Saga University


Saga University; abbreviated as Sagadai or Sadai, is a national university in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. The university has five faculties with around 7,000 students. Its two campuses are in Honjo and Nabeshima.

History

The history of Saga University is complicated. The oldest Saga teacher's school was demoted to a prefectural school by the law of teacher's schools.
Saga High School started in 1920. This high school is the origin of Saga University. Then, Saga Teacher's School and Saga Youth Teacher's School started in 1943-1944. These schools were named "Saga University" in 1949.
Saga Medical School started in 1976. Saga University and Saga Medical School merged in 2003. And the National University was corporatised in 2004.

Campus locations

Faculties

Saga University offers an exchange program called SPACE. SPACE is a one-year program, with its main purpose to increase the exchange student's Japanese skills. SPACE offers independent study that allows the exchange student to conduct a simple research project with a professor.

Ranking

From "World Universities' ranking on the Web: top 4,000 World Ranking." in July 2008, Saga University was ranked 1298.

Alumni