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Chiba University

Chiba University’s mission is to contribute to society through world-leading creative educational and research activities. Focused on the future, our university strives for ever-greater fulfillment in human existence, unceasingly taking on new challenges.

With a proud history of around 150 years, Chiba University is one of Japan’s leading national universities, which houses 4 campuses, 10 undergraduate schools, 13 graduate schools, and 20 academic centers, as well as the largest hospital in the region. Chiba University’s primary goal is to contribute to society by developing talented human resources through education and research. As a university internationalized in character, we have partnership agreements with about 220 top-ranked universities and research centers in 48 countries.
Our university promotes education and research through local, national, and global ties, and our students and staffs are all united in striving every day to see that the university becomes a world leader.

Number of Students

Undergraduates 10,648
Graduate Students 3,521
International Students 2,010

Number of Partner Schools

University-Level 219
Department-Level 270
Student Exchange Partner 270

Overseas Locations (Office name and location)

  • Bangkok (Thailand)
  • Beijing (China)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Cincinnati (USA)
  • Depok (Indonesia)
  • Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
  • Monterrey (Mexico)
  • Moscow (Russia)
  • San Diego (USA)
  • Seinäjoki (Finland)
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Zhejiang (China)

Undergraduate Schools

  • Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Letters
  • Law, Politics, and Economics
  • Education
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Horticulture
  • Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Nursing

Graduate Schools

  • Humanities and Studies on Public Affairs
  • Law School
  • Education
  • Science and Engineering
  • Horticulture
  • Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Nursing
  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences

Activities

Active Learning Environment— Academic Link Center and English House

Academic Link Center was opened in March 2012 to promote active thinking skills. We seek to equip students with lifelong learning skills and the ability to apply theory to practice through the new concept of education and learning. A new learning environment was established with highly advanced library functions, offering opportunities for a diversified scope of learning with “place,” “content” and “support”.

We also have a facility called the English House to encourage students, researchers, and staff to get together and communicate with people from many countries in English or other languages. They organize social events, individual conversation lessons, and workshops that Chiba University people can participate for free. The facility is equipped with iPads, TVs, books, and magazines.

Establishment of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is our new college that is established in 2016, providing an excellent education for students desiring intellectual enrichment in both the arts and sciences. On account of a “comprehensive” university, we function to equip students with the holistic skills and knowledge that will serve as the ability to identify and solve problems in a rapidly changing multicultural world. Our solution oriented approach starts with the core issue and selects multiple disciplines, combining the knowledge from each, in order to address the problem. The College offers diverse courses and programs including study abroad and practical experiences to educate global leaders of the future who generate new values through the integration of ‘Global’, ‘Japanese’, and ‘Science’.

Efforts for environment

Since 2004, Chiba University has been certified according to ISO14001 (International Standard of Environmental Management System) on every campus. After 10 years of its environmental initiatives, we have become the first national corporation university to be certified according to ISO50001 in Japan.
Students take the initiative in structuring and operating the environmental management system. The Environmental ISO Student Committee perform practical operations, which includes making documents and drafts of environmental objectives, environmental targets, and implementation plans.
In 2011, the committee won the award for the best performer of environmental activities by the Japanese Environmental Management Awards Committee. In 2015, they won the Sustainable Campus Award.

 

Researches

Mucosal Immunology and Innovative Allergy Therapeutics

“Mucosal Immunology and Allergy Therapeutics,” where we are undertaking clinical research to develop new treatments for infectious diseases, allergies, and cancers through the mucosal immunological knowledge and techniques.

Chirality and Material Science

We have pursued world-leading research in chirality through the field of chemistry, life science, and physics. Our aim is to transversally and multidimensionally integrate Chiba University’s chiral research and pioneer the Innovative Material Science in the realm of electronics, energy, drug discovery, and therapeutics.

Medical Engineering

In our research project, “Multimodal medical engineering,” we incorporate several different modalities such as CT, MRI and US to analyze the variations and the relationship between cells or organs by using engineering technologies. Based on this knowledge, we aim to build new methods for highly precise and non-invasive diagnosis and treatment.

Remote Sensing

As a research center for remote sensing representative of Japan, we engage in initiatives in cutting-edge research, including a project to launch satellites to identify precursory phenomena of earthquakes and global land deformation. We also archive the latest high-performance Himawari 8 data.

Hadron Astrophysics

We are attempting to shed light on the source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays through a joint theoretical and experimental approach by studying cosmic neutrinos and other high-energy cosmic phenomena. We are the sole Japanese contributor to the joint IceCube experiment in Antarctica, which is a neutrino telescope buried deep in an Antarctic glacier.

Phytochemical Plant Molecular Sciences

Our research project aims to explain genomic basis of production of phytochemicals, their chemical structures and activities, and their environmental responses, by revealing the principles behind the chemical diversity and unity of plant metabolites. The research findings would help us to develop new pharmaceuticals and reagents, health-functional food, industrial raw materials such as cosmetics, perfumes and fuels.

Information

Website www.chiba-u.ac.jp/e/index.html
Address 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
Tel (+81) 43-290-2043
Fax (+81) 43-290-2041
Email kokusai@office.chiba-u.jp