University of Tsukuba
University of Tsukuba (筑波大学, Tsukuba daigaku?) is located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan. The University has 28 college clusters and schools with a total of around 15,000 students (in 2003). The main Tsukuba campus covers an area of 258 hectares (636 acres), making it the largest single campus in Japan.[3]
It is famous in the research of physical education, medical science, library and Information science, physics and social science. Its Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.[4]
History
The current university was established in October, 1973. A forerunner of this university was Tokyo University of Education (東京教育大学, Tōkyō kyōiku daigaku?) originally founded in 1872 as one of the oldest universities in Japan,Tokyo Higher Normal School (東京師範学校, Tōkyō Shihan Gakkō?) .
On July 11, 1991 Japanese translator Hitoshi Igarashi was stabbed to death at the University for translating Salman Rushdie's most famous novel The Satanic Verses.
In October 2002, the University of Tsukuba merged with the University of Library and Information Science (ULIS, 図書館情報大学, Toshokan jōhō daigaku?). The School of Library and Information Science and the Graduate School of Library and Information - Media Studies were established.
In May 2008, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development became an opportunity for the African Development Bank (AfDB) and universities in Japan to promote partnership on higher education, science and technology. Donald Kaberuka, the President of AfDB and the President of Tsukuba University signed a memorandum of understanding during the three-day event.[5]
The University of Tsukuba has provided 3 Nobel Prize winners so far, namely Leo Esaki, Hideki Shirakawa and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.
Points of interest
Academic Rankings
Tsukuba University is one of the leading universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.
General Rankings
The university has been ranked 15th in 2008, and 16th in 2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.[6] In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Tsukuba as the 10th best university in Japan.[7]
In 2010 QS World University Rankings[21] ranked Tsukuba University 172nd in the world. It is also ranked as the 20th best university in QS Asian University rankings.[11]
The university is ranked one of the top Asian universities (19th-26th) in the “Academic Ranking of World Universities". [1]. Global University Ranking places the university 41st globally.[22] Traditionally, the university has been famous for its social science and international studies, and the latest Toyo Keizai (週間東洋経済) 2010, one of the most influential economic magazines in Japan [2], ranked the School of Social and International Studies (社会国際学類, former 社会学類 and 国際関係学類) as No.1 among international, social science departments (which include Economics, Law, Politics, and Sociology) in Japan. It also ranked those courses as most selective.
Research performance
Tsukuba is one of the leading research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, Tsukuba is the 9th best research university in Japan.[8] Its research standard is especially high in Biology & Biochemistry (8th in Japan, 155th in the world).[23]
Weekly Diamond reported that Tsukuba has the 27th highest research standard in Japan in terms of research fundings per researchers in COE Program.[24] In the same article, it's also ranked 11th in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.
It also has a good research standard in Economics, as RePec ranked Tsukuba as the 8th best Economics research university in January 2011.[17]
Graduate school Rankings
Tsukuba has a Law school which is widely opened for the people who have work experiences. Currently it is ranked 19th in 2010 in the passing rate of Japanese Bar Examination.[25]
Eduniversal ranked Tsukuba as 7th in the rankings of "Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and/or with continental links " in Japan.[26]
Alumni Rankings
According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Tsukuba have the 64th best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan.[27] By contrast, the alumni of Tsukuba's average salary is very high with the 8th best in Japan, according to the PRESIDENT.[28]
Popularity and Selectivity
Given its high ranking among educational institutions in Japan, the entrance examination to University of Tsukuba is highly competitive. Overall difficulty is currently graded as "A1" or 2 on a ten-point scale.[29][30]
Famous alumni
Politicians
Academics
Businessmen
- Yutaka Emura - President of Emurasoft, developer of EmEditor text editor.
