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Kobe University
神戸大学
Emblem of Kobe University
MottoNone
TypePublic (National)
Established1949
EndowmentUS$226 million
(JP¥25,952 million)
PresidentHideki Fukuda city = Kobe
Academic staff
1,436
Undergraduates11,887
Postgraduates4,957
Location
Hyōgo
,
Japan
NicknameNone
MascotNone
Websitehttp://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/
Logo of Kobe University

Kobe University (神戸大学, Kōbe daigaku), also known in the Kansai region as Shindai (神大), is a leading national university located in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan.

It was established in 1949, and comprises nine graduate schools and eleven faculties. The university holds a total of about 15,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. The institution welcomes oversea students, which accounted for a total of 963 students, as of 2005. It also has 2,800 staff members, including professors, associate professors and administrative officials.

Located beside the foothills of Mount Rokkō, the university provides a view of the city and port of Kobe, providing an environment for the pursuit of academic studies, especially social science areas. Kobe University is one of the oldest and largest national universities in Japan.

The academic origins of Kobe University trace back to the establishment of Kobe Higher Commercial School in 1902, which was renamed as Kobe University of Commerce, and Kobe University of Economics.

Kobe Higher Commercial School was one of the oldest institution with business and economics majors in Japan. Especially, the Graduate School of Economics benefits fully from a century of the history and the tradition. Kobe is also the first collegiate business school in Japan. Therefore, Kobe is called the birth place of Japanese higher education in economics and business administration, and it has always been the center of Japanese business studies.

Furthermore, the Graduate School of Law was also established with the legal studies section of the former Kobe University of Economics. It has become a leading institution of high academic institution in the field of legal and political studies, and has been successful in becoming a reputable academic center.

The Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, founded in 1919, has a history as a high-level research institution for international economics and international management. The Institute has been highly regarded internationally for its outstanding achievements in theoretical, historical, empirical, and quantitative research.

In 1990 they made new changes as one of the major universities specializing in graduate research and education. Under the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science, it has started a new Center of Excellence (COE) projects, the "Research and Education Center of New Japanese Economic Paradigms", "Development and Education Center for Advanced Business Systems", and "Research Center for Dynamic Legal Processes of Advanced Market Societies".

Graduate Schools

Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies
  • Graduate School of Humanities
  • Graduate School of Intercultural Studies
  • Graduate School of Human Development and Environment
  • Graduate School of Law
    • Tier 1 full time Law school
  • Graduate School of Economics
    • The Okishio Theorem (Nobuo Okishio) is well known and appreciated worldwide
  • Graduate School of Business Administration
    • Tier 1 full time MBA school
  • Graduate School of Science
  • Graduate School of Medicine
  • Graduate School of Health Sciences
  • Graduate School of Engineering
  • Graduate School of Agricultural Science
  • Graduate School of Maritime Sciences
  • Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies

Faculties

  • Faculty of Letters
  • Faculty of Intercultural Studies
  • Faculty of Human Development
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Business Administration
  • Faculty of Science
  • School of Medicine (Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Health Sciences)
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Faculty of Maritime Sciences

Research Institutes

  • Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration

History

The roots of the university can be traced back to 1902, when the Kobe Higher Commercial School (神戸高等商業学校, Kōbe kōtō shōgyō gakkō) was established. Its first president was Tetsuya Mizushima (水島銕也, 1864—1928). In 1929 this school was renamed Kobe University of Commerce (神戸商業大学, Kōbe shōgyō daigaku), and it was further renamed in 1944, Kobe University of Economics (神戸経済大学, Kōbe keizai daigaku).

In 1949, under Japan's new educational systems, the university was merged with Hyogo Normal School, Hyogo Junior Normal School, Kobe Technical College and Himeji High School, all of which were in Hyōgo Prefecture, leading to the creation of Kobe University.

The school's President was on her period, the university has been expanded and has created new faculties to complement its main academic foundations, which is economics and commerce.

Campuses

Rokkodai main building

The university is formed by four campuses: Rokkodai, Kusunoki, Myodani, and Fukae. Rokkodai Campus is considered the main campus, and it comprises nine out of eleven faculties.

Rokkodai area

  • Faculty of Human Development Campus
Human Development (3-11, Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe)
  • Faculty of Intercultural Studies Campus
Intercultural Studies (1-2-1, Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe)
  • Rokkodai (六甲台, Rokkōdai) Campus
Law, Economics, Business Administration (2-1, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe)
  • The Second Rokkodai (六甲台第2, Rokkōdai Daini) Campus
Engineering, Letters, Science, Agriculture (1-1, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe)

Kusunoki area

  • Kusunoki (楠, Kusunoki) Campus
Medicine (7-5-1, Kusunoki, Chūō-ku, Kobe)

Myodani area

  • Myodani (名谷, Myōdani) Campus
Health Sciences (7-10-2, Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe)

Fukae area

  • Fukae (深江, Fukae) Campus
Maritime Sciences (5-1-1, Fukaeminami, Higashinada-ku, Kobe)

Academic Rankings

University rankings
T. Reuters National[1] Research 14
WE [ja] National[2] Employment 18
NBP Kansai[3] Reputation 6
Shimano National[4] Selectivity A1
QS Asia
(Asia version)[5]		 General 26
ARWU Asia[6] Research 44-68
QS World[7] General 234
ARWU World[6] Research 301-400
ENSMP World[8] Alumni 25
Program rankings
Social Sciences & Humanities
LAW
Asahi National[9] Research 5
Natural Sciences & Technology
Engineering

Shindai is one of the leading universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.

