Gifu University

岐阜大学
Motto	Learning, Exploring, Contributing
Type	National
Established	1949
President	Kazuhiro Yoshida
Academic staff	874 (2021)
Administrative staff	322 (May 2020)[a]
Undergraduates	5,644 (May 2022)
Postgraduates	1,583 (May 2022)
Location	Gifu , Gifu , Japan
Affiliations	Tokai National Higher Education and Research System (東海国立大学機構)
Website	https://www.gifu-u.ac.jp/en/

Gifu University (岐阜大学, Gifu Daigaku) 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.

Faculties and graduate schools

The following undergraduate and graduate degree programs and courses are offered on the Yanagido campus.

Faculties

• Faculty of Education
• Regional Studies
• School of Medicine
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences
• Faculty of Social System Management

Graduate schools

• Graduate School of Education
• Graduate School of Regional Studies
• Graduate School of Medicine
• Graduate School of Engineering
• Graduate School of Science and Technology
• United Graduate School of Agricultural Science

  Shizuoka University joined with Gifu University in establishing this united graduate school.

• Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences

  Tottori University joined with Gifu University in establishing this joint graduate school.

• United Graduated School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Science

  Gifu Pharmaceutical University joined with Gifu University in establishing this united graduate school.

Notable people

Business

• Toichi Takenaka, President and CEO of Astellas Pharma
• Fumio Sugimori, President and CEO of Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices

Law and politics

• Kenji Manabe, Minister of the Environment (1998–1999)

Research

• Sachi Sri Kantha, Associate Professor, Gifu University

Other

• Ryoichi Akamatsu (born 1995), Japanese high jumper
• Akira Komoto, artist

Gifu University in Asia

Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities (2005)
by Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

66. Gifu University (National Rank: 25)

According to the 2012 QS World University Rankings, Gifu University is ranked 106th in Asia and 551st in the world.

Directions to Gifu University

Yanagido Campus

• JR Gifu Station or Meitetsu Gifu Station to Gifu University: 30 minutes (Gifu Bus[1] or car)

• JR Nagoya Station to JR Gifu Station: 18 minutes (JR Tōkaidō Line)
• Meitetsu Nagoya Station to Meitetsu Gifu Station: 30 minutes (Meitetsu Nagoya Line)

• Gifu-Hashima Station (Tōkaidō Shinkansen) to Gifu University: 40 minutes (Car)
• Chūbu Centrair International Airport (nearest airport) to Meitetsu Gifu Station: 55 minutes (Meitetsu Airport Line[2] Archived 2021-01-26 at the Wayback Machine)

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