Mie University

Mie University

三重大学 ・ みえだいがく ・ Mie Daigaku

Entrance to Mie University in Tsu, Japan.

Undergraduate students: 6,238 (2002)

Graduate students: 1,256 (2002)

Staff: 1,740 (2002)

President: Nagayasu Toyoda

Established: 31st May 1949

Address: 1577 Kurimamachiya-chō, Tsu,

Mie 514-8507, Japan

〒514-8507　三重県津市

栗真町屋町 1577 日本

Telephone: +81 (0)59 231 9195

Mie University (三重大学 Mie Daigaku) is a higher education institution in Mie prefecture, Japan. As with other 'national' universities, 'Miedai' has been a national university corporation since April 2004, when state-funded universities were partially privatised. In 2006, it was ranked 250th in the Times Higher Education Supplement list of the world's best universities.

Mie University was founded on 31st May 1949 with two faculties: Liberal Arts and Agriculture. These gave way to the establishment's present composition of six faculties: Humanities, Medicine, Education, Bioresources, Engineering and Common Education - the latter dealing with cross-faculty courses such as English language teaching. Its 'Center for International Exchange' promotes international links and issues involving the global community.

The university is Mie's only higher education institution, located in the city of Tsu (津) in the Kansai region, within easy reach of Kyoto, Osaka and Nagoya. The campus is situated in the north-east of the city, close to the coast of Ise Bay. Though some students make use of nearby accommodation, larger numbers commute from the larger cities, as well as nearby towns such as Ise, Matsusaka and Toba.