| Kyoto University | |
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| 京都大学 | |
| Motto | 自由の学風 |
| Established | Founded May 1, 1869, Chartered Jun. 18, 1897 |
| Type | Public (National) |
| Endowment | ¥ 250.2 billion (2.2 billion USD) |
| President | Hiroshi Matsumoto |
| Academic staff | 2,864 (Teaching Staff)[1] |
| Admin. staff | 5,397 (Total Staff)[1] |
| Students | 22,707[1] |
| Undergraduates | 13,399[2] |
| Postgraduates | 9,308[3] |
| Location | Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan |
| Campus | Urban, 333 acres (1.3 km²) |
| Athletics | 48 varsity teams |
| Colors | Dark blue |
| Nickname | Kyodai |
| Mascot | None |
| Affiliations | Kansai Big Six, ASAIHL |
| Website | www.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Kyoto University (京都大学 Kyōto daigaku), or Kyodai (京大 Kyōdai) is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university,[4] and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.
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The forerunner of the Kyoto University was the Chemistry School (舎密局 Seimikyoku) founded in Osaka in 1869, which, despite its name, taught physics as well. (舎密 is a transcription of a Dutch word chemie.) 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,[4] using the Third Higher School's buildings. The higher school moved to a patch of land just 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.
After World War II, the current Kyoto University was established by merging the imperial university and the Third Higher School, which assumed the duty of teaching liberal arts as the Faculty of Liberal Arts (教養部 Kyōyōbu). The faculty was dissolved with the foundation of the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies (総合人間学部 Sōgō ningen gakubu) in 1992.
Kyoto University has since 2004 been incorporated as a national university corporation under a new law which applies to all national universities.
Despite the incorporation which has led to increased financial independence and autonomy, Kyoto University is still partly controlled by the Japanese Ministry of Education (文部科学省 Monbu kagaku shō).
The University's Department of Geophysics and their Disaster Prevention Research Institute are both represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.[5]
Kyoto University competes in 48 sports. The university is a member of the Kansai Big Six Baseball League.
The university has about 22,000 students enrolled in its undergraduate and graduate programs.
The university has three campuses in Yoshida, Kyoto; in Gokashō, Uji; and in Katsura, Kyoto.
Yoshida Campus is the main campus, with some laboratories located in Uji. The Graduate School of Engineering is currently under process of moving to the newly-built Katsura Campus.
Kyoto University promotes itself as an academic institution fostering a "spirit of freedom."[7] The university claims six Nobel Laureates and two Fields Medalists among its faculty and alumni. The university is also known as the starting point for the Kyoto School philosophical movement.
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| Kawaijuku National[9] | General | 2 |
| T. Reuters National[10] | Research | 2 |
| WE National[11] | Employment | 10 |
| NBP Kansai[12] | Reputation | 1 |
| Shimano National[13] | Selectivity | SA |
| QS Asia[14] | General | 7 |
| ARWU Asia/Pacific[15] | Research | 2 |
| THE World[16] | General | 57 |
| QS World[17] | General | 32 |
| ARWU World[18] | Research | 24 |
| ENSMP World[19] | Alumni | 5 |
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| BE Success National[21] | Qualification | 4 |
| BE Pass rate National[22] | Qualification | 4 |
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| Eduni MBA National[24] | General | 5 |
| Eduni MBA World[25] | General | 124 |
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| T.Reuters World[27] | Research | 22 |
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| T.Reuters World[27] | Research | 25 |
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| T.Reuters World[27] | Research | 4 |
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| T.Reuters World[27] | Research | 23 |
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| ARWU World[28] | Research | 33 |
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| T.Reuters World[27] | Research | 25 |
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| T.Reuters World[27] | Research | 30 |
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Kyodai is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.
The university was ranked 3rd in 2008 and 2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.[8] In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Kyodai as the 2nd best university in Japan.[9]
Kyodai is also one of the top universities in the world. The following rankings are the example of Kyodai's ranking positions in the world rankings.
Kyodai is usually considered as one of the top research institution in Japan. In fact, the 2nd largest amount of investment has been spent for Kyodai in Grants in Aid for Scientific Research, which is the national grands for research institutions.
This financial supports from the Japanese government directly effect to Kyodai's research outcomes. According to Thomson Reuters, Kyodai is the 2nd best research university in Japan.[10] Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Chemistory (1st in Japan, 4th in the world), Biology & Biochemistry (2nd in Japan, 23rd in the world), Pharmacology & Toxicology (2nd in Japan,30 in the world), Immunology (3rd in Japan, 25th in the world), Material Science (4th in Japan, 22nd in the world), and Physics (4th in Japan, 25th in the world).[32]
In another ranking, Nikkei Shimbun on 2004/2/16 surveyed about the research standards in Engineering studies based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Kyodai was placed 10th (research planning ability 6th) in this ranking.[33]
Kyodai also has a high research standard in Social Science & Humanities. Repec in Jan 2011 ranked Kyodai's Institute of Economic Research as Japan's 3rd best economic research institution.[34] Kyodai has provided 6 presidents of Japanese Economic Association in its 42 year history, and it is the 3rd largest number.[35]
Asahi Shimbun summarized the amount of academic papers in Japanese major legal journals by university, and Kyodai was ranked 6th during 2005-2009.[20]
Kyodai Law School is considered as one of top Law schools in Japan, as it was ranked 4th in terms of the number of successful candidates of Japanese Bar Examination in 2009 and 2010.[36] The cumulative number of people qualified as lawyer and prosecutor has been also historically also 4th after WW2.[37]
Eduniversal ranked Japanese business schools, and the Faculty of Economics in Kyodai is placed 4th in Japan (111th in the world).[38]
Kyodai alumni are distinctively successful in Japanese industries such as shown below.
According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Kyodai have the 10th best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan.[39] However, it has to be noted that this lower ranking position is because of the large number of alumni who become government bureaucrats, which is 2nd largest among Japanese universities.[40] In fact, alumni of Kyodai's average salary is the 5th best in Japan, according to the PRESIDENT.[41]
École des Mines de Paris ranks Kyodai as 5th in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[19] The university is also ranked 5th in Japan for the number of alumni holding the position of executive in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is the 4th best.[32][42]
Furthermore, the number of Members of Parliament who graduated Kyodai has been 4th in Japan.[43]
Kyodai is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered as one of the top among 180 national and public universities.[44][45][46]
Nikkei BP has been publishing a ranking system "Brand rankings of Japanese universities" every year, composed by the various indications related to the power of brand, and Kyodai was top in 2010 in Kansai Area.[47][12]
Graduates of Kyoto University including Nobel laureates, Japanese politicians, philosophers, economists, and scientists.
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