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).

National University Corporation

The Tokai National Higher Education and Research System established by integrating with Nagoya University in April 2020, both are major universities in

Tōkai region The is a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region in Japan that runs along the Pacific Ocean. The name comes from the Tōkaidō, one of the Edo Five Routes. Because Tōkai is a sub-region and is not officially classified, there i ...

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 *:

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and

Shinshu University , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As the only university in Japan bearing the name of a former Japanese province, it bears the name "Shinshu" (alternative name for Shinano Pr ...

joined with Gifu University in establishing this united graduate school. *United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences *:

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and

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology The commonly known as TUAT is a Japanese national university headquartered in Fuchū, Tokyo. This university focuses on the study of agriculture and engineering. The undergraduate organization of the university has two faculties, Agriculture and ...

joined with Gifu University in establishing this united graduate school. GIFU-U hospital

*United Graduated School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Science

Notable people

Business

* Toichi Takenaka, President and CEO of

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* Fumio Sugimori, President and CEO of

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Electron Tubes & Devices

Law and politics

* Kenji Manabe,

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(1998–1999)

Research

* Sachi Sri Kantha, Associate Professor, Gifu University

Other

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, artist

Gifu University in Asia

Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities
(2005)
by Institute of Higher Education,

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, China.

Gifu University (National Rank: 25)

According to the 2012

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, Gifu University is ranked
106th in Asia
an
551st in the world

Directions to Gifu University

;Yanagido Campus * JR

Gifu Station is a railway station in the heart of the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Lines Gifu Station is served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 396.3 kilometers from ...

Meitetsu Gifu Station is a railway station located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu. It is one of the two major railway stations of the city along with JR Gifu Station. Lines Meitetsu Gifu Station is t ...

to Gifu University: 30 minutes ( Gifu Bus

or car) :*JR

Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in ...

to JR Gifu Station: 18 minutes (JR

Tōkaidō Line Tōkaidō may refer to: * Taiheiyō Belt (also Tōkaidō corridor), the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture to Fukuoka Prefecture * Tokaido (company), a Japanese company that manufactures karate uniforms, belts, and related prod ...

) :*

Meitetsu Nagoya Station is the principal station of the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) system in Nagoya, Japan. Most trains of Meitetsu's major lines operate through this station. The station is also a gateway to the Chūbu Centrair International Airport, which is ...

to Meitetsu Gifu Station: 30 minutes (

Meitetsu Nagoya Line {{BS-map , title=Nagoya Main Line , title-bg=red , top= *Subway: Nagoya Municipal Subway *Lines are Meitetsu unless otherwise noted , collapse=yes , map= {{BS, STR, , , Tokaido Main Line} {{BS3, , STR, hSTR, , , Tokaido Shinkansen} {{BS5, ...

) * Gifu-Hashima Station (

Tōkaidō Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...

) to Gifu University: 40 minutes (Car) *

Chūbu Centrair International Airport is an international airport on an artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan. Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chubu (" ...

(nearest airport) to Meitetsu Gifu Station: 55 minutes ( Meitetsu Airport Line

)

Note

References

External links

(Official site) {{authority control Buildings and structures in Gifu Universities and colleges in Gifu Prefecture Japanese national universities 1949 establishments in Japan Educational institutions established in 1949