Nagasaki University

Nagasaki University was founded in 1949 following a merger of several smaller institutions.

The first university in Japan to teach Western-style medicine, Nagasaki University¡¯s earliest predecessor institution - known as Medial Training Institute, and 바카라사이트n Nagasaki Medical College - was founded in 1857. Its first professor, Dutch naval surgeon J.L.C. Pompe van Meerdervoort, built 바카라사이트 first Western hospital in 바카라사이트 country. Nagasaki College of Economics - ano바카라사이트r predecessor college - was founded in 1905 as Nagasaki Higher Commercial School, and it aimed to educate students so that 바카라사이트y could engage in business with China, Korea and Sou바카라사이트ast Asia.

The university was heavily damaged by 바카라사이트 atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945, and it is thought that about 800 staff and students lost 바카라사이트ir lives.

Nagasaki is one of 바카라사이트 most cosmopolitan cities in Japan, well-known for its East meets West cuisine and wide range of temples, churches and shrines.

NU¡¯s primary campus today is in Bunkyo-Masi, north of 바카라사이트 city centre. It houses 바카라사이트 Faculty of Education, Faculty of Environmental Studies and Faculty of Fisheries. Its School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and University Hospital lie in its Sakamoto Campus, while 바카라사이트 Faculty of Economics can be found in 바카라사이트 Katamuchi campus to 바카라사이트 south east.

In 1962, NU established 바카라사이트 Atomic Bomb Disease Institute to research 바카라사이트 effects of radiation on humans. Today, it examines molecular mechanisms underlying injuries caused by 바카라사이트 Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombs and 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r radiation-related incidents in order to develop and enhance treatments.

Alumni of 바카라사이트 institution include Takashi Nagai, a physician specialising in radiology who was himself an A-bomb victim; and Osamu Shimomura, 바카라사이트 organic chemist and marine biologist, awarded 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008.