is a private medical
university
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headquartered in
Shirokane
is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Currently it consists of six ''chōme''. According to Minato, as of November 1, 2007, the population in the neighborhood is 14,840. The term ''Shirokane'' narrowly refers to Shirokane 1-chōme to Shirokane ...
,
Minato
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Places
* Minato, Tokyo or Minato City, a special ward in Tokyo, Japan
* Minato-ku, Nagoya, a ward of Nagoya, Japan
* Minato-ku, Osaka, a ward of Osaka, Japan
* Minato (湊), a neig ...
,
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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.
The head of the university is on the Shirokane campus, neighboring the original Kitasato Institute, the first private medical research facility in Japan which was the starting point for the university in its present form. Kitasato University is ranked by Times Higher Education among the 350 best universities in Asia.
History
The school was named after
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Baron was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong during an outbreak in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin.
Kitasato was nominat ...
. He was nominated for the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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in 1901.
The 2015
Nobel Prize
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in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to
Satoshi Ōmura, a professor at Kitasato University.
Organization
Undergraduate schools
* School of Pharmacy
* School of Veterinary Medicine
* School of Medicine
* School of Marine Biosciences
* School of Nursing
* School of Science
** Department of Physics
** Department of Chemistry
** Department of Biological Sciences
* School of Allied Health Sciences
** Department of Health Science
** Department of Medical Laboratory Science
** Department of Medical Engineering and Technology
** Department of Rehabilitation
* College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Graduate schools
* Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences
* Graduate School of Marine Biosciences
* Graduate School of Nursing
* Graduate School of Science
* Graduate School of Medical Sciences
* Graduate School of
Infection Control Sciences
Vocational schools
* Kitasato Junior College of Health and Hygienic Sciences
* Kitasato Nursing School
Research institutes
*
Ōmura Satoshi Memorial Institute
*
Oriental Medicine
Traditional Asian medicine is a collective term for several types of traditional medicine practiced in Asia.
These include the medical traditions of:
* East Asia
** China
*** Tibet
** Japan (Kampo)
** Korea
** Mongolia
* Southeast Asia
** Cambodi ...
Research Center
Affiliated hospitals
* Kitasato University Hospital
* Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital
* Kitasato University Medical Center
Academics
Its major educational facilities are on the
Sagamihara campus, 60 km west of central Tokyo. The departments include the School of Medicine, School of Allied Health Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, School of Marine Sciences, School of Nursing, and School of Science.
Kitasato University — Location
" ''Kitasato University''.
References
External links
Kitasato University
(Japanese)
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Universities and colleges in Tokyo
Private universities and colleges in Japan
Universities and colleges in Kanagawa Prefecture
Western Metropolitan Area University Association