Fukuoka University

Fukuoka University is a private research university located in Fukuoka, Japan.

Fukuoka University

福岡大学
Type	Private
Established	1934
Founder	Umetaro Mizoguchi
President	Kiyofumi Nagata
Administrative staff	2,111
Students	19,611
Undergraduates	663
Doctoral students	80
Location	Fukuoka , Japan
Campus	Urban
Website	www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/english/

The university has nine faculties with a total of around 20,000 students, 800 of whom are foreign. Its two campuses are in Nanakuma and Kitakyushu. Fukuoka University Hospital is one of Japan's top hospitals.

The university has various alumni active in medical science, healthcare science, public health, life science and research.

Organization

Faculties

• Medicine
• Pharmaceutical sciences
• Engineering
• Architecture

Graduate schools

• Medicine
• Pharmaceutical sciences
• Physical education
• Law
• Science
• Engineering

Access

• Fukudai-Mae bus stop
• Fukudaimae Station (Fukuoka Subway Nanakuma Line)

Famous alumni

• Yoshinori Kobayashi (born 1953) – manga artist
• Hiroyuki Morita, animator and director
• Yuya Uemura (born 1994) – professional wrestler

See also

• ja:福岡大学 for more photographs

External links

• Official site (in English)