Meijo University

名城大学
Tempaku campus in Meijo University
Type	Private
Established	May 1926 (1926-05)[1]
President	Akihiro Ohara
Location	Main: Tempaku-ku, Nagoya Satellite: Higashi-ku, Nagoya , Japan 35°08′10″N 136°58′34″E / 35.136°N 136.976°E / 35.136; 136.976 35°24′40″N 137°00′47″E / 35.411°N 137.013°E / 35.411; 137.013
Campus	Multiple campuses
Colors
Affiliations	Japan Private Universities FD Coalition Forum
Website	www.meijo-u.ac.jp/english/index.html

Meijo University (名城大学, Meijō daigaku) is a private university in Japan. Its main campus is in Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and it has two other campuses in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It had two faculty members who were Nobel laureates as of 2021.

History

The name Meijō derives itself from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Castle (名古屋城, Nagoya-jō).

The predecessor of the school was founded by Juichi Tanaka in May 1926; 97 years ago (1926-05); it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is the largest university in the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.

Notable faculty

• Ryōji Noyori, guest professor of Meijo University,^[2] awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Sumio Iijima, tenured professor of Meijo University, scientist, awarded the 2008 Kavli Prize, the 2009 Order of Culture and so on
• Isamu Akasaki, tenured professor of Meijo University, scientist, awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Hiroshi Amano, former professor of Meijo University, awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Akira Yoshino, professor of Meijo University, chemist, awarded the 2014 Charles Stark Draper Prize and the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Fumitada Itakura, former professor of Meijo University, scientist, awarded the 2005 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
• Katsuyoshi Kato, Lawyer

Notable graduates

• Yoshihiro Sato, boxer
• Tatsutoshi Goto, professional wrestler
• Takuya Kirimoto, actor