Gifu University

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Gifu University

岐阜大学
Motto	Learning, Exploring, Contributing
Type	National
Established	1949
President	Kazuhiro Yoshida
Academic staff	846 (2023)
Administrative staff	334 (May 2023)[a]
Undergraduates	5,619 (May 2023)
Postgraduates	1,624 (May 2023)
Location	Gifu , Gifu , Japan
Affiliations	Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
Website	https://www.gifu-u.ac.jp/

Gifu University (岐阜大学, Gifu Daigaku) is a national university in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is sometimes abbreviated as Gidai (岐大) or Gifudai (岐阜大).

The Tokai National Higher Education and Research System established by integrating with Nagoya University in April 2020, both are major universities in Tōkai region.

The following undergraduate and graduate degree programs and courses are offered on the Yanagido campus.

• Faculty of Education
• Regional Studies
• School of Medicine
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences
• Faculty of Social System Management

• Graduate School of Education
• Graduate School of Regional Studies
• Graduate School of Medicine
• Graduate School of Engineering
• Graduate School of Science and Technology
• United Graduate School of Agricultural Science

  Shizuoka University joined with Gifu University in establishing this united graduate school.

• Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences

  Tottori University joined with Gifu University in establishing this joint graduate school.

• United Graduated School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Science

  Gifu Pharmaceutical University joined with Gifu University in establishing this united graduate school.

• Toichi Takenaka, President and CEO of Astellas Pharma
• Fumio Sugimori, President and CEO of Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices

• Kenji Manabe, Minister of the Environment (1998–1999)

• Sachi Sri Kantha, Associate Professor, Gifu University

• Ryoichi Akamatsu (born 1995), Japanese high jumper
• Akira Komoto, artist

According to the 2025 QS World University Rankings, Gifu University was ranked 180th in Asia and 1001-1200 in the world.

Yanagido Campus

• JR Gifu Station or Meitetsu Gifu Station to Gifu University: 30 minutes (Gifu Bus[1] or car)

• JR Nagoya Station to JR Gifu Station: 18 minutes (JR Tōkaidō Line)
• Meitetsu Nagoya Station to Meitetsu Gifu Station: 30 minutes (Meitetsu Nagoya Line)

• Gifu-Hashima Station (Tōkaidō Shinkansen) to Gifu University: 40 minutes (Car)
• Chūbu Centrair International Airport (nearest airport) to Meitetsu Gifu Station: 55 minutes (Meitetsu Airport Line[2] Archived 2021-01-26 at the Wayback Machine)

• Official website

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