Nada High School

Nada High School
灘高等学校
Location
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Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Information
TypePrivate
Motto精力善用
自他共栄[1]
Established1927
HeadmasterMasakazu Kaiho
Enrollment220 per grade (180 are from Nada Junior High School, the affiliate school of Nada High School)

Nada High School (Japanese: 灘高等学校), is private, college-preparatory, boys school located in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[2] Nada High School is well known for its severe entrance examination[3][4] and superior education especially in sciences. Nada High School sends a large number of its students to University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and top-tier medical universities.[5] Nada High School also sends its graduates to prestigious universities abroad (Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, etc.)

Nada High School offers courses a range of electives. In addition, the school offers a concentration program in Judo. The Judo class during freshman year are intended to commemorate the founder of the school, Kanō Jigorō.

Nada High School also offers a range of extracurricular activities, including interscholastic teams in sports, academic clubs, and student-run publications.[6][7]

  1. ^ History｜Nada High School(in Japanese)
  2. ^ Nada Junior and Senior High School
  3. ^ http://momotaro.boy.jp/html/zennkokuhennsati.html [1] ranking of Japan High Schools
  4. ^ Okano, Tsuchiya, "Education in Contemporary Japan", Cambridge, 1999 (ISBN 0521626862 )
  5. ^ "令和４年度 大学合格状況" (PDF). 灘中学校・灘高等学校 (in Japanese). 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2024-09-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ http://www.nada.ac.jp/club.htm Nada's extracurricular activities
  7. ^ Kobe Rugby Information, Nada High School