of shipment value of manufactured goods. Automobile, aircraft, space, machine tools, and various
other industries ﬂourish in the prefecture, which is a vital manufacturing center in Japan.

Seto, in Aichi Prefecture, is the birthplaceof Seto-yaki (literally, Seto ware). The root

KYOTO

of the Japanese word setomono is a

generic term for all pottery. Ceramics,
with a 1000-year history, have been

perfected over time and contributed topost-war industrial development as aTOKYO

sector unique to Nagoya City.

AICHI
NagoyaOSAKA
Automobile
Aichi, in the heart of Japan, evolved by0developing transportation systems

100km

connecting major cities in westernand eastern Japan. The prefecture is
the setting for a world-renowned

Brewing

automotive industry and many related
plants that export automotive partsand relevant products, supporting the

The Japanese brewing culture that ﬂowered

Japanese economy.

in the Edo period remains active today in Chita
Peninsula, Mikawa Region, and various other

Aichi areas. These regions feature many sakebrands and breweries using traditional
methods and makers of vinegar, mirin

cooking sake, tamari soy sauce, and miso.

YagotoCampusTempaku
CampusNagoya Dome-Mae
Campus1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 468-8502
Tel: +81-52-838-2043

Email: mint@ccml.meijo-u.ac.jp
www.meijo-u.ac.jp

名城大学

Ceramics

MEIJO

Aichi Prefecture has been Japanʼs most successful manufacturing hub for more than 40 years in terms

University

Nagoya, Aichi

AboutMeijo University by the Numbers

1926~
Long history

95

10

Years

%

Top-classin JapanFounding Spirit

The Origin of
Meijo University s Name

Developing moderate, impartial, and practical human resources

The former Nagoya Professional School was reorganized and renamed Meijo

worthy of national and social trust.

University, based on a 1947 post-war educational system reform. The university

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Be peaceful, warm, and moderate.
Act orderly, harmoniously, and power forward steadily

健 without trouble.

humble and get to the heart of the matter with a
中 Remainreceptive attitude.
logically and take responsibility to go through the
正 Think
proper channels in a consistent manner.

current students

faculties

Job placement rate

99.5

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departments

200,000+
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文理融合

epitomizes the saying, “Nagoya owes its prosperity to the castle” as Nagoya
Castle or Meijo is the city symbol of Nagoya. The new school is said to be
named Meijo University after the discussion led by the founder Juichi Tanaka,
hoping that the University would become a paragon of education, just like thecastle with its brilliant golden shachi (killer whale) statues on top.

MS-26

(Excerpt from the Book of the 75-Year History of Meijo University)

VisionTracing its roots to the Nagoya Science and Technology Course founded in 1926, Meijo University is one of the best educational
institutions in the Chubu region, having produced more than 200,000 graduates and alumni, and is proud of its long history andtradition.
We provide educational and research opportunities that emphasize practical learning consistent with the spirit of ourestablishment: “Developing moderate, impartial, and practical human resources worthy of national and social trust.” Because of
these eﬀorts, many corporations recognize our graduates as having excellent practical skills and persistence to cope with various
challenges.
Today, as society faces rapid changes with economic globalization, an aging population with a declining birth rate, the advent ofrobots and artiﬁcial intelligence (AI), changes in industrial and employment structures, and the COVID-19 pandemic, we are
increasingly driven to change our lifestyles and ways of working. Simply put, we live in an era wherein forecasting the future has
become a challenge even as our conventional wisdom becomes increasingly obsolete. Now more than ever, it is imperative foreducational institutions to cultivate practical individuals capable of taking decisive actions who can apply their foresight, diversity,and expertise to challenging situations and take decisive actions.
Continuing our history and traditions since our establishment, Meijo University and Meijo University Senior High School will further
evolve and develop people who can meet social expectations in the oncoming era. We ask for your continued understanding andsupport.
April 2021
Teiji Tachibana, Chairperson of the Board of Meijo University

Good
Practice

MessageMeijo University Equips Students with Developmental Practical
Skills and the Ability to Take Decisive Actions, Aiming to Enhance
Our International Inﬂuence Based in the Chubu Region of Japan

産官学連携

Aichi Prefecture in the Chubu region, where Meijo University is located, boasts of being Japanʼsmost successful manufacturing hub for several essential and thriving industries in the country, suchas the automotive, aerospace, and robot sectors, thereby leading the Japanese economy. In such afavorable environment, we provide educational and research opportunities based on our founding

spirit with its eminent advantages as a comprehensive university, such as a community of learningthat possesses extensive expertise and substantial diversity. More than 200,000 Meijo graduates
contribute not only to local industries but also to international communities in various ﬁelds.

