Meijo University
Meijo University is a private university in Japan. Its main campus is in Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan and it has a satellite campus in Kani, Gifu Prefecture.History
The name Meijō derives itself from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Castle.
The predecessor of the school was founded by Juichi Tanaka in ; it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is the largest university in the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.
Meijo University is the first private university in Japan to produce three Nobel Prize winners, it is the first brilliant achievement.Notable faculty
- Sumio Iijima, scientist, awarded the 2008 Kavli Prize
- Isamu Akasaki, scientist, awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Hiroshi Amano, former professor, awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Akira Yoshino, chemist, awarded the 2014 Charles Stark Draper Prize and the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Fumitada Itakura, 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
