Kyōto University
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京都 大学 Kyoto University |
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| founding | June 18, 1897 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Kyoto |
| president | Juichi Yamagiwa |
| Students | 22,698 (2017) |
| Employee | 5,397 (2008) |
| including professors | 1,001 (2008) |
| Annual budget | ¥ 138,915 million (2007) |
| Networks | HeKKSaGOn |
| Website | www.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
The Kyoto University ( Jap. 京都大学 , Kyoto Daigaku ) is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Japan . The university has the following campuses: Yoshida campus in the Kyoto district of Sakyō-ku , Uji campus in Uji and Katsura campus in the Kyoto district of Nishikyō-ku .
history
The university was founded in June 1897 as the Imperial University of Kyoto by Imperial Order # 209 as the second university in Japan. In 1899 the law and medicine faculties were founded. In December of the same year, the university library and the university hospital opened their doors. In 1926 an institute for chemical research was added. In 1947 the university was renamed Kyōto University. Since 1949, new faculties, research stations and laboratories have opened almost every year. In 1997 the university museum was opened. The Joint Masters Degree in Transcultural Studies between the University of Kyoto and the University of Heidelberg has existed since 2017.
structure
In 2008 the university was divided into 10 faculties:
- Integrated human sciences
- Humanities
- Educational science
- Jurisprudence
- Economics
- Natural sciences
- Medicine (with the University Hospital)
- pharmacy
- Engineering
- Agriculture
There were 17 graduate schools, 13 research institutes and 28 research centers.
Graduates
(Selection)
- Hideki Yukawa (1907–1981), recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1949)
- Shinichirō Tomonaga (1906–1979), recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1965)
- Kenichi Fukui (1918–1998), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1981)
- Susumu Tonegawa (* 1939), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1987)
- Ryoji Noyori (* 1938), recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001)
- Heisuke Hironaka (* 1931), mathematician, Fields Medal (1970)
- Shigefumi Mori (* 1951), mathematician, Fields Medal (1990)
- Tetsunari Iida (* 1959), nuclear engineer and policy advisor
- Otake Fumio (1900–1962), sinologist and translator
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Kyoto University Facts & Figures. 2017, accessed on November 18, 2017 .
- ^ Nobel Laureates. Kyōto University, accessed December 19, 2009 .
Coordinates: 35 ° 1 ′ 34.7 ″ N , 135 ° 46 ′ 51 ″ E