University of Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba
筑波大学
MottoImagine the future
TypePublic (National)
EstablishedOctober 1973 (founded in 1872)
PresidentKyosuke Nagata [ja]
Academic staff
2,616[1]
Administrative staff
2,284[1]
Students16,459[1]
Undergraduates9,798[1]
Postgraduates6,661[1]
Location, ,
Japan
CampusUrban
MascotNone
Websitetsukuba.ac.jp
The University of Tsukuba campus

The University of Tsukuba (筑波大学, Tsukuba daigaku) is a national research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

The university has 28 college clusters and schools with around 16,500 students (as of 2014).[1] The main Tsukuba campus covers an area of 258 hectares (636 acres), making it the second largest single campus in Japan.[2]

The university has a branch campus is in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, offering graduate programs for working adults in the capital and managing K-12 schools in Tokyo that are attached to the university.

Three Nobel Prize laurates have taught at the university, Leo Esaki, Hideki Shirakawa and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.[3] Apart from them, Satoshi Ōmura studied as an audit student.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f University of Tsukuba. University of Tsukuba Highlights 2014. N.p.: U of Tsukuba, 2014. Print.
  2. ^ "University of Tsukuba Homepage (English)". Campus Life. University of Tsukuba. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. ^ "ノーベル賞受賞者 - 筑波大学". www.tsukuba.ac.jp. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  4. ^ INC., SANKEI DIGITAL (5 October 2015). "【ノーベル賞受賞】大村智氏、常識破りの発想で治療薬開発". Retrieved 25 July 2016.