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Kyushu University (九州大学 Kyūshū Daigaku, abbreviated to 九大 Kyūdai) in Fukuoka City is one of Japan's most prestigious national universities and the largest public university on the island of Kyushu.
Despite the incorporation which has led to increased financial independence and autonomy, Kyushu University is still partly controlled by the Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbukagakusho, or Monkasho).
The Faculty of Law, Kyushu University initiated Japan's first English language LL.M program in October 1994. Taught from a Japanese perspective, the one year program offers students the opportunity to study international economic and business law, and Japanese and comparative law in a Japanese law faculty. A three-year LL.D. program and another one-year Master’s course in Comparative Studies of Politics and Administration in Asia (CSPA) were launched in October 1999. As a result of the success of these programs, in 2001, Kyushu University was invited by the Ministry of Education to host the Young Leader's Program in Law, a program which, among others, seeks to foster good relations among future national leaders in Asia and other countries.
History
After initially being founded as Fukuoka Medical College in 1903, a campus associated with Kyoto Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University was established as a separate entity in 1911.
Following World War II, Kyushu Imperial University gained infamy as officials acknowledged that eight American POWs (Crew of B-29 Superfortress) had been vivisected at Kyushu Imperial University Hospital in May and June, 1945 under the direction of the Japanese military and Professor Fukujiro Ishiyama. In 1947, Kyushu Imperial University was renamed to Kyushu University.
On October, 2003, Kyushu University and Kyushu Institute of Design officially amalgamated into a single university, with Kyushu Institute of Design becoming Kyushu University's Ohashi Campus.
Kyushu University has since 2004 been incorporated as a national university corporation under a new law which applies to all national universities.
Undergraduate Schools and Graduate Schools/Faculties
Undergraduate Schools
- School of Letters
- School of Education
- School of Law
- School of Economics
- School of Sciences
- School of Medicine
- School of Dentistry
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Engineering
- School of Design
- School of Agriculture
- The 21st Century Program
Graduate Schools and Graduate Faculties
| Graduate Schools | Graduate Faculties |
Research Institutes
- Medical Institute of Bioregulation
- Research Center for Genetic Information
- Research Center for Prevention of Infectious Diseases
- Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering
Famous alumni
In recent times, the Japanese military (Unit 731 and Dr. Fukujiro Ishiyama at Kyushu Imperial University Hospital) conducted human vivisections on concentration camp prisoners in their respective countries during WWII.
See also
External links
Japanese national universities | Universities and colleges in Japan
"Kyushu University"