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京都大学 | |
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Motto | 自由の学風 |
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Motto in English | Freedom of academic culture |
Type | National |
Established | Founded June 18, 1897 |
Endowment | ¥ 250.2 billion (2.2 billion USD) |
Academic staff | 2,864 (Teaching Staff)[1] |
Students | 22,707[1] |
Undergraduates | 13,399[2] |
Postgraduates | 9,308[3] |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban, 135 ha (333 acres) |
Athletics | 48 varsity teams |
Colors | Dark blue |
Nickname | Kyodai |
Affiliations | Kansai Big Six, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning |
Mascot | None |
Website | www.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
Kyoto University (京都大学, Kyōto daigaku), or Kyodai (京大, Kyōdai), is a Japanese university in Kyoto. It is the second oldest Japanese university.[4] It is in the city of Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture.
History
[change | change source]Kyoto Imperial University (京都帝國大學, Kyōto-teikoku-daigaku) was established on June 1897 as a part of the Imperial university system.[5]
The College of Law and the College of Medicine were founded in 1899, and the College of Letters was established in 1906.[5]
In October 1947, Kyoto Imperial University was renamed Kyoto University.[4]
Organization
[change | change source]Kyoto University has the following schools.[6]
- Faculty of Integrated Human Studies
- Faculty & Graduate School of Letters
- Faculty & Graduate School of Education
- Faculty & Graduate School of Law[7]
- Faculty & Graduate School of Economics
- Faculty & Graduate School of Science
- Faculty & Graduate School of Medicine[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
- Faculty & Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering
- Faculty & Graduate School of Agriculture
Related pages
[change | change source]Notable alumni
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kyoto University: 2008/2009 Facts and Figures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ↑ http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/ja/issue/ku_eprofile/documents/facts_2008.pdf%7C[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kyoto University, "Historical Sketch" Archived 2012-07-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kyoto University, "Chronological Table" Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-10.
- ↑ "Departments". Kyoto University. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011.
- ↑ A law school (school for students who want be a lawyer) is independently operated.
- ↑ School of Public Health is independently operated.
- ↑ Kasahara, M., Takada, Y., Egawa, H., Fujimoto, Y., Ogura, Y., Ogawa, K., ... & Tanaka, K. (2005). Auxiliary partial orthotopic living donor liver transplantation: Kyoto University experience. American journal of transplantation, 5(3), 558-565.
- ↑ Sakamoto, S., Egawa, H., Kanazawa, H., Shibata, T., Miyagawa‐Hayashino, A., Haga, H., ... & Uemoto, S. (2010). Hepatic venous outflow obstruction in pediatric living donor liver transplantation using left‐sided lobe grafts: Kyoto University experience. Liver Transplantation, 16(10), 1207-1214.
- ↑ Morioka, D., Kasahara, M., Takada, Y., Shirouzu, Y., Taira, K., Sakamoto, S., ... & Tanaka, K. (2005). Current role of liver transplantation for the treatment of urea cycle disorders: a review of the worldwide English literature and 13 cases at Kyoto University. Liver transplantation, 11(11), 1332-1342.
- ↑ Tamura, Y., Tanaka, S., Asato, R., Hirano, S., Yamashita, M., Tamaki, H., & Ito, J. (2007). Therapeutic outcomes of laryngeal cancer at Kyoto University Hospital for 10 years. Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 127(sup557), 62-65.
- ↑ Kokubo, M., Mitsumori, M., Ishikura, S., Nagata, Y., Fujishiro, S., Inamoto, T., ... & Hiraoka, M. (2000). Results of breast-conserving therapy for early stage breast cancer: Kyoto University experiences. American journal of clinical oncology, 23(5), 499-505.
- ↑ Kozaki, K., Kasahara, M., Oike, F., Ogawa, K., Fujimoto, Y., Ogura, Y., ... & Tanaka, K. (2002). Apheresis Therapy for Living‐Donor Liver Transplantation: Experience of Apheresis Use for Living‐Donor Liver Transplantation at Kyoto University. Therapeutic Apheresis, 6(6), 478-483.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Kyoto University at Wikimedia Commons
- Kyoto University website Archived 2008-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
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