Saga University Explained

Saga University
Native Name:	佐賀大学
Motto:	Aim at the leap of the further education and research.
Endowment:	N/A
President:	Kohji Miyazaki^[1]
Country:	Japan

abbreviated as or, is a national university in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. The university has five faculties with around 7,000 students. Its two campuses are in and .

History

The history of Saga University is complicated. The oldest Saga teacher's school was demoted to a prefectural school by the law of teacher's schools.

started in 1920. This high school is the origin of Saga University. Then, and started in 1943-1944. These schools were named "Saga University" in 1949.

started in 1976. Saga University and Saga Medical School merged in 2003. And the National University was corporatised in 2004.

Campus locations

• Campus: Honjo, Saga City
• Campus: Nabeshima, Saga City

Faculties and graduate schools

Faculties

• Campus
  • Culture and Education
  • Economics
  • Science and Engineering
  • Agriculture
• Campus
  • Medicine

Graduate schools

• Campus
  • Education (Master's programme)
  • Economics (Master's programme)
  • Engineering (Master's and Doctorate programme)
  • Agriculture (Master's programme)
• Campus
  • Medicine (Master's and Doctorate programme)
• Other
  • The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University (Doctorate programme)

Exchange program

Saga University offers an exchange program called SPACE (Saga University Program for Academic Exchange). SPACE is a one-year program, with its main purpose to increase the exchange student's Japanese skills. SPACE offers independent study that allows the exchange student to conduct a simple research project with a professor.

Ranking

From "World Universities' ranking on the Web: top 4,000 World Ranking." in July 2008, Saga University (Japan) was ranked 1298.

Alumni

• Muhammed Alamgir (geotechnical engineer and university vice-chancellor)^[2]
• Heiji Ogawa (Japanese governor)
• Hiroshi Tanaka (researcher)
• Jianbo Chen (researcher)
• Kozueko Morimoto (cartoonist)

External links

• Saga University website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 役職員｜国立大学法人佐賀大学. www.saga-u.ac.jp.
2. News: Muhammed Alamgir . Global Sanitation Graduate School, KUET.