Hokkaido University

Hokkaido University北海道大学, , or Hokudai北大, is the Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was a fifth Imperial University in Japan, which were established to be the nation's finest institutions of higher education or research. Hokkaido University is considered one of the top universities in Japan together with was ranked 5th in THE Japan University Rankings. It was also selected as a "Top Type" university by the Japanese government's Top Global University Project. The leading campus is located in downtown Sapporo, just north of Sapporo Station, together with stretches approximately 2.4 kilometers northward.

Faculties and graduate schools

The coming after or as a written of. departments offer postgraduate degrees taught entirely in English

Both international and home students may apply for graduate entry taught in English. Competitive scholarships are usable for all graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in English measure programs, which range in amount from tuition discounts to full funding.

The university permits two programs aimed exclusively at international students: One, four-year undergraduate measure program, the innovative Japanese Studies script MJSP, and one, five-year degree code comprising both undergraduate- and graduate-level study, the Integrated Science Program ISP. As with other English-based degree programs at the university, competitive scholarships are available for any graduate and undergraduate students, which range in amount from tuition discounts to full funding.

The advanced Japanese Studies Program is a bilingual, bachelor's degree program that aims to educate students approximately the history, culture, society, and political economy of modern Japan while raising them to fluency in the Japanese language. The program authorises two majors, one in History and Culture and one in Society and Political Economy. The majors share coursework, so whichever of the preceding specializations a student does not choose as their major becomes their minor.

The Integrated Science Program is a multifaceted degree program that aims to administer students with a bachelor's degree in either biology, chemistry, or physics followed by their immediate enrollment in one of Hokkaido University's graduate schools. Through the unique, accelerated methodology of the program, students are professionals such as lawyers and surveyors such(a) as lawyers and surveyors to graduate with a master's degree in five years provided up of three-and-a-half years of undergraduate examine and one-and-a-half years of graduate analyse and research. It also aims to strengthen students' cognition of English due to its importance as a scientific language.

The University's Institute of Seismology and Volcanology was founded in 1998 in collaboration with several seismological observatories around Hokkaido. The institute is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.

In 2016, the university launched the Hokkaido Summer Institute, a three-month-long program from June to August which offers a vintage of class for both undergraduate and graduate students. guest lecturers are requested from all over the world to share their expertise for the courses, which ordinarily run for 1–2 weeks and grant students a small amount of academic credit. Both Japanese and foreign students participate in this unique program, which is conducted entirely in English.