List of Partner Institutions
Featuring nine faculties, five graduate schools, two professional schools, two research institutes and a university hospital, Niigata University is a large-scale university covering a comprehensive range of academic fields-including humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, medical and dental sciences and much more. Niigata University endeavors to promote distinctive, world-class research within each of these various fields.
Nagasaki University is located Nagasaki City which is one of the most historically significant cities in Japan with its international background. The University consists of nine faculties and schools, six graduate schools, two research institutes, and a number of educational and research facilities. 9350 students, including international students, are currently enrolled. Nagasaki University has research centers abroad, and is vigorously promoting personnel and academic exchange with 143 overseas universities and research institutes. Campuses are separated into three different locations: Bunkyo Campus, Katafuchi Campus, and Sakamoto Campus. Most of the faculties, graduate schools, and research facilities are concentrated on the Bunkyo Campus. Liaison Center for International Educatin is also situated on the Bunkyo Campus where many international students from various countries are learning Japanese language and culture. Katafuchi Campus contains the Faculty of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, and the Research Institute of Southeast Asia, while Sakamoto Campus contains School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, and University Hospital. Dr.Osamu Shimomura, who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is a Nagasaki University graduate. Nagasaki University always works to contribute to the world's leading research and continues to develop as a "Center for the transmission of intellectual information," which is indispensable for the world.
Humankind, despite repeated acts of creation and destruction, has succeeded over the course of its long history in enhancing an understanding of nature and various social phenomena, and has thereby developed a highly public culture. Universities, which hav e the responsibility of carrying out academic research, have served to bind generations together through creation of knowledge and fostering of talent, and consequently have contributed to the formation and development of a diverse society. Now a new era has dawned, in which numerous people cross national boundaries to cooperate on a global scale.