We developed a new vision for our 100th anniversary in 2026 and beyond: “Meijo University equips
students with developmental practical skills and the ability to take decisive actions so that they

become internationally competent professionals who leverage the beneﬁt of the Chubu region.” Theterm “developmental practical skills” refers to the abilities backed by foresight, diversity, andexpertise. It also refers to the capacity to gather knowledge, skills, and ideas to address diﬀerent

For Striving to Improve University Rankings

challenges while working with professionals and applying problem-solving approaches.

We face various challenges, including the fourth industrial revolution featuring AI, IoT, and big data, as well as the SDGs and a
new normal with COVID-19. Consequently, the circumstances surrounding universities are more uncertain than ever.

which will coincide with the 100th anniversary of our foundation. This plan will enable us to further

With the aim of fostering such human resources, we have developed Internationalization Plan 2026,

In April 2015, we developed the Meijo Strategy-2026 (MS-26) as a strategic plan to coincide with the 100th anniversary of our
foundation in 2026. This long-term strategic plan promotes the concept of a life-long love of learning for all Meijo people throughthe phrase, “Enjoy Learning for Life.” We promote initiatives that give students satisfying opportunities to learn during theircollege life, which we hope will encourage a passion for learning beyond the university years.

accelerate the expansion of overseas study programs, an active acceptance of international

students, and the construction of new international networks. In addition, we are preparing toestablish the Faculty of Information Engineering in the academic year of 2022 to develop humanresources who are capable of utilizing skills and knowledge in information and communications

technology. Graduates are expected to use their expertise as an instrument to provide solutions fora range of complicated issues in collaboration with professionals across ﬁelds in a society withever-advancing digital technologies.

With the 100th anniversary 6 years away, I aim to make Meijo University the most vibrant university in the Chubu region, both inname and reality. In other words, the goal is to make the University more vibrant, and take it to a higher level so that students canacquire not only expert knowledge but also a global mindset and academic literacy, as well as to produce graduates who can takeon a leading role in their ﬁelds and who are highly appreciated by society. We will also strive to enhance our brand to inspire morepride in our Meijo graduates and alumni. To this end, we all staﬀ members of Meijo University will work together and make utmost
eﬀort to raise the University ranking.

In addition to the progress of artiﬁcial intelligence, Internet of Things, and other digital technologies,

We ask for your understanding and support of our educational and research activities.

and experience, which will aid in developing human resources with a global mindset to survive an

Akihiro Ohara, President

contemporary society faces considerable changes in lifestyle, values, and business models owing tothe outbreak of COVID-19 around the world since 2020. Global initiatives to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals of the United Nations are also progressing faster than before, indicating that
responses to global-scale issues have become increasingly imperative.

Moving forward, we will continue to provide diverse, high-quality opportunities for both education
unpredictable future.

President

AKIHIRO OHARA

Nobel Prize-winning Professors
at Meijo University

研 力

www.meijo-u.ac.jp/sp/meijoresearch/

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ResearchResearch Excellence
at Meijo University

人生

5G

Development and Inventionof New Nanomaterials

100年

車の世界

Meijo University is known as the birthplace of the carbon nanotube. Based on the tradition of ournanomaterials research, the global-level basic research for developing and inventing new nanomaterials
is promoted on a university-wide scale by the research group headed by University Professor, Sumio
Iijima.
Research achievements are publicly announced in various ways. They are posted on websites and are
the subject of mock lectures. By promoting our research mission, consistent as it is with our future
vision, “Shaping a Community of Learning,” we build the Meijo University brand and take it to the world.

SDGs

Innovation of New Optical Devices

We aim to invent new blue LED-based optical devices to create a near-future world under theleadership of Lifetime Professor Isamu Akasaki, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist in Physics. We are also
engaged in university-wide eﬀorts to pioneer research of new and prestigious technology applications
and projects to produce the next Nobel Prize winner.
These research achievements are made available to the public through websites, symposiums, mockexperiments, and innovative programs designed by students. Doing so is expected to make people
across the country aware of the brand image “Meijo University Strong in Research,” which isrecognized only in the Tokai region today.

