Fukuoka University

The predecessor of Fukuoka University was Fukuoka Higher Commercial School established in 1934. It was renamed Fukuoka University in 1956. The campus is located at the foot of Yushan （597 meters above sea level） in the southwest of Fukuoka City. It is about 16 minutes by subway Nanakuma Line from “Tenjin” in the center of Fukuoka （get off at Nanakuma Station or Fukudaimae Station）.
Fukuoka University is committed to cultivating talents who pursue truth and freedom and have abundant spontaneous creativity. Its mission is to make positive contributions to social development in education, research, and medical innovation. In a sense, it is ”opening up a new era”. Currently, Fukuoka University is the largest comprehensive university in Western Japan, with 9 faculties （Humanities, Law, Economics, Commerce, Engineering, Medicine, Sports Science, Science, Pharmaceutical Chemistry） and 10 graduate disciplines, with about 20,000 students learning in the school. In addition, there are two affiliated university hospitals, two affiliated high schools and one affiliated middle school.
Undergraduate, graduate schools, university hospitals, research facilities, etc. are all on one campus. Students can have an interesting and unforgettable university life because of the interdisciplinary cooperation with different faculties.Additionally, the library, the information base center, the joint education research center, the 60th Anniversary Memorial Hall （Helios Square）, the International Center, the comprehensive gymnasium are all well-equipped.
Besides the central library, Fukuoka University also has branch libraries of science and engineering, medicine, and sports science, with a collection of about 2.04 million volumes. In addition, many ancient books are also well collected and maintained, such as the European Law Collection, the Olympic Books and the Brothers Grimm Collection. The university is committed to sports, and has trained a large number of professional players and even Olympic athletes.