Imperial University of Kyoto
| 京都大学 | |
 |
|
| Motto | 自由の学風 |
|---|---|
|
Motto in English
|
Freedom of academic culture |
| Type | Public (National) |
| Established | Founded Jun. 18, 1897 |
| Endowment | ¥ 250.2 billion (2.2 billion USD) |
| President | Juichi Yamagiwa |
|
Academic staff
|
2,864 (Teaching Staff) |
|
Administrative staff
|
5,397 (Total Staff) |
| Students | 22,707 |
| Undergraduates | 13,399 |
| Postgraduates | 9,308 |
| Location |
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan Coordinates: 35°01′34″N 135°46′51″E / 35.026212°N 135.780842°E |
| Campus |
Urban, 135 ha (333 acres) |
| Athletics | 48 varsity teams |
| Colors | Dark blue |
| Nickname | Kyodai |
| Affiliations | Kansai Big Six, ASAIHL |
| Mascot | None |
| Website | www.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
| Toyo Keizai National | General | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| National | General | 2 |
| T. Reuters National | Research | 2 |
| National | Employment | 10 |
| NBP Kansai | Reputation | 1 |
| Shimano National | Selectivity | SA |
|
QS Asia (Asian Ranking version) |
General | 7 |
| ARWU Asia | Research | 2 |
| THE World | General | 57 |
| QS World | General | 32 |
| ARWU World | Research | 24 |
| ENSMP World | Alumni | 5 |
| Social Sciences & Humanities | ||
|---|---|---|
|
LAW |
||
| Asahi National | Research | 6 |
| BE Success National | Qualification | 4 |
| BE Pass rate National | Qualification | 4 |
|
ECONOMICS |
||
| RePec National | Research | 3 |
|
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT |
||
| Eduni MBA National | General | 5 |
| Eduni MBA World | General | 124 |
| Natural Sciences & Technology | ||
|
Engineering |
||
| National | General | 2~3 |
| QS World | General | 20 |
|
MATERIALS SCIENCE |
||
| T.Reuters National | Research | 4 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 22 |
|
PHYSICS |
||
| T.Reuters National | Research | 4 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 25 |
|
CHEMISTRY |
||
| T.Reuters National | Research | 1 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 4 |
|
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY |
||
| T.Reuters National | Research | 2 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 23 |
|
MATHEMATICS |
||
| ARWU National | Research | 1 |
| ARWU World | Research | 19 |
| Life Sciences | ||
|
IMMUNOLOGY |
||
| T.Reuters National | Research | 3 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 25 |
|
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY |
||
| T.Reuters National | Research | 2 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 30 |
| * T. Reuters World rankings include non-educational institutions | ||
Kyoto University (京都大学 Kyōto daigaku), or Kyodai (京大 Kyōdai) is a national university in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, one of Asia's highest ranked universities and one of Japan's National Seven Universities. One of Asia’s leading research-oriented institutions, Kyoto University is famed for producing world-class researchers, including ten Nobel Prize laureates (including Shin'ichirō Tomonaga) two Fields medalists and one Gauss Prize winner.
Kyoto University's forerunner was the Chemistry School (舎密局 Seimi-kyoku) founded in Osaka in 1869, which, despite its name, taught physics as well. (舎密 is a transcription of a Dutch word .) Later, the Third Higher School (第三髙等學校 Daisan-kōtō-gakkō) was established in the place of Seimi-kyoku in 1886, it then transferred to the university's present main campus in the same year.
Kyoto Imperial University (京都帝國大學 Kyōto-teikoku-daigaku) as a part of the Imperial University system was established on June 18, 1897, using the Third Higher School's buildings. The higher school moved to a patch of land across the street, where the Yoshida South Campus stands today. In the same year of the university's establishment, the College of Science and Technology was founded. The College of Law and the College of Medicine were founded in 1899, the College of Letters in 1906, expanding the university's activities to areas outside natural science.
...
Wikipedia