Kagawa University

Coordinates: 34°20′34.7″N 134°2′15.5″E / 34.342972°N 134.037639°E

Kagawa University
香川大学
Established Founded 1874
Chartered 1949
Type Public (National)
President Masahiko Ichii
(一井眞比古)
Students 6,530[1]
Undergraduates 5,713
Postgraduates 817
Location Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Campus Urban
Colors Yellow-Green     
Mascot None
Website kagawa-u.ac.jp

Kagawa University (香川大学 Kagawa Daigaku) is a national university in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. The university was established in 1949 as a national university after the consolidation and reorganization of the Kagawa Normal School, the Kagawa Normal School for Youth and the Takamatsu College of Economics (formerly the Takamatsu Higher School of Commerce).[2]

Faculties

Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine

Graduate Schools

Graduate School of Agriculture
Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Engineering
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Management
Graduate School of Medicine
Kagawa-Ehime Universities' Graduate School of Law
United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences

STARS spacecraft

The Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite (STARS) robotic spacecraft developed by the Kagawa Satellite Development Project in the Kagawa University consists of mother and daughter satellites connected by a tether.[3] STARS was launched 23 January 2009 as a secondary payload aboard H-IIA flight 15, which also launched GOSAT.[4] STARS will test tether deployment methods which might be used for tether propulsion systems.

References

  1. ↑ "香川大学・学生数の定員及び現員". Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  2. ↑ http://www.kagawa-u.ac.jp/itwinfo/i2585/
  3. ↑ "Kagawa satellite development project STARS". Kagawa University.
  4. ↑ "H-IIA F15 Launch Sequence". JAXA.

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