VR最前線

Sumio Iijima
Akira Yoshino

Inventor of lithium-ion batterysociety5.0

ゲノム編集

Born in Osaka Prefecture. Graduate of Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering. Dr. Yoshino started
his career at Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (currently, Asahi Kasei Corporation) where hedeveloped the prototype of a lithium-ion secondary battery in 1983 and established the basic
concept of lithium-ion battery (LIB) in 1985. He has been a professor at the Graduate School of
Science and Technology, Meijo University, since 2017. Dr. Yoshino won the Nobel Prize in Chemistryin 2019, after receiving the Chemical Technology Award, the C&C Prize, the IEEE Medal for
Environmental and Safety Technologies, the Global Energy Prize, the Charles Stark Draper Prize, theJapan Prize, the European Inventor Award, and other prestigious awards.

Pioneer of Nanoscience
Born in Saitama Prefecture. Graduate of the University ofElectro-Communications. Ph.D. in Physics from Tohoku
University. After working as a researcher at Arizona State
University and as a visiting researcher at the University ofCambridge, Dr. Iijima joined NEC Corporation in 1991, where hedeveloped carbon nanotube (CNT). He has been a professor at
the Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University, since1998. Dr. Iijima won the Benjamin Franklin Medal, the Balzan
Prize, the Kavli Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award, the Order ofCulture, the European Inventor Award, and other prestigious
awards. Member of the Japan Academy and the National
Academy of Sciences, USA.

AI人工知能Isamu Akasaki
Inventor of eﬃcient blue light-emitting
diode (LED)
Born in Kagoshima Prefecture. Graduate of Kyoto
University, Faculty of Science. After working for
Kobe Industries Corp. (currently, Fujitsu Limited)
and teaching as an assistant professor at Nagoya
University, Dr. Akasaki was Head of Basic
Research Laboratory 4 at the Matsushita
Research Institute Tokyo, Inc. (MRIT) He hasserved as a professor at the Faculty of Scienceand Technology, Meijo University since 1992. Dr.
Akasaki developed the basic technology of blue
light-emitting diode and invented the world-ﬁrst
blue LED in 1989. Dr. Akasaki won the Nobel Prizein Physics in 2014, after receiving the C&C Prize,
the Toray Science and Technology Prize, theAsahi Prize, the Fujihara Award, the John Bardeen
Award, the Kyoto Prize, and other prestigious
awards.

Toshio Fukuda Robotics specialist

Asia's ﬁrst IEEE president

Born in Toyama Prefecture. Graduate of Waseda University, Facultyof Science and Engineering. Dr. Fukuda, a world authority on
robotics, has mentored many researchers while engaged as aprofessor at Meijo University and the School of Engineering, Nagoya
University. He is a former Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale
University, a fellow at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), and president at IEEE Robotics & Automation
Society. Dr. Fukuda received the Benjamin Franklin Medal, the IEEE
Conference (IECON) Best Paper Award, the Robotics Society ofJapan Best Paper Award, the Humboldt Prize, the Good DesignAward, Ministerʼs Award from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology, the Robotics and Automation Award, andother prestigious awards. He was elected 2020 president of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

A

Action

実行力

Social Collaboration

1

Grand Prix Award in the
IVRC (International collegiate
Virtual Reality Contest)

2

Aichi Food Culture Promotion
Project in Collaboration with
Local Companies

Introduction of Faculties
Faculty of Law

Equipping professionals with the skills
they need to make rational decisions
based on their broad knowledge andlogical thinking for societyʼs sake invarious areas.

・Departmentof Legal
ScienceFaculty ofBusiness Management

Giving students expert knowledge onorganizational management andproblem-solving for application incompanies, local governments, and othertypes of organizations.

・Department of
Business
Management

・Department ofInternational
Business Management

Faculty of Economics

Furnishing students with a theoreticalbase for problem solving as it relates toeconomic issues inside and outside ofJapan as well as the judgment criteria forrational decision-making.

