Shizuoka University (静岡大学, Shizuoka Daigaku?, abbreviated to Shizudai (静大?)) is a national university in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Shizuoka University is well-known in the field of engineering, in creative innovation, and in the invention of next generation technology. One of the notable persons is the father of Japanese television, Kenjiro Takayanagi. Osamu Suzuki, the Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation, was conferred with an honorary doctorate. Soichiro Honda, the founding president of the global corporation Honda Motor Co. Ltd., studied in Hamamatsu College of Technology (now Shizuoka University School of Engineering). Heihachiro Horiuchi, founder of Hamamatsu Photonics, is an alumnus of the Hamamatsu Kōtō Kōgyō Gakkō (today’s Electronics Institute of Shizuoka University) and a disciple of Prof. Kenjiro Takayanagi. Various performances and inventions of students and graduates are cited in TV mass media.
The Environmental Leaders Program (ELSU) was launched to foster "Environmental Leader Meisters" for advancing the protection of the ecosystem and coexistence of human society. ELSU focuses on resolving issues to rejuvenate the environment in Asian and African regions.
Shizuoka University has very high (VH) research intensity and belongs to the top 200 Asian universities according to various university ranking schemes, such as Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP). In Thomson Reuters Science Watch Report (2005-2009), Shizuoka University is a high-impact institution in materials science ranking sixth in Japan, where University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and Kyushu University are ranked 7th, 8th and 10th, respectively. The Research and Education Center of Nanovision Science is part of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program. The Faculty of Informatics is recognized as a distinctive university educational program by the Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
The university consists of six faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Education, Informatics, Science, Engineering, and Agriculture. It consists of two main campuses, in the cities of Shizuoka and Hamamatsu (Engineering and Informatics faculties). National universities in Japan tend to be held in higher regard in higher education than private or public universities. National universities are highly selective in student admissions. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of the Japanese Government assures quality of higher education in national universities.
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