General Rankings

The university is ranked 10th in 2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.[15] In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Shindai as the 11th best university in Japan.[16]

In 2010 QS World University Rankings[17] ranked Shindai 234th in the world. It is also ranked as the 26th best university in QS Asian University rankings.[5]

Research Performance

Shindai is one of the leading research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters, Shindai is the 14th best research university in Japan.[1]

Weekly Diamond reported that Shindai has the 15th highest research standard in Japan in terms of research funding per researchers in COE Program.[18] In the same article, it's also ranked 20th in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.

It especially has a high research standard in Social Science and Humanities.

Asahi Shimbun summarized the amount of academic papers in Japanese major legal journals by university, and Shindai was ranked 5th during 2005-2009.[9] Economics is also a notable field for Shindai. According to RePec, Shindai is the 7th best Economics research university in Jan 2011.[19]


In addition, Nikkei Shimbun　on 2004/2/16 surveyed about the research standards in Engineering studies based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Shindai was placed 12th (informative ability of research outcome 3rd) in this ranking.[20]

Graduate school Rankings

Eduniversal ranked Shindai's MBA as 6th best in Japan in their MBA rankings.[21] It also means 129th best in the world.

Shindai has one of the leading law schools in Japan as it was ranked 4th in 2009 (and 11th in 2010) in the passing rate of Japanese Bar Examination.[22]

Alumni Rankings

Alumni of Shindai enjoy their good success in Japanese industries such as shown below.

According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Shindai have the 18th best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan.[23] By contrast, the alumni of Shindai's average salary is very high with the 10th best in Japan, according to the PRESIDENT.[24]

École des Mines de Paris ranks Shindai as 25th in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[8] The university is also ranked 12th in Japan for the number of alumni holding the position of executive in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is 21st.[25][26]

Shindai graduates were ranked 8th in Japan in the number of successful national CPA exam applicants.[27]

Popularity and Selectivity

Shindai is a poplar university in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered as very selective.[28][29]

Nikkei BP has been publishing a ranking system "Brand rankings of Japanese universities" every year, composed by the various indications related to the power of brand, and Shindai was 6th in 2010 in Kansai Area.[30][3]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan". Thomson Reuters. 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2022. (this ranking includes 5 non-educational institutions)
  2. ^ "Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings" (in Japanese). Weekly Economist. 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Nikkei BP Brand rankings of Japanese universities" (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "GBUDU University Rankings" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "QS World University Rankings: Asia 2025". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Academic Ranking of World Universities". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  7. ^ "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "ENSMP World University Rankings" (PDF). École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris. 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  9. ^ a b Asahi Shimbun University rankings 2010 "Publification rankings in Law (Page 4)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  10. ^ "Kawaijuku japanese universities rankings in Engineering field" (in Japanese). Kawaijuku. 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  11. ^ "QS topuniversities world rankings in Engineering field". Topuniversities. 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Thomson Reuters 10 Top research institutions by subject in Japan" (in Japanese). Thomson Reuters. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  13. ^ a b "ARWU in Mathematics". Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  14. ^ a b "ARWU in Computer Science". Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_TSU_N was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_Kawai_N was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2010 Results".
  18. ^ "週刊ダイヤモンド" ダイヤモンド社 2010/2/27 http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/kikaku/infomation/0227daiyamondokiji.pdf
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_RE_N was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  20. ^ http://homepage3.nifty.com/katu-kobayashi/doppo/kougaku_kennkyu.htm
  21. ^ http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-in-japan.html
  22. ^ http://laws.shikakuseek.com/data/2010data-2.html
  23. ^ "Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings" (in Japanese). Weekly Economist. 2011. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
  24. ^ http://hensachi-ranking.seesaa.net/article/26733115.html#more
  25. ^ "出身大学別上場企業役員数ランキング" (in Japanese). 大学ranking.net.
  26. ^ "出身大学別上場企業役員数ランキング" (in Japanese). 大学ranking.net.
  27. ^ http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/3868.html
  28. ^ e.g. Yoyogi seminar published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html
  29. ^ Japanese journalist Kiyoshi Shimano ranks Shindai's entrance difficulty as A1 (2nd most selective/out of 10 scales) in Japan. "危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2011.
  30. ^ http://consult.nikkeibp.co.jp/consult/release/ub091210a.html

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