order to raise awareness of the university internationally, as of June 2018 Hokkaido University was operating eight satellite offices worldwide. After opening its first overseas satellite office in Seoul, South Korea, Hokkaido University has also established satellite offices in Helsinki (Finland), Beijing (China), Lusaka (Zambia), Bandung (Indonesia), Quezon City (Philippines), Kamphaeng Saen (Thailand), and a special China Office in Beijing. Interested parties can not only obtain information regarding the university at these offices, but prospective students can also take university entrance exams there, a procedure which previously was only offered in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/international-affairs/overseas-satellite-offices/|title=Overseas Satellite Offices|website=Hokkaido University|date=24 August 2015 }}</ref>

== International collaboration ==
The university is an active member of the [[University of the Arctic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US}}</ref> UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Academic rankings==
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| JPU_N = 8
| TR_N = 7
| WE_N = 49
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| QS_A = 35
| THE_A = =82
| ARWU_A = 19–26
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| QS_W = =170
| ARWU_W = 201–300
| TR_W = 
| ENSMP_W = 
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{{Infobox Japanese university ranking (By Subject)
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| LAW_1 = 0
| ASAHI_L = 
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| BE_PR = 6
| ECON_1 = 0
| RE_N = 16
| RE_W = 
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| ED_N = 11
| ED_W = 495
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| NSTR_1 = 0
| ENG_1 = 0
| KawaiE_N = 6
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| TR_W1 = 86
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| TR_N2 = 
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| TR_N3 = 8
| TR_W3 = 52
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| NOTE_1 = T. Reuters World rankings include non-educational institutions
| NOTE_2 = 
}}

===General rankings===
In 2017, the [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] ranked them at 120th in the world and 6th in Japan.<ref name="CWTS Leiden Ranking 2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2017/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2017}}</ref> In 2018, [[QS World University Rankings]] ranked Hokkaido University at 122nd in the world (7th in Japan).

In 2019, the [[Times Higher Education]](THE) Japan ranked them 5th in Japan.<ref name="Times Higher Education">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/japan-university/2019#!/|title=Times Higher Education Japan 2019|date=14 March 2019 }}</ref> Also in that year, they ranked as 6th or 7th in Japan according to the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] (ARWU), and between 151st and 200th in the world.

In 2013, their highest score in QS Ranking was for Faculty Student Score (88 out of 100).  Their lowest was for International Faculty Score (13.5 out of 100).<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/table/2013/sep/10/qs-world-university-rankings-2013|title=Top 200 QS World University Rankings 2013|work=The Guardian|date=10 September 2013 |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> In an effort to boost their International Faculty Score, Hokkaido has recently been selected to be part of Japan's [[Super Global Universities]] Program.  This program provides special funding to hire international faculty.<ref name="TJT">{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/22/national/universities-aim-to-boost-their-global-ranking/#.VOGe78Yler8|title=Universities aim to boost their global ranking|work=The Japan Times|date=22 October 2014 |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>

===Research performance===
In the [[Nature Index|Nature index]] 2023 annual table, Hokkaido University was ranked 142nd for its output in selected journals in the fields of natural sciences and Health Sciences research, among all leading research institutions in the world (5th in Japan).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 tables: Institutions {{!}} Annual tables {{!}} Nature Index |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2023/institution/all/all/global |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.nature.com}}</ref>

===Popularity and selectivity===
Hokkaido University's selectivity for undergraduate degrees is usually regarded as amongst the top 15 in the country.<ref>e.g. [[:ja:代々木ゼミナール|Yoyogi seminar]] published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings {{cite web|url=http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422110816/http://yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html |archive-date=2011-04-22 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Uchimura Kanzō]], Christian evangelist, founder of [[Mukyōkai|Non-church Christianity]] Movement
*[[Akira Ifukube]], composer
*[[Nitobe Inazō]], the author of ''Bushido: the Soul of Japan'', a [[Quaker]]
*[[Ryuzo Yanagimachi]], assisted fertilization and cloning pioneer
*[[Mamoru Mohri]], astronaut
*[[Takeo Arishima]], novelist
*[[Riko Muranaka]], medical doctor and journalist
*[[Hiroshi Ishii (computer scientist)|Hiroshi Ishii]], computer scientist
*[[Junko Ohashi]], pop singer<ref>{{Cite web|title=大橋純子Official site|url=http://junko-ohashi.com/profile.html|access-date=2020-06-22|website=junko-ohashi.com}}</ref>
*[[Akira Suzuki (chemist)|Akira Suzuki]], [[Nobel Prize]] in Chemistry (2010)
*[[Yuichiro Miura]], alpinist, the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest<ref>{{cite web|title=三浦雄一郎先生 エベレスト登頂成功、おめでとうございます。|url=http://www.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/highlight/congratulations.html|access-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318235832/http://www.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/highlight/congratulations.html|archive-date=18 March 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Juhn Atsushi Wada]], neurologist, described the [[Wada test]]
*[[Ken-Ichi Honma]], [[Chronobiology|chronobiologist]], awarded the [[Society for Research on Biological Rhythms|SRBR]] award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2020 |title=BURROUGHS WELCOME FUND EXCELLENCE AWARDS |url=https://srbr.org |website=Society for Research on Biological Rhythms }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=January 2023}}

===Nobel Prize recipients===
As of 2021, two alumni and faculty members have won the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]. The university received attention in 2010 when Professor [[Akira Suzuki (chemist)|Akira Suzuki]] won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry jointly with [[Richard F. Heck]] and [[Ei-ichi Negishi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 – Press Release |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2010/press.html |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> [[Benjamin List]], winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is the principal investigator at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery of the Hokkaido University. Also, [[Ei-ichi Negishi]], special invited professor at the Institute for Catalysis (ICAT) of the Hokkaido University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry as well.

==Points of interest==
*[[Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hokkaido University}}
*[https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/ Hokkaido University], official website
*[https://www.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/ Hokkaido University Library]
*[https://huisa.org/ Hokkaido University International Students Association (HUISA)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080801161740/http://internacional.universia.net/asia-pacifico/japon/ciudades/sapporo/descripcion.htm Sapporo]

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