The VR work allows a participant to experience pounding
mochi (a rice cake) virtually. By wearing a Head Mount
Display (HMD) while holding a mallet, one can feel a realpounding sensation. Our students won the Grand Prix award
at the IVRC2017, where the impact of what a user canexperience, technical capabilities, and novelty were highly
evaluated.

3
Professional Sports
Business Study Group

Study group activities kicked oﬀ in July to explore the ideal
factors in professional sports businesses in a new normal with
COVID-19 and a post-COVID-19 society. It is our new formal
extracurricular activity. It provides an open opportunity foreveryone to learn regardless of their faculties and grades.
With the theme of an ideal professional sports business bothin a post-COVID-19 society and a new normal with COVID-19,

where people are required to shift to a new lifestyle, we willconduct study group activities (to be held online in the ﬁrst
semester) engaged in four areas.
In the second semester, we will launch a project based on
student ideas.

Upon request by LAWSON, the major convenience store
chain operator, the Faculty of Agriculture worked
together with the company to promote Aichiʼs foodculture. They collaborated with ICHIBIKI, KOKONOEMIRIN, and other local fermented food manufacturers to
produce original collaborative products.
The collaboration, as seen in the pictures above, wasconducted by our faculty members and a local company,
and students determined the ﬁnal taste at the tasting
session.

4

・Department of
Economics
・Department ofIndustrial andSocial Economics

Faculty ofForeign Studies

Cultivating “global communicators” tofacilitate dialog and cooperation with theinternational community based on theirEnglish language competence, international
understanding, and practical skills.

・Department ofEnglish andInternational
StudiesFaculty of Information
Engineering

・Department ofMathematics

・Department ofInformation
Engineering

Producing pioneering technologists who
innovate a society that is based on our
sophisticated educational curriculum
backed by almost a century of history.

Providing the curricula for three ﬁelds,“psychology,” “sociology and education,”and “global studies and communication,”to develop human resources who widely
contribute to contemporary society.

・Department of
Human Studies

governments, and other types of entities. For example, we
collaborate with a major automotive parts manufacturer and alarge-scale commercial facility in Aichi to conduct experimentsthat demonstrate the behavioral changes of consumers who
watch videos, etc. when they travel around town. It is part of anexperimental project launched by the government (the Ministryof Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism). A total of 320
students and faculty members have participated in the 6-day
experiment to create the Mobility as a Service (Maas).

Empowering students to gain expert
knowledge and insights of life, food,environment, and nature to cultivate
human resources capable of addressing
challenges that humanity faces.

・Department ofApplied Chemistry

Germany ..........1
Netherlands ...1
Poland...............1
Norway .............1

・Department ofAgrobiological
Resources
・Department ofApplied Biological
Chemistry・Department ofEnvironmental
Bioscience・Department of
Mechanical Engineering
・Department of
Vehicle and MechanicalEngineering

Faculty of Urban Science
Using sciences and humanities
knowledge to explore the service
sciences and provide solutions to urban
problems, such as energy, environment,
transportation, and disaster prevention.

・Department of
Mechatronics Engineering

Faculty of Pharmacy

・Department ofCivil Engineering

Aiming to cultivate pharmacists andpharmaceutical researchers to addresshuman health issues and explore better
welfare through our advanced educational
programs and research activities.

・Department ofEnvironmental Technology
・Department ofArchitecture

・Department ofPharmacy（as of May 2020）

China.............26
Taiwan ..........12
Korea ...............7
Thailand ..........7
Viet Nam.........7
Philippines......2

100 partner schools around the world
Europe

11

Asia

70

Social Collaboration for
New Local Mobility Services

We promote collaborative activities with companies, local

Faculty of Agriculture

・Department ofMaterials Science andEngineering

List of Partner Schools
France ............ 3
Russia ............. 2
Italy .................. 1
UK .................... 1

A new faculty that will open its doors in
April 2022. Oﬀering two courses and four
programs to develop next-generation
information engineers.

・Department ofElectrical andElectronic Engineering

Faculty of
Human Studies

・Department of
Urban Science

Faculty of
Science and Technology

North, Central
America

14

USA ........11
Canada.....2
Mexico......1

Africa2

Morocco ... 1
Egypt.......... 1

Oceania

3

Australia .... 3

Myanmar .......2
India.................2
Indonesia .......2
Malaysia.........1
Sri Lanka .......1
Nepal...............1