Chiba University

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Chiba University (, Chiba Daigaku) is a national university located in Chiba Prefecture, a region noted for its industrial, intellectual and international achievements. It has campuses at Nishi-Chiba, Inohana, Matsudo, Kashiwanoha and Sumida. Its abbreviated name is Chibadai . Founded in 1872, it became a national university in 1949, and currently consists of nine faculties, the university library, the university hospital and other educational and research facilities. With 11,179 students in the undergraduate program, it has long been one of the largest universities in Japan. At the graduate level, there are about 2,354 students in ten master's programs and 1,220 in nine doctoral programs. It offers doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. Chiba University has been ranked 168th on the Asia University Rankings 2019 Top 100 by "The Times Higher Education" and has achieved a high degree of participation in international cooperative research projects. Chiba University presently has a large body of international research scholars and students studying on its various campuses. As of 2009, there are approximately 477 international researchers and 957 international students.

The university was formed in 1949 from existing educational institutions in Chiba Prefecture, and over a period of years absorbed Chiba Medical University (1923–1960), a preparatory department of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Chiba Normal School (1872–1951), Chiba Higher College of Horticulture (1909–1949), Tokyo Polytechnic High School (1914–1951), among others. Chiba University was reincorporated in 2010 under the National University Corporation Act.

Chiba University has four campuses in Chiba Prefecture and one in neighbouring Tokyo.

Nishi-Chiba (accessed from Nishi-Chiba Station or Midoridai Station) Inohana (accessed from Hon-Chiba Station) Matsudo (accessed from Matsudo Station) Kashiwanoha (accessed from Kashiwanoha-campus Station) Sumida, Tokyo (accessed from Oshiage Station or Higashi-Azuma Station)

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) was established in 2016 as the 10th faculty of Chiba University. Its principal mission is to contribute to solving complex global issues for which no single field of study can provide adequate answers. Another task is to help shape our global society.

The Faculty of Letters offers courses in the fields of national and international languages, literature, history, psychology, anthropology, and in the relatively new fields of cross-cultural studies, information science and theoretical linguistics.

The Faculty of Education dates back to the year 1872, the year of the establishment of the modern educational system in Japan, and has the longest history in this university.

The Faculty of Law, Politics and Economics is unique among Chiba University faculties in that it conducts research and education in social sciences. The Faculty consists of four Majors: Major in Law, Economics, Management and Accounting, Politics and Policy Studies. Students enrolled in one Major will take courses offered in other majors to develop comprehensive and interdisciplinary understandings of various social phenomena at hand.

The Faculty of Science comprises five departments and in active in both education and research. It offers a diversity of programs ranging from introductory courses for absolute beginners, via multi-disciplinary subjects, to pioneering sciences and their applications for more advanced learners. The Faculty helps students become all-round scientists, experts and/or assets to the industry and communities.

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