九州大学 | |
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Former names | Kyushu Imperial University |
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Motto in English | Opening the Door to a New Century of Knowledge |
Type | Public (National) |
Established | Founded 1903, Chartered 1911 |
Affiliation | Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities |
Endowment | US$72 Million |
Budget | $1.445 Billion |
President | Tatsuro Ishibashi |
Academic staff | 2,110 (As of May 1, 2021)[1] |
Administrative staff | 2,351 (As of May 1, 2020)[2] |
Students | 18,560 (As of May 1, 2022) |
Undergraduates | 11,683[3] |
Postgraduates | 6,877[4] |
Location | , , Japan |
Campus | Urban, (2.4 km2) Ito, urban, (0.4 km2) Hakozaki, urban, (0.3 km2) Maidashi, urban, (0.25 km2) Chikushi, urban, (0.063km²) Ohashi, rural, (0.1 km2) Beppu, Research Forests and Farms (72 km2) |
Language | Japanese and English |
Colours | Wine Red |
Website | www |
Kyushu University (九州大学, Kyūshū Daigaku), abbreviated to Kyudai (九大, Kyūdai), is a public research university located in Fukuoka, Japan, on the island of Kyushu.
Founded in 1911 as the fourth Imperial University in Japan, it has been recognised as a leading institution of higher education and research in Kyushu, Japan, and beyond.
The history of the university began a few decades before its founding when the medical school of the Fukuoka Domain (福岡藩 Fukuoka han) was established in 1867, the final year of the Edo period. The school was reorganised as the Fukuoka Medical College of Kyoto Imperial University in 1903. It became independent as Kyushu Imperial University in 1911.