Meijo University
Meijo University (名城大学, Meijō daigaku) is a private university in Japan. Its main campus is in Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan and it has two other campuses in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It has 4 Nobel laureates as the related personnel as of 2020.
名城大学 | |
 Tempaku campus in Meijo University | |
| Type | Private |
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| Established | May 1926[1] |
| President | Akihiro Ohara |
| Location | , 35.136°N 136.976°E 35.411°N 137.013°E |
| Campus | Multiple campuses |
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| Affiliations | Japan Private Universities FD Coalition Forum |
| Website | www |
History
The name Meijō derives itself from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Castle (名古屋城, Nagoya-jō).
The predecessor of the school was founded by Juichi Tanaka in May 1926; it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is the largest university in the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.
Meijo University is the first private university in Japan to produce three Nobel Prize winners, it is the first brilliant achievement. No any other private universities produce Nobel Prize winners in Japan.
Notable faculty
- Ryōji Noyori, guest professor,[2] awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Sumio Iijima, scientist, awarded the 2008 Kavli Prize, the 2009 Order of Culture and so on
- Isamu Akasaki, scientist, awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Hiroshi Amano, former professor, awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Akira Yoshino, chemist, awarded the 2014 Charles Stark Draper Prize and the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Fumitada Itakura, scientist, awarded the 2005 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
- Katsuyoshi Kato, Lawyer
Notable graduates
- Yoshihiro Sato, boxer
- Tatsutoshi Goto, professional wrestler
- Takuya Kirimoto, actor
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