Kobe University

The University of Kobe (Jap.神 戸 大学, Kobe daigaku in Kansai as Shindai (神 大) is known ) is a Japanese national university in Kobe.

It was founded in 1949 and today consists of nine graduate schools and eleven faculties. 15,000 students are enrolled in total. As a cosmopolitan city of Kobe also attracts some foreign students (2005: 963). 2,800 professors, assistants and administrative staff working at the university.

Graduate Schools

  • Graduate School of Economics
  • Graduate School of Business Administration Tier 1 full time MBA school
  • Tier 1 full time law school

Faculties

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Intercultural Studies
  • Faculty of Human Sciences
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Business Administration
  • Faculty of Science
  • Medical school
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Faculty of Marine Sciences

Research institutes

  • Research Institute of Economics and Management

History

The roots of the University up to the year 1902, when the Higher Commercial School Kobe (神 戸 高等 商业 学校, Kobe Kōtō shōgyō Gakko ) was founded. Its first president was Tetsuya Mizushima (水 岛 銕 也, 1864-1928 ). 1929, the school in Handelsunversität Kobe (神 戸 商业 大学, Kobe shōgyō daigaku ) was renamed, and 1944 then University of Economics, Kobe (神 戸 経 済 大学, Kobe keizai daigaku ).

With the new Japanese education system, the University in 1949 was with the normal school Hyōgo (兵 库 师范学校, Hyōgo shihan Gakko ), Youth Normal School Hyogo (兵 库 青年 师范学校, Hyōgo his shihan Gakko ), technical Kobe (神 戸 工业 専 门 学校, Kobe Kōgyō Semmon Gakko ) and high school Himeji (姫 路 高等学校, Himeji Kōtō Gakko ) merged to university Kobe. These schools were all located in Hyōgo Prefecture.

In 1964, the former Medical University of Kobe was (兵 库 県 立 神 戸 医科大学, Hyōgo kenritsu Kobe ika daigaku ) to medical school. In 1966, the former Agricultural University was Hyōgo (兵 库 県 立 兵 库 农科 大学, Hyōgo kenritsu Hyōgo Noka daigaku ) for agricultural faculty. 2003, the former Maritime Academy was Kobe (神 戸 商船 大学, Kobe Shosen daigaku ) to the Faculty of Marine Sciences.

Graduates

  • Idemitsu Sazo, founder of Idemitsu Kosan
  • Seiichi Takahata, founder of Sojitz
  • Masahito Takasaki, special adviser on SMBC / Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
  • Tomio Tatsuno, CEO of Marubeni
  • Seiichiro Koba, Special Advisor for Mitsubishi
  • Akio Tanii, CEO for Panasonic / Matsushita
  • Gentaro Tsuji, Special Advisor for Toyota
  • Takahiro Moriguchi, CEO of JP Morgan Securities Japan
  • Toshio Miyoshi, CEO of Matsushita
  • Keizo Asai, Special Advisor for Nissei / Nippon Life Insurance
  • Masaya Hanai, CEO of Toyota
  • Shigeyoshi Imai, chairman of Kawasaki Heavy Industries
  • Tadaharu Ohashi, chairman of Kawasaki Heavy Industries
  • Kyoichi Ito, President and CEO of Toyobo and Itochu
  • Takeo Murakami, CEO of Tokyo Gas
  • Masatoshi Yamamoto, CEO of Du Pont Japan
  • Shoe Suzuki, CEO of Tokio Marine Fire Insurance
  • Shin'ya Yamanaka (born 1962 ), stem cell researcher and Nobel Prize winner
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