Founded in 1951 (with roots from 1919), Konan University is a private comprehensive university in Kobe, offering programs in humanities, social sciences, and a Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Faculty of Frontiers of Intelligent Systems.
Address: 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, 658-8501 Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Physics & Applied Physics, Information Science & Intelligent Systems, Biological Sciences
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Astroscience, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
Located in Kobe. Regional industry partnerships.
Research:
Nanotechnology and materials science, AI and robotics, Bioinformatics and systems biology, Advanced functional materials.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
600
Current students***:
9000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Well-regarded private university in the Kansai region, offers specialized science and intelligent systems programs.
Cons
Private university tuition fees, science/engineering is one part of a larger comprehensive university.
Best For
Private comprehensive university with focus on physics, information science, and intelligent systems.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Another national school that puts bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics at the centre is Aoyama Gakuin University, and it is also a private institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Think of Chubu University when bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics is the priority: it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Another national school that puts bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics at the centre is Doshisha University, and it is far larger, with about 28,000 students against roughly 9,000 here, and is also a private institution.
- Tokyo University of Technology overlaps with this university on bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, so the two are easy to compare, and it covers sound engineering and ergonomics and UX as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 7,000 students against roughly 9,000 here.
- Both schools build their programmes around bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, and Ryukoku University is the one to compare first within the country, since it is also a private institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, in Poland, takes a similar route through astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers food science and geotechnics as well.
- Beyond national borders, University of Wrocław stands out as a comparable school for astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it is larger, enrolling about 25,000 students against roughly 9,000 here, and is public, whereas this university is private.
- The closest overseas parallel on astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies is Universität Potsdam, located in Germany; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers geotechnics as well.
- Universität Ulm offers an international parallel to this university, with bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics as common ground; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and has almost the same size, at about 10,000 students.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies is Universität Zürich in Switzerland, and it is far larger, with about 28,000 students against roughly 9,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
*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.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Product Development, Robotics
*: 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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