Kumamoto University

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Kumamoto University

熊本大学
Type	Public (National)
Established	Founded 1925, Chartered 1949
President	Hisao Ogawa
Academic staff	1,012
Administrative staff	1,544
Undergraduates	8,075
Postgraduates	2,079
Location	Kumamoto , Kumamoto Prefecture , Japan
Campus	Urban, -- acres (2.4 km2)
Colours	Navy and Gold
Mascot	None
Website	ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Kumamoto University (熊本大学, Kumamoto Daigaku), abbreviated to Kumadai (熊大), is a Japanese national university located in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture in the Kyushu region of Japan. It was established on May 31, 1949, at which time the following institutions were subsumed into it; Kumamoto Teachers College (established in 1874), Kumamoto Pharmaceutical College (1885), the Fifth High School (1887), Kumamoto Medical College (1896), and Kumamoto Technical College (1906).

Currently,^[when?] the university has seven faculties and eight graduate schools with a total of around 10,000 Japanese students and 500 international students from Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Oceania. It is involved in the Top Global University Project,^[1] selected by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), which aims to improve education in Japanese universities in order to increase global recognition and compete with the rest of the world.