Kyoto University

The Kyoto University (Japanese京都 大学, Kyōto Daigaku ) is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Japan. The University has the following campuses: Yoshida Campus in Kyoto city district Sakyō -ku, Uji Campus in Uji and Katsura Campus in Kyoto city district Nishikyo -ku.

History

The Kyoto University was founded in June 1897 as Imperial Kyoto University by the Imperial arrangement # 209 as the second university in Japan. 1899, the faculties of law and medicine were established. In December of the same year, the University Library and the University Hospital opened its doors. 1926 was added in an institute for chemical research. In 1947, the university was renamed Kyoto University. Since 1949, almost every year new faculties, research stations and laboratories have been opened. In 1997, the University Museum was opened.

Structure

In 2008 the university was divided into 10 faculties:

  • Integrated Human Sciences
  • Arts
  • Education
  • Jurisprudence
  • Economics
  • Natural sciences
  • Medicine ( the University Hospital )
  • Pharmacy
  • Engineering
  • Agriculture

There were 17 graduate schools, 13 research institutes and 28 research centers.

Graduates

  • Hideki Yukawa (1907-1981), Nobel Prize for Physics (1949 )
  • Shinichirō Tomonaga (1906-1979), Nobel Prize for Physics (1965 )
  • Kenichi Fukui (1918-1998), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1981 )
  • Susumu Tonegawa ( born 1939 ), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 1987)
  • Ryoji Noyori ( b. 1938 ), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001)
  • Heisuke Hironaka ( born 1931 ), mathematician, Fields Medal (1970 )
  • Shigefumi Mori ( born 1951 ), mathematician, Fields Medal (1990 )
  • Tetsunari Iida ( born 1959 ), nuclear engineer and policy advisor
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