University of Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

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name = University of Tsukuba
native_name = 筑波大学


motto = None
established = October, 1973 (Originally in 1872)
type = Public (National)
president= Yoichi Iwasaki
city = Tsukuba
state = Ibaraki
country = Japan
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campus = Urban
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website = [http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/index.html www.tsukuba.ac.jp] The nihongo|University of Tsukuba|筑波大学|Tsukuba daigaku is located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kantō region The University has 28 college clusters and schools with a total of around 15,000 students (in 2003).

The current university was established in October, 1973. A forerunner of this university was nihongo|Tokyo University of Education|東京教育大学|Tōkyō kyōiku daigaku originally founded in 1872 as one of the oldest universities in Japan, Tokyo Shihan Gakko.

The university is ranked one of the top Asian universities (9th to 17th) in the “Academic Ranking of World Universities” and is ranked 102-150 in the world. [http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/Top%20100%20Asia%20Pacific%20Universities.htm]

The University of Tsukuba has had several Nobel Prize winners so far, namely Leo Esaki, Hideki Shirakawa and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, which is extremely rare among universities in Asia, where there have been fewer Nobel laureates than in European and American universities. The University of Tsukuba is famous in the research of physical education, physics and economics.Fact|date=September 2007

On July 11, 1991 Japanese translator Hitoshi Igarashi was stabbed to death at the University for translating Salman Rushdie's most famous novel "The Satanic Verses".

In October 2002, the University of Tsukuba merged with the nihongo|University of Library and Information Science|ULIS, 図書館情報大学|Toshokan jōhō daigaku. The School of Library and Information Science and the Graduate School of Library and Information - Media Studies were established.

In May 2008, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development became an opportunity for the African Development Bank (AfDB) and universities in Japan to promote partnership on higher education, science and technology. Donald Kaberuka, the President of AfDB and the President of Tsukuba University signed a memorandum of understanding during the three-day event. [ [http://allafrica.com/stories/200806030629.html "Bank Group Participates in TICAD IV,"] African Development Bank (Tunis). June 3, 2008.]

Points of interest

* Tsukuba Botanical Garden

Famous alumni

Politicians

*Kiyoko Ono　(70th Chair of National Public Safety Commission)
*Taizō Sugimura (dropout)esha choudhary

Academics

*Yukihiro Matsumoto - free software programmer. Chief designer of the Ruby programming language.
*John Maeda - MIT professor

Businessmen

*Yutaka Emura - President of Emurasoft, developer of EmEditor text editor.
*Kota Matsuda - CEO of Tully's Coffee Japan
*Daiyuu Nobori - CEO of Softether

Athletes

*Sawao Kato - Gymnastic, 8 Olympic gold medalist
*Masami Ihara - Football player
*Masashi Nakayama - Football player
*Sota Hirayama (dropout) - Football player
*Toshiya Fujita - Football player
*Takanori Yoshioka - Athlete (Tokyo University of Education)
*Miwako Motoyoshi - Synchronized swimming, Olympic bronze medalist
*Toshinobu Kawai - Short track speed skating, Olympic bronze medalist
*Hirotaka Okada - Judo, Olympic bronze medalist
*Yoko Sakagami - Judo, Olympic bronze medalist
*Chiyo Tateno - Judo, Olympic bronze medalist
*Yoko Tanabe - Judo, Olympic silver medalist
*Noriko Narazaki (Sugawara) - Judo, Olympic silver and bronze medalist
*Fumiko Esaki - Judo, Olympic silver medalist
*Ayumi Tanimoto - Judo, Olympic gold medalist
*Midori Shintani - Judo, World judo championship gold medalist

Entertainers

*Masayoshi Okumura - Voice Percussion of a cappella band Rag Fair
*Riyoko Ikeda - Mangaka (Tokyo University of Education/dropout)
*Rin Inumaru - Mangaka
*Ryoko Nagata - Seiyu
*Miki Ito - Seiyu

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/eng/index.html www.tsukuba.ac.jp]
* [http://www.mbaib.gsbs.tsukuba.ac.jp/ MBA-IB programme]


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