Kyushu University

Kyushu University

九州大学
Former names	Kyushu Imperial University
Motto in English	Opening the Door to a New Century of Knowledge
Type	Public (National)
Established	Founded 1903, Chartered 1911
Affiliation	Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities
Endowment	US$72 Million
Budget	$1.445 Billion
President	Tatsuro Ishibashi
Academic staff	2,110 (As of May 1, 2021)[1]
Administrative staff	2,351 (As of May 1, 2020)[2]
Students	18,560 (As of May 1, 2022)
Undergraduates	11,683[3]
Postgraduates	6,877[4]
Location	Fukuoka , Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan
Campus	Urban, (2.4 km2) Ito, urban, (0.4 km2) Hakozaki, urban, (0.3 km2) Maidashi, urban, (0.25 km2) Chikushi, urban, (0.063km²) Ohashi, rural, (0.1 km2) Beppu, Research Forests and Farms (72 km2)
Language	Japanese and English
Colours	Wine Red
Website	www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/

Kyushu University (九州大学, Kyūshū Daigaku), abbreviated to Kyudai (九大, Kyūdai), is a public research university located in Fukuoka, Japan, on the island of Kyushu.

Founded in 1911 as the fourth Imperial University in Japan, it has been recognised as a leading institution of higher education and research in Kyushu, Japan, and beyond.

The history of the university began a few decades before its founding when the medical school of the Fukuoka Domain (福岡藩 Fukuoka han) was established in 1867, the final year of the Edo period. The school was reorganised as the Fukuoka Medical College of Kyoto Imperial University in 1903. It became independent as Kyushu Imperial University in 1911.