Kobe University
神戸大学 | |
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| Motto | None |
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| Type | Public (National) |
| Established | 1949 |
| Endowment | US$226 million (JP¥25,952 million) |
| President | Tomoyuki Nogami |
Academic staff | 1,436 |
| Undergraduates | 11,887 |
| Postgraduates | 4,957 |
| Location | , , |
| Nickname | None |
| Mascot | None |
| Website | http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/ |
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Kobe University (神戸大学, Kōbe daigaku), also known in the Kansai region as Shindai (神大), is a leading national university located in Kobe, Japan.
It was established in 1949, and comprises nine graduate schools and eleven faculties. The university holds a total of about 15,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. As Kobe is an extremely cosmopolitan city, the institution welcomes oversea students, which accounted for a total of 963 students, as of 2005. It also has 2,800 staff members, including professors, associate professors and administrative officials.
Located beside the foothills of lush green of Mount Rokko, the university provides a splendid view to the city and port of Kobe, providing a serene and ideal environment for the pursuit of academic studies, especially social science areas. Kobe University is one of the oldest and largest national universities in Japan.
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, and Kobe University of Economics.
Unique Features,Benefits: Kobe Higher Commercial School was one of the oldest institution with business and economics majors in Japan. Especially, the Graduate School of Economics benefits fully from a century of the history and the tradition. Kobe is also the first collegiate business school in Japan. Therefore, Kobe is called the birth place of Japanese higher education in economics and business administration, and it has always been the center of Japanese business studies.
Furthermore, the Graduate School of Law was also established with the legal studies section of the former Kobe University of Economics. It become a leading institution of high academic institution in the field of legal and political studies, it has been successful in becoming a reputable academic center.
The Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration,founded in 1919,has a history as a high-level research institution for international economics and international management. The Institute has been highly regarded internationally for its outstanding achievements in theoretical, historical, empirical, and quantitative research.
In 1990 they made new changes as one of the major universities specializing in graduate research and education. Under the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science, it has started a new Center of Excellence (COE) projects, the "Research and Education Center of New Japanese Economic Paradigms", "Development and Education Center for Advanced Business Systems", and "Research Center for Dynamic Legal Processes of Advanced Market Societies".
Graduate Schools
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- Graduate School of Economics
- The Okishio Theorem (Nobuo Okishio) is well known and appreciated worldwide
- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Tier 1 full time MBA school
- Graduate School of Law
- Tier 1 full time Law school
- Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies
- Graduate School of Humanities
- Graduate School of Intercultural Studies
- Graduate School of Human Development and Environment
- Graduate School of Medicine
- Graduate School of Health Sciences
- Graduate School of Science
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science
- Graduate School of Maritime Sciences
Faculties
- Faculty of Letters
- Faculty of Cross-Cultural Studies
- Faculty of Human Development
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Science
- School of Medicine
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Maritime Sciences
Research Institutes
- Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration
History
The roots of the university can be traced back to 1902, when the Kobe Higher Commercial School (神戸高等商業学校, Kōbe kōtō shōgyō gakkō) was established. Its first president was Tetsuya Mizushima (水島銕也, 1864—1928). In 1929 this school was renamed Kobe University of Commerce (神戸商業大学, Kōbe shōgyō daigaku), and it was further renamed in 1944, Kobe University of Economics (神戸経済大学, Kōbe keizai daigaku).
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.
From this period, the university has been expanded and has created new faculties to complement its main academic foundations, which is economics and commerce.
Campuses
The university is formed by four campuses: Rokkodai, Kusunoki, Myodani, and Fukae. Rokkodai Campus is considered the main campus, and it comprises nine out of eleven faculties.
List of alumni
- Sosuke Uno, 75th Prime Minister
- Sazo Idemitsu, founder, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
- Seiichi Takahata, founder, Sojitz Corp.
- Masahito Takasaki, Special Adviser to SMBC/Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Tomio Tatsuno, ex-CEO, Marubeni Corp.
- Seiichiro Koba, special adviser to Mitsubishi Corporation
- Akio Tanii, ex-CEO, Panasonic/Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Gentaro Tsuji, special adviser to Toyota Motor Corporation
- Takahiro Moriguchi, CEO, JP Morgan Securities Japan Co.
- Toshio Miyoshi, ex-CEO, Matsushita Electric Works
- Keizo Asai, special adviser to Nissei/Nippon Life Insurance Company
- Masaya Hanai, ex-CEO, Toyota Motor Corporation
- Shigeyoshi Imai, ex-CEO, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Tadaharu Ohashi, CEO, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Kyoichi Ito, ex-CEO, Toyobo Co., Ltd., Itochu Corp.
- Takeo Murakami, ex-CEO, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
- Masatoshi Yamamoto, ex-CEO, Du Pont Japan
- Shoe Suzuki, ex-CEO, Tokio Marine Fire Insurance Co.,Ltd.
- Yukio Maki, CEO, Credit Suisse(Japan)
- Shinya Yamanaka, stem cell researcher
External links
- Kobe University website(English)
- Kobe University/ Virtual Tour of Kobe University - Ocean Breeze from Kobe (movie)
- Kobe University (movie)
- Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration
- Graduate School of International Coopetation Studies
- Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection,Digital Archive (EDMC)
- Kobe University International Student Center
- EU Institute in Japan