Okayama University

Okayama University
岡山大学

Okayama University Library (Tsushima Campus)
Motto "Creating and fostering higher knowledge and wisdom"
Type Public (National)
Established Founded 1870
Chartered 1922
President Kiyoshi Morita(M.D.)
Academic staff
 1,402 full-time[1]
Administrative staff
 1,201[2]
Students 14,035
Undergraduates 10,567[3]
Postgraduates 3,468[4]
1,343
Location Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Campus Urban
Colors Blue and red ocher
Website www.okayama-u.ac.jp

Okayama University (岡山大学 Okayama Daigaku) is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Tsushima-Naka, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture.

The school was founded in 1870 and it was established as a university in 1949.

History

The origin of the university is the Medical Training Place (医学館 Igakkan) founded in 1870 by Okayama-Han. It underwent the abolition of the han system and was developed into Okayama Prefectural Medical School (岡山県医学校) in 1880. In 1888 it was merged into a national school, the Third Higher Middle School (第三高等中学校 Daisan kōtō chūgakkō)[5] to constitute the Medical Faculty. The Medical Faculty became an independent school in 1901 and was renamed Okayama Medical Speciality School (岡山医学専門学校 Okayama igaku semmon gakkō),[6] a four-year medical school for men ages 17–21 or above. In 1922 the school was chartered as Okayama Medical College (岡山医科大学 Okayama ika daigaku), a four-year medical college for men ages 19–23 or above.

In 1949, after World War II, the college was merged with other national and public colleges in Okayama Prefecture to establish Okayama University, under Japan's new education system. The predecessors of the university were Okayama Medical College, the Sixth Higher School (第六高等学校 Dairoku kōtō gakkō, established in 1900), Okayama Normal School (岡山師範学校 Okayama shihan gakkō, founded in 1874), Okayama Youth's Normal School (岡山青年師範学校 Okayama seinen shihan gakkō, founded in 1922) and Okayama (Prefectural) Agricultural College (岡山農業専門学校 Okayama nōgyō semmon gakkō, established in 1946).

The new campus (Tsushima Campus) was the former camp of the Imperial Japanese Army (the 17th Division). After occupation army left the camp (in 1947), the students of the Sixth Higher School (whose buildings were burnt in the war) guarded the camp, residing in the former military barracks. They finally got the camp as their campus. The faculties of Okayama University, except the Medical School, were gradually removed to Tsushima Campus.

The university at first had five faculties: Law and Letters, Education, Science, Agriculture and Medicine. The latter history of the university is as follows:

Faculties (undergraduate schools)

Faculty of Law

In 1949, Okayama University set up the department of law, economics and literature at the same time as the university was founded. In those days, this was the only faculty of law in the region of Chugoku and Shikoku. Later in 1980, Okayama University reorganized the department and separated the faculty of law which became the department of law today. Then, in 2004, Okayama University reorganized again when the law graduate course was established. As a result, there are daytime courses and nighttime courses in the faculty of law. The law department continues to be a base of education, law and politics. During 50 years, the university has produced many great graduates, especially the judicial world.

Academics

The faculty of law aims at educating people who can deeply understand and analyze modern society and who have the ability of logic and application. To be concrete,

  1. People who can gain a basic knowledge about each law field and who can solve problems logically with their legal mind.
  2. People who understand various view about politics and society and have a curiosity and ability to solve problems in current society.
  3. People who understand about international society and have communication skills and can we deal with information well.

Study in the department of law is mainly founded on law. But students also develop the texts of law and the knowledge of system and thinking skills to cope with the problems which really occur in society. In addition, students will develop a legal mind in this faculty. Such students can clearly analyze legal problems and quickly solve issues.

On lectures about professional fields of law and politics, people study basic knowledge and basic ways of thinking. In addition, student can take small class, seminar. They can develop the ability of arguing, thinking deeply and discovering problems. Moreover, they can improve their personality.

Through many small seminars, students are challenged to think deeply and improve their problem-solving ability.

In the department of law, students learn from actual problems which have occurred. In addition, use in discovery of the problem in the result of education research of the university society and survey of solution method, students are advancing the people and the cooperation which participate to business.

Faculty of Economics: Department of Economics (including evening course)

Modern Economic Analysis

The students of this Course learns macro and micro economics and their trends, that is, to figure out structures and movements from theoretical, empirical (statistical), and strategic points of view by taking this course. Students can better understand the contents of newspapers and economic magazines, and furthermore, interpret economic survey data of the government.

International Comparative Economics

In this course, students learn about the current economic states of major countries or regions in order to make comparisons and analyses of them, as well as each country’s economic development and history. The students of this course learn basic knowledge that is very useful to work for multinational companies in many fields, including the manufacturing, trading, or service industry.

Management and Accounting

Students who take this course work in administration, including management, organization, and strategy, and in accounting and financing, Students come to understand and develop insights into actual company operations. This course has students who want to be a certified public accountant or a licensed tax accountant.

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Health Sciences

Dental School (in Shikata Campus)

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology

Environmental science and technology has four departments: Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, Environmental and Civil Engineering, Environmental Management Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry and Materials.

The environmental science and technology faculty began in 1995. The faculty was established to create knowledge that is a fusion of the natural, health and cultural sciences. This is the first university in Japan where such a special knowledge of environment is studied so many universities and companies have a special interest in this department.

Environmental problems are seriously influencing the world. This faculty is contributing to solving these problems, and practicing a number of important projects. For example, an environmentally-friendly resource recovery process using waste nickel hydride battery project; risk management security strategies for toxic substance disposal; advanced nano materials fullerene project; full color rewritable paper using functional capsules; ecological genetic study of clock genes that can cause speciation project.

Faculty of Agriculture

Matching Program Course

This is cross-faculty program designed to help students create their own integrated program matching individual career and academic interests. Students can take classes from other faculties which they are interested in and original classes in this course, so students can decide their major after thinking through many experiences.

Graduate schools

Attached Institute

Nationwide Joint-use Facility

Campuses

Each campus is in the central part of Okayama-city, except the Misasa Campus

Tsushima Campus

Tsushima Campus has an Administrative Center at 1-1, Tsushima-Naka, 1-chome, Kita-Ku, Okayama/1-1, Tsushima-Naka, 2-chome, Kita-Ku, Okayama/1-1, Tsushima-Naka, 3-chome, Kita-Ku, Okayama/1-62, Tsushima-Kuwanokicho, Kita-Ku, Okayama

Shikata Campus

5-1, Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-Ku, Okayama

Misasa Campus

827, Yamada, Misasa, Tottori Prefecture

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ excluding the teachers at the attached schools. "Number of Staff" (pdf). Okayama University. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  2. ↑ including the teachers at the attached schools. "Number of Staff" (pdf). Okayama University. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Number of Students (at the Faculties)" (pdf). Okayama University. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  4. ↑ "Number of Students (at the Graduate Schools)" (pdf). Okayama University. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  5. ↑ The Third Higher Middle School was headquartered in Osaka (-1889) / Kyoto (1889-).
  6. ↑ "Historical Sketch" (pdf). Okayama University. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

Coordinates: 34°41′20″N 133°55′12″E / 34.68889°N 133.92000°E / 34.68889; 133.92000

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