Nagoya University
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Not to be confused with Nagoya City University.
Nagoya University (名古屋大学, Nagoya daigaku), abbreviated to Meidai (名大) or NU,[1] is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya.
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名古屋大学 | |
Motto | 勇気ある知識人 (courageous intellectual) |
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Type | Public (national) |
Established | 1871; 153 years ago (1871) (Chartered 1939) |
President | Naoshi Sugiyama |
Academic staff | 3,847 (2020) |
Undergraduates | 9,585 (2020) |
Postgraduates | 6,187 (2020) |
Location | , , 35°09′17″N 136°58′01″E |
Campus | Urban, 3.2 km² |
Colors | Pine Green |
Website | nagoya-u.ac.jp |
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It was established in 1939 as the last of the nine Imperial Universities in the then Empire of Japan, and is now a Designated National University.
The university is the birthplace of the Sakata School of physics and the Hirata School of chemistry. As of 2021, seven Nobel Prize winners have been associated with Nagoya University, the third most in Japan and Asia behind Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo.[2][3]