Kyushu University

Kyushu University is one of the seven former Imperial Universities created in the Meiji period. The university is the largest research university in the Kyushu region with research centers in eleven different academic faculties, including the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and science.

Kyushu University Hospital is affiliated with the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the Faculty of Dental Science, and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

• 1867: The Kuroda Clan establishes an institution for Western medicine (Sanseikan) for the children of the lord and their retainers. The roots of present-day Kyushu University Hospital can be traced back to the clinic affiliated with that school.
• 1879: At the beginning of the Meiji period the clinic becomes an affiliated hospital of Fukuoka Prefectural Medical School.
• 1903: Fukuoka Medical College, a branch school of Kyoto Imperial University is established, and the hospital becomes affiliated with that school.
• 1911: Kyushu Imperial University is established in Fukuoka, and this hospital becomes affiliated with the university's Faculty of Medicine.
• 1931: The Research Institute of Balneotherapeutics is established in Beppu, Ōita Prefecture.
• 1947: Following the university reform that took place after World War II, the hospital's name was changed to the Kyushu University Faculty of Medical Sciences Affiliated Hospital. Fifteen departments, including a dental department, were established.
• 1967: The Faculty of Dental Science becomes an independent facility. The Faculty of Dental Science Affiliated Hospital opens.
• 2002: The new master plan for Ito campus was designed by César Pelli, Kisho Kurokawa (黒川紀章).
• 2003: The three hospitals affiliated with Faculty of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science and Medical Institute of Bioregulation merge to form Kyushu University Hospital.
• 2009: Plans for the construction of a new hospital, which began in 2000, are completed. The new hospital consists of a South Ward, North Ward, West Ward and Outpatient Ward.

• 1945: Surviving crewmen from a downed American B-29 were subjected to fatal medical experiments and vivisection conducted by members of the university's medical faculty.[11] While still alive, the POWs were vivisected, portions of their vital organs were removed, holes were drilled into their skulls and sea water was pumped into their bloodstreams. None of the POWs survived the experiments. Members of the faculty and administration were later tried and convicted of war crimes.[12][13][14]

The university has been ranked 5th in the 2020 Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings,[5] which is one rank down from 2019.[24] In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Kyushu as the 7th best university in Japan.[25]

It has been ranked 132nd in the 2020 QS World University Rankings,[26] and 401-500th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[27]

According to QS, its subject rankings were: 123rd in Engineering & IT, 170th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, and 150th in Natural Sciences. It is also the 18th best university in Asia, according to QS Asian University rankings.[28]

Kyushu is one of the top research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, Kyushu is the 6th best research university in Japan.[15] Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Materials Science (6th in Japan, 49th in the world), Chemistry (6th in Japan, 41st in the world), Biology & Biochemistry (4th in Japan, 95th in the world), Immunology (4th in Japan, 68th in the world), and Pharmacology & Toxicology (4th in Japan, 76th in the world).[29]

Weekly Diamond reported that Kyushu has the 16th highest research standard in Japan in terms of research funding per researchers in COE Program.[30] In the same article, it is also ranked fifth in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.

Furthermore, Nikkei Shimbun on 2004/2/16 surveyed about the research standards in Engineering studies based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Kyushu was placed 11th (research planning ability 10th) in this ranking.[31]

Eduniversal ranked Kyushu as 9th in the rankings of "Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and/or with continental links " in Japan.[32]

Kyushu was ranked 12th in the number of successful candidates of the Japanese Bar Examination in 2009 and 15th in 2010 in Japan.[33]

According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Kyushu have the 53rd best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan.[34]

École des Mines de Paris ranks Kyushu University as 38th in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[22]

Kyushu is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered one of the top in Japan.[35][36]

Kyushu offers a number of selected scholarships for international students. Some of them are:[37]

• Topia Leisure Scholarship (scholarship with work experience)
• JASSO - Encourage privately financed international students learning costs
• Fukuoka International Student Scholarship
• Ushio Foundation Scholarship
• Ajinomoto Scholarship
• Sun Noh Scholarship

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  Koichi Wakata (若田 光一) PhD, cosmonaut, the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station.
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  Toyoki Kunitake (國武 豐喜), chemist and materials scientist, 2015 Kyoto Prize winner.
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  Seiji Shinkai (新海 征治), pioneer in molecular self-assembly, but missed out on the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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  Kōsuke Morita (森田 浩介), experimental nuclear physicist, known as the leader of the Japanese team that discovered element 113.
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  Babak Hodjat PhD, inventor of Siri, CEO of Sentient Technologies.

• Kyozi Kawasaki (川崎 恭治), physicist, 2001 Boltzmann Medal winner.
• Genichi Taguchi (田口 玄一), engineer and statistician.
• Heitaro Nakajima, (中島 平太郎), digital audio pioneer, president Aiwa

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  Ryukichi Inada (稲田 龍吉), physician, 1919 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee.
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  Fujiro Katsurada (桂田 富士郎), a parasitologist who discovered a parasite called Schistosoma japonicum.
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  Sunao Tawara (田原 淳), a pathologist who discovered the atrioventricular node (Node of Tawara)
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  Tetsu Nakamura (中村 哲), physician, headed Peace Japan Medical Services (PMS), 2003 Ramon Magsaysay Award winner.

• Inokichi Kubo (久保 猪之吉), pioneer of otorhinolaryngology.
• Ōmori Harutoyo (大森 治豊), surgeon and first president of the Fukuoka Medical College.
• Yutaka Ido (井戸 泰), surgeon, 1919 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee.
• Naosuke Onodera (小野寺 直助), surgeon, 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee.
• Kazuo Yamafuji (山藤 一雄), scientist, 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee.
• Hakaru Hashimoto (橋本 策), MD, PhD, medical scientist, discoverer of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
• Masatoshi Nei (根井 正利), a Japanese-born American evolutionary biologist, 2013 Kyoto Prize winner.
• Yoshizumi Ishino (石野 良純), molecular biologist, known for his discovering the DNA sequence of CRISPR.
• Takehiko Sasazuki (笹月 健彦) MD, PhD emeritus professor, professor of Kyushu University Institute for Advanced Study (高等研究院)[46]

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  Guo Moruo (郭沫若), a Chinese archaeologist, historian, poet, politician, and writer.
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  Yasushi Inoue (井上 靖), drop out, a Japanese writer, 1950 Akutagawa Prize winner and Nobel Prize in Literature nominee.[47]
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  Junzo Shono(庄野　潤三), a Japanese novelist, Akutagawa award winner

• Junzo Shono (庄野 潤三), a Japanese novelist, 1954 Akutagawa Prize winner.
• Toshio Shimao (島尾 敏雄), a Japanese novelist, 1977 Yomiuri Prize winner.
• Kyoichi Katayama (片山 恭一), a Japanese author.
• Rizō Takeuchi (竹內 理三), historian
• Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu, historian, first foreigner granted a tenure at a Japanese national university in 1984.
• Hsu Hsing-Ching (徐興慶), president of Chinese Culture University in Taiwan.
• Yasuhisa Hara (原 泰久), a Japanese cartoonist.
• Kyojin Onishi(大西巨人), a Japanese novelist, Malxist

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  Shozaburo Jimi (自見 庄三郎) MD, PhD, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
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  Ichiro Nakagawa (中川 一郎), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
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  Hsu Shih-hsien (許世賢), a Taiwanese academic and politician, the first Taiwanese woman to earn a doctorate.
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  Tomihisa Taue (田上 富久), mayor of Nagasaki.

• Shinya Izumi(泉　信也) Politician
• Robert T. Huang, SYNNEX Corporation founder