Kobe University

Kobe University, known in Japanese as 神戸大学 and shortened locally to Shindai, is a national research university in Kobe, the port city of Hyōgo Prefecture in western Japan.神户大学（日语：神戸大学）是日本西部兵库县港口城市神户的一所国立研究型大学，当地简称「神大」。

Its academic lineage begins with the Kobe Higher Commercial School of 1902, and the modern university was created in 1949, and today it comprises 11 undergraduate faculties and 15 graduate schools with about 16,000 students.该校学术渊源始于 1902 年的神户高等商业学校，现代意义的神户大学于 1949 年组建；今日设有 11 个学部和 15 个研究科，学生约 16,000 人。

Together with Kyoto University and Osaka University it forms the Kyōhanjin triad of leading institutions in the Kansai region, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it stands 504th in the world.它与京都大学、大阪大学并称关西地区顶尖学府的「京阪神」，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 504 位。

History

• In November 1900 the Imperial Diet selected Kobe as the seat of a new state higher commercial school by a margin of 71 votes to 70, ending a fierce competition among candidate cities.1900 年 11 月，帝国议会以 71 票对 70 票的微弱优势确定在神户设立新的官立高等商业学校，结束了候选城市之间的激烈争夺。

• The Kobe Higher Commercial School opened in 1902 and was the second state-run higher commercial school in Japan, following the Tokyo Higher Commercial School that became Hitotsubashi University.神户高等商业学校于 1902 年开学，是日本继东京高等商业学校（后成为一桥大学）之后的第二所官立高等商业学校。

• Its first president was Tetsuya Mizushima, who led the school from 1903 to 1925 and deliberately emphasised practical education so that Kobe's school would differ from its Tokyo counterpart.首任校长为水岛銕也，他在 1903 至 1925 年间执掌学校，并有意强调实践性教育，以使神户的学校区别于东京的同类学府。

• The school grew quickly against the backdrop of the economic expansion that followed the First Sino-Japanese War, which generated strong demand from industry for trained commercial specialists.在甲午战争后经济扩张的背景下，该校迅速成长，实业界对受过训练的商务专才产生了强劲需求。

• In 1929 the school was raised to university rank as Kobe University of Commerce, with Sadaji Tazaki serving as its first president from April 1929 to January 1942.1929 年，学校升格为神户商业大学，田崎慎治自 1929 年 4 月至 1942 年 1 月出任首任校长。

• A further renaming came in 1944, when the institution took the name Kobe University of Economics, retaining its commercial and economic focus through the war years.1944 年学校再次更名，称神户经济大学，在战争年代仍保持其商业与经济方向。

• In 1949, under Japan's post-war educational reform, Kobe University of Economics was merged with Hyogo Normal School, Hyogo Junior Normal School, Kobe Technical College and Himeji High School to create Kobe University.1949 年，在日本战后学制改革中，神户经济大学与兵库师范学校、兵库青年师范学校、神户工业专门学校以及姬路高等学校合并，组建为神户大学。

• Building on its commercial heritage, Kobe University in 1949 became the first university in Japan to establish a dedicated Faculty of Business Administration.依托其商业传统，神户大学于 1949 年成为日本第一所设立专门经营学部的大学。

• The university took on a broader shape after 1949 as it added a Faculty of Medicine and a Faculty of Agriculture to complement its founding strengths in economics, commerce and law.1949 年之后，该校增设医学部与农学部，以补强其在经济、商业与法律上的原有优势，从而形成更全面的格局。

• The Kobe Hospital, opened in 1869, and the Hyogo Normal School of 1874 are recorded among the further forerunners that fed into the new university alongside the commercial school.1869 年开办的神户医院与 1874 年设立的兵库师范学校，也被记载为与商业学校一道汇入新大学的更早源头。

• The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 struck the region around Kobe, and the university has since framed its disaster-relief volunteering as part of its institutional identity.1995 年阪神·淡路大地震袭击神户一带，此后该校把参与救灾志愿服务视为其机构身份的一部分。

