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is a national university
Japanese national university

As of 2007, there are 87 in Japan, while there are 89 public universities and 568 private universities. National universities, especially former imperial universities, tend to be held in higher regards in higher education in Japan than private or public universities....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 located in the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. Its nickname is Chodai. Established in 1949, Nagasaki University is the successor to an institute for medical studies established in 1857, and incorporated several other institutions into one institution.








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is a national university
Japanese national university

As of 2007, there are 87 in Japan, while there are 89 public universities and 568 private universities. National universities, especially former imperial universities, tend to be held in higher regards in higher education in Japan than private or public universities....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 located in the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. Its nickname is Chodai. Established in 1949, Nagasaki University is the successor to an institute for medical studies established in 1857, and incorporated several other institutions into one institution.

Notable alumni

  • Takashi Nagai
    Takashi Nagai

    Takashi Nagai was a physician specializing in radiology, a convert to Catholicism, and a survivor of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan....
    , physician
    Physician

    A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
     specializing in radiology
    Radiology

    Radiology is the branch or speciality of medicine that deals with the study and application of imaging technology like x-ray and radiation to diagnosing and treating disease....
    , an A-bomb victim.
  • Osamu Shimomura
    Osamu Shimomura

    is a Japanese people organic chemist/scientist and marine biologist, and Professor Emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Boston University Medical School....
    ,organic chemist
    Chemist

    A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
     and marine biologist
    Biologist

    A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life.Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment....
    , awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
    Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Pri...
     in 2008 for his discovery and development of green fluorescent protein
    Green fluorescent protein

    The green fluorescent protein is composed of 238 amino acids , originally isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria that fluorescence green when exposed to blue light....
     (GFP) with two other American chemists.