Kagoshima University

Kagoshima University
, abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
History
The university was established in 1949 consolidating the following schools because of educational reform in occupied Japan.
- established in 1901. The school was located on the former site of Kagoshima Castle. It is one of the schools that originats from the han school in Edo period.
- The oldest predecessor was established in 1875.
- established in 1944.
- established in 1908.
- established in 1946.
The following schools became in 1949 and were consolidated into Kagoshima University in 1955.
- established in 1945.
- established as in 1942. It originats from the medical school in Kagoshima in Meiji era.
These seven schools became and in 1949. "Faculty of Arts and Sciences" was divided into , and in 1965. was added in 1977. was separated from "Faculty of Agriculture" in 2012. Also Graduate Schools have been added gradually.
Faculties
Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Fisheries
Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Points of interest
Ibusuki Experimental Botanical Garden
Notable alumni
Politics
Wataru Kubo - member of the National Diet, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
Seiichi Ōmura - member of the National Diet, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of State for Director General of the Defense Agency, bureaucrat (Vice-Minister of Education)
Shigenori Tōgō - diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Colonial Affairs
Tadaatsu Ishiguro - bureaucrat (Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Forestry), Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, member of the National Diet
Moichi Miyazaki - member of the National Diet, Minister of State for Director General of the Science and Technology Agency
Eiichi Nishimura - member of the National Diet, Minister of Health and Welfare, Minister of Construction, Minister of State for Director General of National Land Agency, Minister of State for Director General of Administrative Management Agency
Kokichi Shimoinaba - Superintendent General of Japanese police, member of the National Diet, Minister of Justice
Morio Takahashi - bureaucrat, the mayor of Kumamoto City, government-appointed governor of prefectures, Superintendent General of Japanese police
Yin Ju-keng - politician in the early Republic of China
Zhou Fohai - politician in Republic of China
Kamejiro Senaga - the mayor of Naha City, member of the National Diet
Kyuichi Tokuda - member of the National Diet
Business
Kazuo Inamori - founder of Kyocera Corporation and KDDI Corporation, Honorary Chairman of Kyocera and Japan Airlines
Academic
Isamu Akasaki - engineer and physicist, Professor Emeritus at Nagoya University, Distinguished Professor at Meijo University, Person of Cultural Merit, Order of Culture, Nobel prize in Physics, Charles Stark Draper Prize, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, IEEE Edison Medal, Kyoto Prize, Japan Academy Prize & Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
Akira Arimura - neuroscientist, biochemist, Professor Emeritus at Tulane University in America
Kikuo Arakawa - medical scientist, cardiovascular scientist, internist, World Hypertension League Award, International Society of Hypertension Distinguished Fellow Award, Professor Emeritus at Fukuoka University, the 12th President of the International Society of Hypertension
Kikuo Ogyū - medical scientist, internist, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University, the President and Professor Emeritus at Kansai Medical University
Hiroshi Enatsu - theoretical physicist, Professor Emeritus at Ritsumeikan University
Arika Kimura - botanist, the first director of the Botanical Garden of Tohoku University
Teiso Esaki - entomologist, Professor at Kyushu University
Kuniyoshi Obara - scholar of education, education reformer, founder of Tamagawa Gakuen and Tamagawa University
Culture
Shinobu Kaitani - manga artist
Kawataro Nakajima - literary critic, Chairman of Mystery Writers of Japan, Professor Emeritus at Wayo Women's University, Mystery Writers of Japan Award,
Kōichi Iiboshi - author
Kiyoteru Hanada - literary critic
Hideyo Amamoto - actor
Takashi Nomura - film director
Shirō Fukai - composer
Others
Katsutoshi Naito - wrestler, Olympics bronze medalist
Kogoro Yamazaki - the first Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self Defense Force
Notes
References
External links
Official website
Japanese national universities
Universities and colleges in Kagoshima Prefecture
1949 establishments in Japan
Universities and colleges established in 1949
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