• To mark its centenary, the university completed the Centennial Hall on the Rokkodai campus in 2000, and in 2002 it celebrated the 100th anniversary of its 1902 founding.为纪念建校百年，该校于 2000 年在六甲台校区建成百年纪念馆，并于 2002 年庆祝 1902 年建校一百周年。

• In 2003 Kobe University absorbed the Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, an integration that created its Faculty of Maritime Sciences.2003 年，神户大学并入神户商船大学，此次整合催生了其海事科学部。

• Five advanced research centres were established across the natural-science faculties in 2007, drawing together work in science, engineering, system informatics, agriculture and maritime sciences.2007 年，该校在自然科学各学部中建立五个先端研究中心，汇集理学、工学、系统信息学、农学与海事科学的研究力量。

• In 2011 the university opened the Integrated Research Centre on Port Island in Kobe harbour, created to concentrate its advanced and interdisciplinary research in one location.2011 年，该校在神户港的人工岛「港口岛」设立统合研究据点，用以把先端与跨学科研究集中于一处。

• Those separate centres were reorganised in 2016 into the Advanced Fusion Research Ring, which coordinates cross-disciplinary work across the university's faculties and graduate schools.上述各中心于 2016 年整合为「先端融合研究环」，统筹协调全校学部与研究科的跨学科研究。

• Because each faculty keeps its own founding history, the university preserves the traditions of its commercial, normal, technical and maritime predecessors in parallel.由于各学部各自保留创部历史，该校将其源自商业、师范、工业与海事等前身的传统并行传承。

• Today Kobe University comprises 11 undergraduate faculties and 15 graduate schools, and it is one of only two universities in Japan with an undergraduate faculty of oceanography.今日的神户大学设有 11 个学部与 15 个研究科，也是日本仅有的两所设有海洋学类本科学部的大学之一。

• The university is now led by FUJISAWA Masato, its fifteenth president, who describes Kobe University as a comprehensive research university built on harmony between theory and reality.该校现由第十五任校长藤澤正人执掌，他把神户大学描述为一所以「学理与实际之调和」为根基的综合性研究型大学。

• Kobe University treats 1902 as the start of its academic lineage and 1949 as the year of its founding as a university, a dual chronology that shapes its anniversaries and self-description.神户大学把 1902 年视为学术渊源之始、1949 年视为建校之年，这一双重年代坐标塑造了它的纪念活动与自我叙述。

• The first president of the newly formed Kobe University was Kotaro Tanaka, who led the institution from May 1949 to December 1953 and came from the Faculty of Law.新组建的神户大学首任校长为田中保太郎，他自 1949 年 5 月至 1953 年 12 月执掌该校，出身法学部。

• The biochemist Yasutomi Nishizuka, later a Lasker Award winner, served as the eleventh president of Kobe University from February 1995 to February 2001.生物化学家西冢泰美后来成为拉斯克奖得主，他于 1995 年 2 月至 2001 年 2 月出任神户大学第十一任校长。

Academics

• Kobe University teaches through 11 undergraduate faculties and 15 graduate schools, enrolling a total of 16,214 students as of 1 May 2025, of whom 11,543 are undergraduates and 4,671 are graduate students.神户大学通过 11 个学部和 15 个研究科开展教学，截至 2025 年 5 月 1 日共有学生 16,214 人，其中本科生 11,543 人、研究生 4,671 人。

• The 11 faculties are Letters, Global Human Sciences, Law, Economics, Business Administration, Science, Medicine, Engineering, System Informatics, Agriculture and Maritime Sciences.11 个学部为文学部、国际人间科学部、法学部、经济学部、经营学部、理学部、医学部、工学部、系统信息学部、农学部与海事科学部。

• Its graduate schools include Humanities, Intercultural Studies, Human Development and Environment, Law, Economics, Business Administration, Science, Medicine, Health Sciences and Engineering.其研究科包括人文学、国际文化学、人间发达环境学、法学、经济学、经营学、理学、医学、保健学与工学等研究科。

