Kyushu University (九州大学 Kyūshū Daigaku), abbreviated to Kyudai (九大 Kyūdai), is the largest public university on the island of Kyūshū. It is located in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka. Despite the incorporation which has led to increased financial independence and autonomy, Kyushu University is still partly controlled by the Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbukagakusho, or Monkasho).
There are a total of 1,292 foreign students (as of May 1, 2008) enrolled in the University. Easily among the top 3 (after Tokyo University and Osaka University) destination of foreign students.
The Faculty of Law, Kyushu University initiated Japan's first English language LL.M program in October 1994. Taught from a Japanese perspective, the one year program offers students the opportunity to study international economic and business law, and Japanese and comparative law in a Japanese law faculty. A three-year LL.D. program and another one-year Master’s course in Comparative Studies of Politics and Administration in Asia (CSPA) were launched in October 1999. As a result of the success of these programs, in 2001, Kyushu University was invited by the Ministry of Education to host the Young Leader's Program in Law, a program which, among others, seeks to foster good relations among future national leaders in Asia and other countries.
History
After initially being founded as Fukuoka Medical College in 1903, a campus associated with Kyoto Imperial University, Kyūshū Imperial University was established as a separate entity in 1911.
Following World War II, Kyūshū Imperial University gained infamy as officials acknowledged that eight American POWs (Crew of B-29 Superfortress) had been vivisected at Kyūshū Imperial University Hospital in May and June, 1945 under the direction of the Japanese military and Professor Fukujiro Ishiyama. In 1947, Kyūshū Imperial University was renamed to Kyushu University.
On October, 2003, Kyushu University and Kyūshū Institute of Design officially amalgamated into a single university, with Kyushu Institute of Design becoming Kyushu University's Ohashi Campus.
In 2004 Kuyushu University was incorporated as a national university corporation under a new law which applies to all national universities.
Library
The University Library provides comprehensive academic resources to support Kyushu University’s diverse studying, teaching and research activities. It also extends its services to neighboring universities and communities in the Kyushu region.
The Library consists of six general libraries - the Central Library on Hakozaki Campus, the Medical Library on the Hospital Campus, the Design Library on Ohashi Campus, the Chikushi Library on Chikushi Campus, the Ropponmatsu Library on Ropponmatsu Campus and the Science and Technology Library on Ito Campus.
One characteristic feature of the University Library is the Medical Library’s collection of domestically rare foreign periodicals in the fields of Medicine and Life Science. It has been developed since the Medical Library was designated as a member of the National Center for Overseas Periodicals (NCOP) in 1977. After 2000 the library has been cooperating with the reorganized Computing & Communications Center in promoting the function of the electronic resources center. In addition to the Library’s variety of databases and e-journals, information literacy programs are also offered to the Library users.
The latest library technologies can be seen in the Chikushi Library, which was established in April 2001, unifying all the library facilities at Chikushi Campus.
In April 2004, it was moved to the new building, where the automated storage and retrieval system and the RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) system have been working to provide users with higher quality services.
In October 2005, The Science and Technology Library began its service on Ito Campus. Kyushu University Library is now seeking to take a new step as an academic resources center which links the university to the surrounding communities.
Research Instruction
- Medical Institute of Bioregulation
- Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering
- Institute of Health Science
User Science Institute
The User Science Institute (USI) of Kyushu University was established in 2004 in response to the Strategic Research Center Development Program developed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. This program is funded by the government’s Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology.
The 21st Century Program
In 2001, Kyushu University launched the 21st Century Program with the intention that it would be an unprecedented, and very creative, education system. In accordance with the Education Charter of Kyushu University, the program aims to train students to acquire outstanding decision making and problem solving skills in order to lead our global society in the 21st century. For this purpose, the students are expected to maintain a general interest in arts and sciences throughout their university life, while searching for their own specialties.
Graduate School/Graduate Fuculty
Graduate School of Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, School of Letters
Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies
Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies
Graduate School of Law, Faculty of Law, School of Law
Law School (Professional Graduate School)
Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, School of Economics
Graduate School of Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, School of Sciences
Graduate School of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics
Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine
Graduate School of Dental Science, Faculty of Dental Science, School of Dentistry
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduate School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, School of Engineering
Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering
Graduate School of Design, Faculty of Design, School of Design
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, School of Agriculture
Faculty of Languages and Cultures
School of Education
Kyushu University was ranked 158th in the 2008 THES-QS World University Ranking.
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