Meijo University
Higher education institution in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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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.
名城大学 | |
Tempaku campus in Meijo University | |
| Type | Private |
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| Established | May 1926[1] |
| President | Mitsunori Noguchi |
| Location | 35.136°N 136.976°E 35.411°N 137.013°E |
| Campus | Multiple campuses Tenpaku（Main）: Tempaku Yagoto : Tempaku Nagoya Dome : Higashi Kasugai : Kasugai Nisshin : Nisshin Satellite: Nakamura |
| Colors | |
| Affiliations | Japan Private Universities FD Coalition Forum |
| Website | www |
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History
The name Meijō derives itself from the abbreviated form of Nagoya Castle (名古屋城, Nagoya-jō).
The predecessor of the school was founded by Juichi Tanaka in May 1926; it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is the largest university in the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.
Campus
Tenpaku campus（Main）
Yagoto campus
Nagoya Dome campus
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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