- Kōta Matsuda - CEO of Tully's Coffee Japan
- Daiyu Nobori - CEO of Softether
Athletes
- Sawao Kato - Gymnastic, 8 Olympic gold medalist
- Masami Ihara - Football player
- Masashi Nakayama - Football player
- Sōta Hirayama (dropout) - Football player
- Toshiya Fujita - Football player
- Takayoshi Yoshioka - Athlete (Tokyo University of Education)
- Miwako Motoyoshi - Synchronized swimming, Olympic bronze medalist
- Toshinobu Kawai - Short track speed skating, Olympic bronze medalist
- Hirotaka Okada - Judo, Olympic bronze medalist
- Yōko Sakagami - Judo, Olympic bronze medalist
- Chiyo Tateno - Judo, Olympic bronze medalist
- Yoko Tanabe - Judo, Olympic silver medalist
- Noriko Narazaki (Sugawara) - Judo, Olympic silver and bronze medalist
- Fumiko Esaki - Judo, Olympic silver medalist
- Ayumi Tanimoto - Judo, Olympic gold medalist
- Midori Shintani - Judo, World judo championship gold medalist
- Naoki Murata - Judo, 7th dan judoka, author, curator of the Kodokan Judo Museum
Entertainers
Artists
- Toshio Iwai - Media artist and game designer
- Nobumichi Tosa - Media artist of the Maywa Denki art unit
See also
Notes
- ^ "The University of Tsukuba: Staff Figures (Japanese)". http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/public/booklets/pdf-details2008/p24.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ^ "The University of Tsukuba: Student Figures (Japanese)". http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/public/booklets/pdf-details2008/p25-p32.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ^ "Tsukuba University Homepage (English)". Campus Life. Tsukuba University. http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ Organizations with ties to CCEP CCEP, accessed 2011-03-19
- ^ "Bank Group Participates in TICAD IV," African Development Bank (Tunis). June 3, 2008.
- ^ a b "Truly Strong Universities" (in Japanese). Toyo Keizai. 2010. http://www.toyokeizai.net/business/industrial/detail/AC/7ca97f085eda34ce139f6d1210cef898/page/1/. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "Kawai 30 Top Japanese Universities". Kawaijuku. 2001. http://www.nigelward.com/top30.html. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan". Thomson Reuters. 2011. http://science.thomsonreuters.com/press/2010/top-20-japanese-research-insts/. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011. (this raking includes 5 non-educational institutions)
- ^ "Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings" (in Japanese). Weekly Economist. 2011. http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/3865.html. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "GBUDU University Rankings" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2009. http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%8D%B1%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E3%83%BB%E6%B6%88%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6-%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%92%E5%B9%B4%E7%89%88-YELL-books-%E5%B3%B6%E9%87%8E-%E6%B8%85%E5%BF%97/dp/4753930181. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "QS Asian University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2010. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2010. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities in Japan". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2010. http://www.arwu.org/Country2010Main.jsp?param=Japan. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2010. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/results. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2010. http://www.arwu.org/Country2010Main.jsp?param=Japan. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ "Bar Exam Successful Applicants rankings" (in Japanese). Shikaku Seek. 2010. http://laws.shikakuseek.com/data/2010data-1.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ "Bar Exam Pass rate rankings" (in Japanese). Shikaku Seek. 2010. http://laws.shikakuseek.com/data/2010data-2.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ a b "Top 25% Institutions and Economists in Japan, as of January 2011". REPEC. 2011. http://ideas.repec.org/top/old/1101/top.japan.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ "Business School Ranking in Japan". Eduniversal. 2010. http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-in-japan.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ "University and business school ranking in 5 palms (Top100)". Eduniversal. 2010. http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-5palms.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
"University and business school ranking in 4 palms (Top101-300)". Eduniversal. 2010. http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-4palms.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
"University and business school ranking in 3 palms (Top301-696)". Eduniversal. 2010. http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-3palms.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
"University and business school ranking in 2 palms (Top697-896)". Eduniversal. 2010. http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-2palms.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ a b "Thomson Reuters 10 Top research institutions by subject in Japan" (in Japanese). Thomson Reuters. 2010. http://science.thomsonreuters.jp/press/release/2011/esi2011/ranking/. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings 2010 Results". http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/results.
- ^ http://www.globaluniversitiesranking.org/images/banners/top-100(eng).pdf
- ^ "Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan" (in Japanese). Thomson Reuters. http://science.thomsonreuters.jp/press/release/2011/esi2011/ranking/. (this raking includes non-educational institutions)
- ^ "週刊ダイヤモンド" ダイヤモンド社 2010/2/27 http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/kikaku/infomation/0227daiyamondokiji.pdf
- ^ http://laws.shikakuseek.com/data/2010data-2.html
- ^ http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-in-japan.html
- ^ "Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings" (in Japanese). Weekly Economist. 2011. http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/3865.html. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
- ^ http://hensachi-ranking.seesaa.net/article/26733115.html#more
- ^ Yoyogi seminar published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html
- ^ Japanese journalist Kiyoshi Shimano ranks Tsukuba's entrance difficulty as A1 (2nd most selective/out of 10 scales) in Japan. "危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2011. http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4753930181/.
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