Founded in 1934, Fukuoka University is one of the largest private comprehensive universities in Western Japan, with faculties in humanities, law, economics, commerce, medicine, pharmacy, sports science, science, and engineering. This entry focuses on science/engineering.
Domains taught:
Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
Private
Partnerships:
Largest private university in Kyushu. Strong regional presence and alumni network.
Research:
Advanced materials and nanotechnology, Robotics and mechatronics, Sustainable energy and environmental systems, Information and communication technology, Pharmaceutical sciences (tech aspects).
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1500
Current students***:
20000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Large comprehensive university with a wide range of science and engineering disciplines, strong regional influence.
Cons
Private university with tuition fees.
Best For
Large private comprehensive university with strong science and engineering faculties in Fukuoka.
Meijo University sits close to this institution on aerospace, transportations and quality; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers agriculture and food science as well.
Kyushu Sangyo University follows much the same lines as this institution, with transportations, geotechnics and nanotechnologies as common ground, and it is also a private institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
Kanagawa University works in much the same fields, chiefly transportations, geotechnics and nanotechnologies, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and has almost the same size, at about 18,000 students.
Chuo University overlaps with this institution on transportations, geotechnics and nanotechnologies, so the two are easy to compare, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and is slightly larger, at about 26,000 students against roughly 20,000 here.
In terms of fields, Kansai University is the nearest neighbour, with transportations, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics again at the core; it is larger, enrolling about 30,000 students against roughly 20,000 here, and is also a private institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Warsaw University of Technology, in Poland, takes a similar route through aerospace, transportations and quality; it covers metrology as well, and is larger, enrolling about 32,000 students against roughly 20,000 here.
Universität Augsburg (Germany) works on the same fields as this institution, chiefly transportations, quality and bioinformatics; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and has almost the same size, at about 20,000 students.
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, in Germany, takes a similar route through aerospace, transportations and quality; it is slightly larger, at about 23,000 students against roughly 20,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
Seen from abroad, University of Rzeszów (Poland) is a close relative on subject matter, since aerospace, transportations and bioinformatics are central to both, and it covers food science as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 17,000 students against roughly 20,000 here.
For transportations, quality and bioinformatics outside the home country, Chongqing University in China is a natural reference; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and is larger, enrolling about 50,000 students against roughly 20,000 here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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