Kumamoto University
Kumamoto University is one of Japan’s oldest and most prestigious national universities. Kumamoto is located in the center of Kyushu the-third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. The University is home to world-class research in wide-ranged fields, including the research into ancient documents, development of next-generation magnesium alloys, pulse power science, AIDS research, and regenerative medicine.
Vision: Kumamato University aims to contribute to the community and global society by cultivating intelligent, moral, and skillful people, while working for the creation, inheritance, and development of knowledge, following the spirit of the Fundamental Law of Education and the School Education Law. Goals: Education: In order to cultivate unique, creative people, the university provides a comprehensive education based on a consistent philosophy followed by all our undergraduate departments and graduate schools. Our undergraduate departments, with the help of a broad education, inculcate in students the abilities of international communication, adapting to the information age, and thinking and acting independently. Our graduate schools cultivate highly specialized workers with comprehensive reasoning ability, technical knowledge, and internationally recognized skills, in addition to deep insight into human beings and nature, on the basis of the undergraduate education that the workers have received. As an institution that is open to the public, the university offers a place where people can engage in lifelong learning. Research: The university strives to protect and develop humankind’s cultural heritage, while enhancing its capabilities to function as a center of advanced academic research and proactively promote cutting-edge, creative academic research. Full version of Mission Statement of Kumamoto University.
Foundation year: 1949
Short name: KumU
Type: Public (National)
Students: 10240
Faculty: 1290
Faculty/Students Ratio: 8:1
Region: Asia
Location: Kumamoto, Fukuoka