• Further graduate schools cover System Informatics, Agricultural Science, Maritime Sciences and International Cooperation Studies, giving the university a broad post-graduate profile.其他研究科还涵盖系统信息学、农学、海事科学与国际协力学，使该校形成宽广的研究生培养格局。

• As the first university in Japan to create a Faculty of Business Administration, Kobe University traces its management teaching to the commercial school reforms of the post-war period.作为日本第一所设立经营学部的大学，神户大学的经营管理教学可上溯至战后时期的商业学校改革。

• The Faculty of Maritime Sciences carries on the legacy of the Kobe University of Mercantile Marine and gives Kobe a faculty dedicated to shipping, ocean policy and marine engineering.海事科学部承袭神户商船大学的遗产，使神户大学拥有一个专攻航运、海洋政策与船舶工程的学部。

• The Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration is the university's flagship social-science research unit, continuing a tradition rooted in the commercial school of 1902.经济经营研究所是该校社会科学研究的旗舰单位，延续着可追溯至 1902 年商业学校的传统。

• The Graduate School of Economics is associated with the Okishio Theorem, the contribution of Nobuo Okishio that is recognised in economic theory worldwide.经济学研究科与「置盐定理」相关联，这是该校学者置盐信雄在经济学理论上的一项世界公认贡献。

• Its law school and business school are described as tier-one full-time professional programmes, reflecting the university's strength in law, economics and management.其法科大学院与商学院被描述为第一层级全日制专业课程，反映该校在法律、经济与管理上的实力。

• Faculty numbers reach 1,711, while total staff, including technical staff and nurses, stood at 4,429 as of 1 May 2025.截至 2025 年 5 月 1 日，该校专任教师为 1,711 人，含技术与护理人员在内的员工总数为 4,429 人。

• International students numbered 1,340 as of 1 May 2025, comprising 90 undergraduates, 922 graduate students and 328 non-degree students.截至 2025 年 5 月 1 日，该校国际学生为 1,340 人，其中本科生 90 人、研究生 922 人、非学位生 328 人。

• In financial terms the university reported income of 91.3 billion yen and expenses of 89.3 billion yen in the 2024 fiscal year.在财务方面，该校 2024 财年收入为 913 亿日元、支出为 893 亿日元。

• The university organised five advanced research centres in 2007 that were later folded into the Advanced Fusion Research Ring, a structure intended to promote interdisciplinary research and talent development.该校 2007 年组建的五个先端研究中心后来并入「先端融合研究环」，这一架构旨在推动跨学科研究与人才培养。

• OpenAlex records 104,224 scholarly works attributed to Kobe University carrying 7,155,819 citations, evidence of sustained research output beyond its historic teaching mission.OpenAlex 收录神户大学文献 104,224 篇、被引 7,155,819 次，可见其在传统教学使命之外持续的研究产出。

• In the 2024 fiscal year the university recorded 613 visiting researchers and 1,730 outbound researchers among its faculty and visiting scholars.2024 财年，该校记录到 613 名访问研究人员与 1,730 名外派研究人员，涉及其教研与访问学者。

• Kobe University's academic breadth combines the natural sciences, life sciences, humanities and social sciences, an arrangement its leadership presents as a foundation for joint research.神户大学的学科广度融合了自然科学、生命科学、人文与社会科学，其管理层把这一格局视为联合研究的基础。

• As one of Japan's older national universities, Kobe University traces its institutional lineage almost half a century before the 1949 reform that created it.作为日本历史较久的国立大学之一，神户大学的机构渊源比 1949 年组建它的学制改革早了近半个世纪。

Campus

• Kobe University operates four campuses, namely Rokkodai, Kusunoki, Myodani and Fukae, spread across different wards of the city of Kobe.神户大学设有四个校区，即六甲台、楠、名谷与深江，分布于神户市的多个区。

• Rokkodai is the main campus, and nine of the eleven faculties are located there on the wooded slopes of Mount Rokkō.六甲台是主校区，11 个学部中有 9 个坐落于此，位于六甲山树木葱郁的山麓。

