Meijo University:
A leading private university
in the Central Japan
Nagoya Region, where Meijo University is located, is
one of Japan’s three major metropolitan areas.
Nagoya Region is the center of Japanesemanufacturing industries with more than 10 million
population. The region is located in the center ofJapan and offers a highly advanced transportation
system to and from Tokyo and Osaka.

小原 章裕
Akihiro OHARA
President, Meijo
University1

History of Meijo University
1926 Nagoya Science and Technology Course
established by Juichi Tanaka.
1947 Nagoya College established.
1949 Meijo University opened.
1949 Faculty of Law, Commerce,-1950 Science and Technology, and Agricultureestablished1954 Faculty of Pharmacy established.
1967 Master’s Course in Law established.
1995 Faculty of Urban Science established.
2003 Faculty of Human Studies established.
2016

Faculty of Foreign Studies established.
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Departments/Faculties/
Postgraduate Schools（2019）

Number of students（2019.5.1）

Number ofinternationalstudents（2019.5.1）

Number of alumni(2018)

Number ofCEOs(alumni)（2018）

Number ofexecutives of listed company（2019）

Number of overseas
universities andinstitutions withagreements（2019.5.1）

Passing rate of students inthe 6-year course for thenational licensing
examination for pharmacists（2019）

job placement rate（2018）

From Nagoya to the world.
A source for leading-edge technology

Meijo University supports Japan’sscience, technology, and manufacturing
One of the outstanding researchers is Professor
Isamu Akasaki of the Graduate School of Scienceand Technology, who invented GaN p-n junction
blue light-emitting diode(LED) in 1989.
Another is Professor Sumio Iijima of the same
graduate school, who invented carbon
nanotubes.

Professor Akira Yoshino
awarded the 2019 Nobel prize in Chemistry
for inventing Lithium BatteryYoshino invented a completely new combination of carbon for the negative electrode andLiCoO2 (lithium cobalt oxide) for the positive electrode. He also developed thefundamental technology for LIB. He has also developed other technologies that wereessential for the successful commercialization of the LIB, including technology for
fabricating electrodes, technology for assembling batteries, and other technology thatmade the LIB possible as a small, lightweight rechargeable battery.

Professor Isamu Akasaki
awarded the 2014 Nobel prize in Physics
for invention of blue LEDs

† Left: Professor Hiroshi Amano
Professor of Nagoya University, Former Professor of Meijo University
6Professor Sumio Iijima
A winner of the European Inventor Award 2015

Carbon nanotubes
Discovered by Sumio Iijima at Japan’s NEC Corporation, carbon nanotubes are thehardest substance known to humankind and 1,000 times more conductive than copper.
This award is presented by the European Patent Office every year to the world's
outstanding inventions. Prof. Iijima was awarded for the discovery and invention of carbon
nanotubes in the Non-European Countries Category, becoming the first Japanese inventor
to win in this category.

Professor Toshio Fukuda
will serve as IEEE President
on 1 January 2020
Professor Toshio Fukuda in the Faculty of
Science and Technology, Department ofmechatronics engineering is a prominent
researcher in the field of micro robot andbio robot and widely recognized in theworld.
In October 2018 – He has been elected as
the 2019 IEEE President-Elect. He will begin
serving as IEEE President on 1 January 2020.
IEEE is the world’s largest technicalprofessional organization dedicated toadvancing technology with the members ofmore than 417,000 in 160 countries.