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Saga University
Saga University
Saga University (佐賀大学 Saga daigaku); abbreviated as Sagadai (佐賀大 Sagadai) or Sadai
(佐大 Sadai), is a national university in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. The university has five
faculties with around 7,000 students. Its two campuses are in Honjo (本庄) and Nabeshima (鍋
島) .
1.0 HISTORY
The history of Saga University is complicated. The oldest Saga teacher's school was demoted to
a prefectural school by the law of teacher's schools.
Saga High School (佐賀高等学校 Saga koutou gakkou) started in 1920. This high
school is the origin of Saga University. Then, Saga Teacher's School (佐賀師範学校 Saga
Shihan gakkou) and Saga Youth Teacher's School (佐賀青年師範学校 Saga Seinen Shihan
gakkou) started in 1943-1944. These schools were named "Saga University" in 1949.
Saga Medical School (佐賀医科大学 Saga Ika daigaku) started in 1976. Saga
University and Saga Medical School merged in 2003. And the National University was
corporatised in 2004.
Faculties
Honjo (本庄) Campus
o Culture and Education
o Economics
o Science and Engineering
o Agriculture
Nabeshima (鍋島) Campus
o Medicine
Graduate schools
Honjo (本庄) Campus
o Education (Master's programme)
Saga University offers an exchange program called SPACE (Saga University Program for
Academic Exchange). SPACE is a one-year program, with its main purpose to increase the
exchange student's Japanese skills. SPACE offers independent study that allows the exchange
student to conduct a simple research project with a professor.
5.0 RANKING
From "World Universities' ranking on the Web: top 4,000 World Ranking." in July 2008, Saga
University (Japan) was ranked 1298.
6.0 ALUMNI
Heiji Ogawa (Japanese governor)
Hiroshi Tanaka (researcher)
Jianbo Chen (researcher)
Kozueko Morimoto (cartoonist)
REFERENCES:
1. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Saga_University_Honj%C5%8
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2. http://www.saga-u.ac.jp/gaiyo1/g04-1.html