• The First Rokkodai campus at 2-1 Rokkodai in Nada-ku houses the faculties of Law, Economics and Business Administration.位于滩区六甲台 2-1 号的第一六甲台校区，容纳法学部、经济学部与经营学部。

• The Second Rokkodai campus at 1-1 Rokkodai in Nada-ku houses the faculties of Letters, Science, Agriculture and Engineering.位于滩区六甲台 1-1 号的第二六甲台校区，容纳文学部、理学部、农学部与工学部。

• The Tsurukabuto campuses, at 1-2-1 and 3-11 Tsurukabuto in Nada-ku, host Intercultural Studies and Human Development respectively.位于滩区鹤甲 1-2-1 号与 3-11 号的两处鹤甲校区，分别承载国际文化学与人间发达学科。

• The Kusunoki campus at 7-5-1 Kusunoki in Chūō-ku accommodates the Faculty of Medicine and its university hospital.位于中央区楠 7-5-1 号的楠校区，容纳医学部及其附属医院。

• The Myodani campus at 7-10-2 Tomogaoka in Suma-ku houses the Faculty of Health Sciences in a separate western district of the city.位于须磨区友冈 7-10-2 号的名谷校区，在城市西部的独立区域内设保健学部。

• The Fukae campus at 5-1-1 Fukaeminami in Higashinada-ku, close to the waterfront, hosts the Faculty of Maritime Sciences and its training facilities.位于东滩区深江南 5-1-1 号、靠近海滨的深江校区，设海事科学部及其训练设施。

• The main campus stands at coordinates 34.6913 degrees north and 135.183 degrees east, in Kobe, the port city that has long served as an international gateway to Japan.主校区坐标为北纬 34.6913 度、东经 135.183 度，地处长期以来作为日本国际门户的港口城市神户。

• Completed in 2000, the Centennial Hall on the Rokkodai campus stands as a landmark of the university's centenary, hosts ceremonial and academic gatherings, and anchors the annual anniversary ceremonies attended by faculty students and alumni.2000 年建成的六甲台校区百年纪念馆，是该校百年校庆的地标建筑，用于举办典礼与学术聚会，并承办由教职工、学生与校友出席的年度校庆仪式。

• The Fukae campus sits by the sea, fitting for the maritime faculty, while the Kusunoki campus adjoins the university hospital in the centre of Kobe.深江校区临海，与海事学科相称；楠校区则毗邻位于神户市中心的大学附属医院。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Kobe University is placed 504th in the world, the figure the university uses in its current ranking profile.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，神户大学位列世界第 504 位，这是其当前排名简介所采用的数字。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 701-800 band, a banded position rather than an exact world rank.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校置于 701-800 位区间，是一个区间名次而非精确的世界排名。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings Kobe University is ranked 648th, and it appears in the 501-600 band of the 2026 Shanghai Ranking (ARWU).在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，神户大学位列第 648 位，并进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名 501-600 区间。

• Earlier cycles record positions such as 465th in the QS ranking of 2024, the 601-800 tier in the Times Higher Education ranking of 2023 and 395th in the QS ranking of 2020.更早的周期记录了若干名次，如 2024 年 QS 排名第 465 位、2023 年泰晤士高等教育排名 601-800 区间，以及 2020 年 QS 排名第 395 位。

• Its research record is registered under the OpenAlex institution entry with 104,224 works and 7,155,819 citations, an average of roughly 69 citations per recorded work.其科研记录登记于 OpenAlex 机构条目，文献 104,224 篇、被引 7,155,819 次，平均每篇约被引 69 次。

• The university's count of major honours includes Shinya Yamanaka's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine of 2012, Yasutomi Nishizuka's Lasker Award of 1989 and Masato Sagawa's Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering of 2022.该校重大荣誉的名单包括山中伸弥 2012 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖、西冢泰美 1989 年拉斯克奖，以及佐川真人 2022 年伊丽莎白女王工程奖。

• Kobe University is widely regarded as one of Japan's top twenty universities and, as an old commercial university, is a member of the historic Old Three Commercial Universities grouping, which brings together the former Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe commercial universities.神户大学普遍被视为日本排名前二十的大学之一，并作为旧制商业大学，属于历史上「旧三商大」之列，该群体由旧东京、大阪与神户三所商业大学组成。

