; abbreviated as or , is a higher education

Higher education

Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...

 institution in Saga

Saga, Saga

is the capital of Saga Prefecture, located on the island of Kyūshū, Japan.Saga was the capital of Saga Domain in the Edo period, and largest city of former Hizen Province....

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Japan

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The University has 5 faculties with a total of around about 7,000 students. Its 2 campuses are in and .

History

• The history of Saga University is complicated. The oldest Saga teacher's school was demoted to the prefectural school by the law of teacher's school.

started in 1920. This High School is origin that is Saga University. Then, and started in 1943-1944. These schools was named "Saga University" in 1949.
started in 1976. Saga University and Saga Medical School merged in 2003. And The National University corporatised in 2004.

Campus location

Campus

• • Honjo, Saga-shi, Saga-ken JAPAN Campus
  • Nabeshima, Saga-shi, Saga-ken JAPAN

Faculties

Campus

• • Culture and Education
  • Economics
  • Science and Engineering
  • Agriculture Campus
  • Medicine

Graduate Schools

Campus

• • Education (Master's programme)
  • Economics (Master's programme)
  • Engineering (Master's and Doctorate programme)
  • Agriculture (Master's programme) Campus
  • Medicine (Master's and Doctorate programme)
• Other
  • The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University (Doctorate programme)

Exchange Program

Saga University offer an exchange program called SPACE (Saga University Program for Academic Exchange). It is 1 year program, with the main purpose to increase exchange student Japanese skills. SPACE also offer independent study which accommodate the exchange student to conduct a simple research with particular professor.

Ranking

From "World Universities' ranking on the Web: top 4,000 World Ranking." (July, 2008)

0001 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
0054 - University of Tokyo (Japan)
1298 - Saga University (Japan)

Alumni

• • Heiji Ogawa (Japanese governor)
  • Hiroshi Tanaka (Researcher)
  • Kozueko Morimoto (Cartoonist)

　etc.

See also

• Saga University - official webpage
• World Universities' ranking on the Web