Juntendo University
Private university in Chiba Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juntendo University (順天堂大学, Juntendō Daigaku) is a private university in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, for the School of Medicine and in Inzai, Chiba, for the School of Health and Sports Science. The university was established in 1838 as a medical school and in 1946 it expanded its educational reach. It is nicknamed Jundai.
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順天堂大学 | |
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1946 |
| President | Eiki Kominami |
| Location | , Tokyo , Japan |
| Website | juntendo.ac.jp |
- Hongō-Ochanomizu Campus: Bunkyo, Tokyo, 35°42′08″N 139°45′39″E
- Sakura Campus: Inzai, Chiba, 35°44′52″N 140°15′22″E
- Urayasu Campus:Urayasu, Chiba, 35°38′11″N 139°54′33″E
- Mishima Campus: Mishima, Shizuoka, 35°07′32″N 138°55′09″E
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Health and Sports Science
- Faculty of Health Care and Nursing
- Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing
- Faculty of International Liberal Arts
The Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine has granted doctorates since 1963, and the total numbers of the two types doctorate holders (甲 Kou and 乙 Otsu) has reached reach 1,897 and 2,394, respectively, as of 2017.[update][1] The university has the longest history as a medical education institution in Japan. Juntendo started out in the Edo period (1603–1868) as an institution for medical treatment and education, especially in the field of surgery, continuing to the present day.[2] The medical school has admitted to setting higher admissions standards for women "because they were better at communication than men and would have an advantage in the face-to-face interview component."
Athletes
- Masatada Ishii, Manager of Thailand
- Takehiro Kashima, gymnast
- Ryōhei Katō, gymnast
- Hiroshi Nanami, football player
- Reo Hatate, football player
- Tatsuya Hasegawa, football player
- Naoto Kamifukumoto, football player
- Daichi Suzuki, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
- Yusuke Suzuki, racewalker
- Shinji Takahira, sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist at the 4 × 100 metres relay
- Yusuke Tanaka, gymnast
- Hiroyuki Tomita, gymnast
- Isao Yoneda, gymnast
- Kazuma Kaya, gymnast
- Kakeru Tanigawa, gymnast
- Wataru Tanigawa, gymnast
- Daiki Hashimoto, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist
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