Gifu University

Gifu University
岐阜大学

Gifu Daigaku
Logo of Gifu University
Motto	Learning Exploring Contributing GIFU UNIVERSITY
Type	National
Established	1949
President	Toshio Kuroki
Undergraduates	5,988
Postgraduates	1,602
Location	Gifu , Gifu , Japan
Affiliations	National Universities in the Tōkai Region (東海地区国立大学)
Website	www.gifu-u.ac.jp

Faculty of Engineering

Gifu University (岐阜大学, Gifu Daigaku) is a national university in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is sometimes abbreviated as Gidai (岐大) or Gifudai (岐阜大).

Faculties and graduate schools

The following undergraduate and graduate degree programs and courses are offered on the Yanagido campus.

Faculties

• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Regional Studies
• School of Medicine
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences
• Faculty of Agriculture

Graduate schools

• Graduate School of Education
• Graduate School of Regional Studies
• Graduate School of Medicine
• Graduate School of Engineering
• Graduate School of Agriculture
• United Graduate School of Agricultural Science

  Shizuoka University and Shinshu University joined with Gifu University in establishing this united graduate school.

• United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences

  Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Iwate University and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology joined with Gifu University in establishing this united graduate school.

Gifu University hospital

• United Graduated School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Science

Notable people

Business

• Toichi Takenaka, President and CEO of Astellas Pharma
• Fumio Sugimori, President and CEO of Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices

Law and politics

• Kenji Manabe, Minister of the Environment (1998–1999)

Research

• Takayuki Ezaki, Professor and Bacteriologist at Gifu University.

Other

• Akira Komoto, artist

Gifu University in Asia

Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities (2005)
by Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

66. Gifu University (National Rank: 25)

According to the 2012 QS World University Rankings, Gifu University is ranked 106th in Asia and 551st in the world.

Directions to Gifu University

Yanagido Campus

• JR Gifu Station or Meitetsu Gifu Station to Gifu University: 30 minutes (Gifu Bus[1] or car)

• JR Nagoya Station to JR Gifu Station: 18 minutes (JR Tōkaidō Line)
• Meitetsu Nagoya Station to Meitetsu Gifu Station: 30 minutes (Meitetsu Nagoya Line)

• Gifu-Hashima Station (Tōkaidō Shinkansen) to Gifu University: 40 minutes (Car)
• Chūbu Centrair International Airport (nearest airport) to Meitetsu Gifu Station: 55 minutes (Meitetsu Airport Line[2])

External links

• Gifu University (Official site)