Chiba University

Chiba University was founded about 140 years ago, and has been taking great effort to provide the best curriculums and environment, as well as conducting world level research in upgrading the university status. Based on the University Charter, Always Aim Higher, Chiba University will foster human resources with the knowledge of liberal arts, specialized subjects, professional skills, and the ability of solving problems. Chiba University has 9 faculties with about 11,000 students and 11 graduate schools with about 4,000 students. Chiba University has about 300 sister universities in more than 40 countries, conducting about 300 international joint research projects in more than 40 countries, and accepting about 1,000 international students annually. Chiba University is constantly developing education and research programs, expanding various international activities all over the world, aiming to become a world class university.

Guided by the motto `Always Aim Higher`, Chiba University undertakes teaching and research to maintain, disseminate and advance knowledge. In its teaching CU will seek to meet the interests of students and the needs of the community, and to foster generally the exploration and discovery of ideas and knowledge. The CU community shall firmly maintain the spirit of freedom and independence. We will actively seek ways of organizing and managing ourselves that best support our teaching and research. We will be open and alert to new opportunities, including collaboration and Copperation with other institutions, to further the role we play. We will participate actively in our local community and play our part as critic and conscience of society and will further the cause for peace and harmonious coexistence with nature. Ensure that students are supported in their studies, in a manner which maximizes their opportunity to reach their potential, through the provision of appropriate services and support mechanisms, including student mental and physical health, and welfare. Provide an academically rigorous education that meets international standards to ensure that our qualifications, our staff and our students continue to receive recognition from comparable institutions nationally and internationally. Ensure to be an active and respected member of the international academic community, that opportunities for overseas students to study and to undertake research are increased, and that our students are exposed to the benefits of an international perspective in their studies and lives. Maintain and develop research and creative activities of international standing in terms of both quality and productivity by promoting selected areas in which excellence can be achieved while also protecting the rights and obligations of all academic staff to undertake research. Within this environment CU will be flexibly managed to resonate with and adapt to the changing times.

Foundation year: 1949
Short name: CU
Type: National
Students: 13900
Faculty: 1390
Faculty/Students Ratio: 10:1
Region: Asia
Location: Chiba, Chiba