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Kyoto University
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national university located in Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto University is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan, making it one of the country's major public institutions of higher education. As a leading research and teaching university, it plays an important role in advancing academic knowledge and developing skilled professionals for Japanese society and the world.
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It sits within the topics 1897 establishments in Japan, Forestry education and Japanese national universities.
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1897
- Location
- Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as
- Kyōto daigaku
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.258799.8 · ISNI 0000 0004 0372 2033
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Shinya Yamanaka
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kyoto Prefecture
- Headquarters
- Kyoto
- Official website
- www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ko
- Image
- Kyoto University Clock Tower.jpg
- Students count
- 22365
- Motto
- 自由の学風
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- Commons category
- Kyoto University
- topic's main category
- Category:Kyoto University
- inception
- 1897-06-18
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Kyoto University alumni
- date of official opening
- 1897-00-00
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of Kyoto University
- native label
- 京都大学
- hashtag
- 京大
- social media followers
- 16400
- subject has role
- national university
- maintained by
- Japan
- topic has template
- Template:Kyoto University
- short name
- 京大
- official shop URL
- www.u-coop.net/kyodai/goods
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- June 18
- language used
- Japanese
- dedicated heritage entity
- Kyoto University Museum
- ranking
- 50
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Higher education
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Encyclopedic overview
Kyoto University (京都大学, Kyōto daigaku), or KyotoU (京大, Kyōdai), is a national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan.
The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen graduate schools, and thirteen research institutes. The university's educational and research activities are centred in its three main campuses in Kyoto: Yoshida, Uji and Katsura. The Kyoto University Library Network, consisting of more than 40 libraries spread across its campuses, has a collection of more than 7.49 million books, making it the second largest university library in the country. In addition to these campuses, the university owns facilities and lands for educational and research purposes around the country.
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