NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
About Nagoya University

Achievements & Excellence
6 Nobel Prize recipients in this century.
115th in QS World University Rankings (2016-2017).
26th in QS Asia University Rankings (2016-2017).

Nagoya University has a history of about 150 years,
with its roots in a temporary medical school/hospitalestablished in 1871 and formally ins tuted as the last
Imperial University of Japan in 1939. Although modest
in size compared to largest universi es in Japan,
Nagoya University has been pursuing steady development through crea ve research ac vi es fostered by afree and vibrant academic culture. For further strengthening the research and Nagoya University is ac vely
promo ng interac ve human exchange to cul vate
talented people and to develop an interna onal humannetwork.

Top 100 universi es for 6 subjects: Engineering-Chemical; Agriculture & Forestry; Biological Sciences;
Chemistry; Materials Science; and Physics & Astronomy (QS 2016).
Gender equality globally selected as one of the 10
HeforShe University IMPACT Champions by UN
Women.

Education & Research

Members As of May 1, 2017

Nagoya University mainly consists of 9 Undergraduate Schools, 13 Graduate Schools, 3 Research
Ins tutes, 18 Research Centers, and others in theorganiza onal structure.

Faculty 2,533

Undergraduate Schools

Graduate Schools

Humani es
Educa onLaw
Economics
Informa cs
Science
Medicine
Engineering
Agricultural Sciences

Humani es
Educa on and Human Development
Law
Bioagricultural Sciences
Economics
Informa cs
Science
Medicine
Engineering
Interna onal Development
Mathema cs
Environmental Studies
Pharmaceu cal Sciences

Students 16,387
Undergraduate Students : 10,115
Graduate Students : 6,272

Professors : 730
Associate Professors : 609
Lecturers : 277
Assistant Professors : 733
Research Associates : 3
Researchers : 181

incl. 1,805 Interna onal Students(107 Countries / Regions).

* Data include the number ofstaﬀ under limited- mecontracts.

Faculty-to-Graduate Student-toUndergraduate Student Ra o = 1 : 2.5 : 4:
Faculty

6%
Graduate
18%
Students:
Undergraduate
Students

33%

World-Class Research Excellence - Nobel Laureates -8%

Since entering the 21st century, 16 Japanese researchers have received the Nobel Prize. Among these presƟgious researchers,
six are graduates of or have been aﬃliated with Nagoya University as faculty members during their careers. This number ofLaureates is the highest in Japan in this century.
Dr. Osamu Shimomura

Dr. Ryoji Noyori
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001)
for the work on chirally catalyzed hydrogena on reac onsnsNobel Prize in Chemistry (2008)
for the discovery and development of the green
fluorescent protein, GFP
5%Dr. Makoto
MKobayashi & Dr. Toshihide Maskawaa
Nobel Prize in Physics (2008)
for the discovery of the origin of the broken
symmetry which predicts the existence of atleast three families of quarks in nature

Dr. Isamu Akasaki & Dr. Hiroshi Amano
Nobel Prize in Physics (2014)
for their pioneering eﬀorts on theblue light-emi ng diode, LED

Reference : Nagoya University Profileh p://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/about_nu/publica on/profile/index.html

Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM)

Support for Asian Development

ITbM is a WPI research center, whose goal is to create“transforma ve bio-molecules”, molecules that change theway we live. Through the dynamic collabora on between
synthe c chemistry and animal/plant biology, ITbM aims tocreate a new area of research that will address urgent issues
on the environment and food produc on.

In contrast to Japan’s greying workforce and declining
birthrate, the popula ons and economies of other Asianna ons con nue to grow. For over two decades, Nagoya
University has supported many countries in the region. It has
been most ac ve in the following four areas:i) Legal and judicial systems (CALE: Center for Asian LegalExchange);ii) Healthcare Administra on (YLP: Young Leaders Program in
Healthcare Administra on at
the Graduate School of Medicine);iii) Agricultural Science (Graduate School of Agriculture); andiv) Poli cal, economic andeduca onal development(Graduate School of InternaUzbekistan Satellite Campus
onal Development).
Opening Ceremony* WPI: World Premier Interna onal Research Center Ini a ve, theflagship project of the Japanese Ministry of Educa on, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Women’s Empowerment

The Development of Joint Degree Program

Nagoya University sets minimum quotas for women
researchers in our Young Leaders Cul va on (YLC) program.
We also have made it a priority to hire more womenscien sts (Nagoya University Women PI Scien sts). To
support faculty and staﬀ with families, Nagoya University
oﬀers a daycare center and provides a erschool care. The
United Na ons En ty for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) recognized these eﬀorts byselec ng Nagoya University in 2015 as one of only ten
universi es in the world, and the only one in Japan, for theHeForShe campaign.

Interna onal collabora ve research raises the standards ofpartner ins tu ons and helps train Ph.D. students who will
go on to play important roles interna onally. Nagoya University has promoted interna onaliza on of our graduate
schools through the JSPS Core-to-Core Program, theJapanese-German Graduate Externship, the Campus Asia
Program, and interna onal research networks built by ourfaculty members. Through thisexperience, we introduced
three Joint Degree Programs(JDPs) in close partnership withleading universi es overseas.
Establishing a JDP is complicated because the Ministry ofEduca on, Sports, Science andThe University of Edinburgh
Technology must authorize it.

Nagoya University Matsuo Initiatives for Reform, Autonomy and Innovation 2020

EducaƟonResearchBy promo ng a world-class educa on, weaim to foster courageous intellectual leadersthat can contribute to human well-being.
We are changing the rela onship between
Nagoya University and secondary schools.

Inspired by our Nobel laureates, we arecommi ed to the crea on & discovery ofknowledge through research.

NU MIRAI2020

InternaƟonalUniversity-Industry CollaboraƟon

We are developing a university that a racts
the best students, faculty & staﬀ fromaround the world & contributes to crea ng
a more sustainable society. In par cular, weseek to work closely with countries in Asia.

As a core university located in one of theworld’s most dynamic industrial clusters, weconduct research and pursue innova on that
contributes to value crea on for be ermentof society.