Okayama University

Okayama University (岡山大学, Okayama Daigaku) is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Tsushima-Naka, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture.

Okayama University
岡山大学
Okayama University Library (Tsushima Campus)
Motto"Creating and fostering higher knowledge and wisdom"
TypePublic (National)
EstablishedFounded 1870
Chartered 1922
PresidentHirofumi Makino M.D.
Academic staff
1,402 full-time[1]
Administrative staff
1,201[2]
Students14,035
Undergraduates10,567[3]
Postgraduates3,468[4]
1,343
Location
Okayama
,
Okayama
,
Japan
CampusUrban
ColorsBlue and red ocher
Websitewww.okayama-u.ac.jp

The school was founded in 1870 and it was established as a university in 1949.

History

Okayama University was originally founded as the Medical Training Place (医学館, Igakkan) in 1870 by Okayama-Han. After the abolition of the han system, it became the Okayama Prefectural Medical School (岡山県医学校) in 1880. In 1888 it was merged into a national school, the Third Higher Middle School (第三高等中学校, Daisan kōtō chūgakkō)[5] to constitute the Medical Faculty. The Medical Faculty became an independent school in 1901 and was renamed Okayama Medical Speciality School (岡山医学専門学校, Okayama igaku semmon gakkō),[6] a four-year medical school for men ages 17–21 or above. In 1922, the school was chartered as Okayama Medical College (岡山医科大学, Okayama ika daigaku), a four-year medical college for men ages 19–23 or above.

In 1949, after World War II, the college was merged with other national and public colleges in Okayama Prefecture to establish Okayama University, under Japan's new education system. The predecessors of the university were Okayama Medical College, the Sixth Higher School (第六高等学校, Dairoku kōtō gakkō, established in 1900), Okayama Normal School (岡山師範学校, Okayama shihan gakkō, founded in 1874), Okayama Youth's Normal School (岡山青年師範学校, Okayama seinen shihan gakkō, founded in 1922) and Okayama (Prefectural) Agricultural College (岡山農業専門学校, Okayama nōgyō semmon gakkō, established in 1946).

The new campus (Tsushima Campus) was the former camp of the Imperial Japanese Army (the 17th Division). After occupation army left the camp in 1947, the students of the Sixth Higher School (whose buildings were burnt in the war) guarded the camp, residing in the former military barracks. Later, the camp became their campus. The faculties of Okayama University, except the Medical School, were gradually relocated to Tsushima Campus.

The university at first had five faculties: Law and Letters, Education, Science, Agriculture and Medicine. The latter history of the university is as follows:

  • 1951: Ohara Institute for Agricultural Research (大原農業研究所, Ōhara nōgyō kenkyūsho, founded in 1914 by Magosaburō Ōhara) joined the university.
    • Later reorganized into the Institute for Agricultural and Biological Sciences (in 1953) and then the Research Institute for Bioresources (in 1988).
  • 1960: the Faculty of Engineering was established.
  • 1967: Professor Jun Kobayashi (analytic chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture) announced the cause of Itai-itai disease as cadmium poisoning. Itai-itai disease (meaning "ouch ouch" disease in Japanese), was a severe pain disease affecting Toyama Prefecture as a result of mining over the course of 1,500 years.
  • 1976: the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences was established.
  • 1979: the Dental School was established (in Shikata Campus).
  • 1980: the Faculty of Law and Letters was divided into three faculties: Letters, Law and Economics.
  • 1994: the Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology was established.
Okayama University badge
Okayama University Communication Symbol

Academics
  • Faculty of Letters
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Science
  • Medical School
  • Dental School
  • Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Matching Program Course
  • Discovery Program for Global Learners (English-medium program)

Faculty of Law

In 1949, Okayama University set up the department of law, economics and literature at the same time as the university was founded. In those days, this was the only faculty of law in the region of Chugoku and Shikoku. Later in 1980, Okayama University reorganized the department and separated the faculty of law which became the department of law today. Then, in 2004, Okayama University reorganized again when the law graduate course was established.

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[7]401-500 (2020)
QS World[8]571-580 (2021)
THE World[9]801-1000 (2020)
USNWR Global[10]577 (2020)
Regional – Overall
QS Asia[11]156 (2020)
THE Asia[12]201-250 (2020)
USNWR Asia[13]101 (2020)

Management and Accounting

Students who take this course work in administration, including management, organization, and strategy, and in accounting and financing, Students come to understand and develop insights into actual company operations. This course has students who want to be a certified public accountant or a licensed tax accountant.

Faculty of Science
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Biology
  • Department of Earth Sciences
  • Medical School (in Shikata Campus)

Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Department of Nursing
  • Department of Radiological Technology
  • Department of Medical Technology

Dental School (in Shikata Campus)
  • School of Dentistry

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Department of Pharmacy
  • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Faculty of Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical and Systems Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering
  • Department of Information Technology
  • Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology
  • Center for Engineering Innovation

Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology

Environmental science and technology has four departments: Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, Environmental and Civil Engineering, Environmental Management Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry and Materials.

The environmental science and technology faculty began in 1995.

Matching Program Course

This is cross-faculty program designed to help students create their own integrated program matching individual career and academic interests. Students can take classes from other faculties which they are interested in and original classes in this course, so students can decide their major after thinking through many experiences.

Graduate schools
  • Graduate School of Education (Master's courses/Professional Degree Course)
  • Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's/Doctoral)
  • Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology (Master's/Doctoral)
  • Graduate School of Health Sciences (Master's/Doctoral)
  • Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science (Master's/Doctoral)
  • Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master's/Doctoral)
  • School of Law

Attached Institute
  • Research Institute for Bioresources

Nationwide Joint-use Facility
  • Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior

Campuses

Each campus is in the central part of Okayama-city, except the Misasa Campus

Tsushima Campus

Tsushima Campus has an Administrative Center at 1-1, Tsushima-Naka, 1-chome, Kita-Ku, Okayama/1-1, Tsushima-Naka, 2-chome, Kita-Ku, Okayama/1-1, Tsushima-Naka, 3-chome, Kita-Ku, Okayama/1-62, Tsushima-Kuwanokicho, Kita-Ku, Okayama

Shikata Campus

5-1, Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-Ku, Okayama

Misasa Campus

827, Yamada, Misasa, Tottori Prefecture

Academic rankings
University rankings
Shimano National[14] Selectivity A2

Notable alumni

References
  1. excluding the teachers at the attached schools. "Number of Staff" (pdf). Okayama University. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  2. including the teachers at the attached schools. "Number of Staff" (pdf). Okayama University. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  3. "Number of Students (at the Faculties)" (pdf). Okayama University. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  4. "Number of Students (at the Graduate Schools)" (pdf). Okayama University. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  5. The Third Higher Middle School was headquartered in Osaka (-1889) / Kyoto (1889-).
  6. "Historical Sketch" (pdf). Okayama University. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  7. "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 - Okayama University". ARWU. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  8. "QS World University Rankings 2021 - Okayama University". Top Universities. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  9. "Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 - Okayama University". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  10. "US News and World Report World University Rankings 2020 - Okayama University". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  11. "QS World University Asia Rankings 2020 - Okayama University". Top Universities. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  12. "Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2020 - Okayama University". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  13. "US News and World Report Asia University Rankings 2020 - Okayama University". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  14. "GBUDU University Rankings" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.

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