• Its economics, business administration and law faculties carry particular repute, while the Faculty of Maritime Sciences is unique among Japanese universities in its field.其经济学、经营学与法学等学部声誉尤著，而海事科学部在日本高校中于该领域独树一帜。

• The university's location in the international port of Kobe underpins a research and teaching tradition in trade, shipping, economics and cross-cultural studies.该校坐落在国际化港口神户，这为其在贸易、航运、经济与跨文化研究方面的科研与教学传统提供了支撑。

• Kobe University's current profile rests on a combination of strong social-science faculties and an expanding record in medicine, engineering and the natural sciences, supported by a growing body of international partnerships and a student community drawn from across Asia and beyond.神户大学当前的画像建立在强项社会科学学部与不断扩展的医学、工程与自然科学记录的结合之上，并依托不断增多的国际合作与来自亚洲及更广地区的学生群体。

• Dozens of its graduates have served as members of the National Diet, the Japanese parliament, alongside the several alumni who reached the office of prime minister.该校数十名毕业生曾任日本国会（国会议员），此外还有数位校友登上了首相之位。

Student life

• The university's founding ideal is 'harmony between theory and reality', expressed in Japanese as 学理と実際の調和, a phrase that recurs in its charters and public statements.该校的建学理念是「学理与实际之调和」，日语原文为「学理と実際の調和」，这一表述反复出现在其章程与公开声明中。

• Its guiding spirit is summed up in the three principles of integrity, freedom and cooperation, rendered in Japanese as 真摯、自由、協同.其治学精神概括为「真摯、自由、協同」三原则，即诚挚、自由与合作。

• The university's long-term vision, adopted in the years after the pandemic, describes it as a global hub for the multidisciplinary co-creation of research and education.该校在疫情后若干年确立的长期愿景，把它描绘为研究与教育多学科协同共创的全球枢纽。

• In 2022, the 120th anniversary of its 1902 establishment, the university adopted the slogan of multidisciplinary co-creation and collaboration for its anniversary programmes.2022 年，即 1902 年建校 120 周年之际，该校为纪念活动采用「多学科共创与协作」的口号。

• International students are supported through schemes including the Japanese Government scholarship system, the JASSO Honours Scholarship and the Hyogo Prefecture Private Foreign Student Scholarship.国际学生可通过日本政府奖学金制度、JASSO 荣誉奖学金以及兵库县私费外国留学生奖学金等计划获得资助。

• The Kobe or Sugawara Scholarship adds a further source of support for international applicants choosing to study at the university.神户奖学金（又称菅原奖学金）为选择就读该校的国际申请者提供了另一条资助渠道。

• Because nine of its eleven faculties sit on the wooded Rokkodai campus, student life is concentrated on a hillside site above the city centre and the port.由于 11 个学部中有 9 个位于树木葱郁的六甲台校区，学生生活集中在俯瞰市中心与港口的一片山坡地带。

• The Kusunoki, Myodani and Fukae campuses each give their own faculties a distinct setting, from the central hospital district to the western suburbs and the waterfront.楠、名谷与深江各校区分别为其学部提供了独特场景，从中央的医院片区到西部郊区，再到海滨地带。

• Alumni spanning prime ministers, Nobel laureates and corporate founders keep a strong presence in the university's campus culture and public identity.涵盖首相、诺贝尔奖得主与企业创办人的校友群体，在该校的校园文化与公共形象中保持着强势存在。

• The nickname Shindai, formed from the characters for Kobe and university, is used across student sports, clubs and campus media, and its alumni keep a network that spans politics, science, sport and industry.昵称「神大」由「神户」与「大学」二字构成，被广泛用于学生体育、社团与校园媒体，其校友则维系着横跨政界、科学界、体育界与产业界的网络。

Notable people

• Sōsuke Uno, who studied at the university, became the 75th Prime Minister of Japan, the most senior political office held by any of its alumni.曾在该校就读的宇野宗佑出任日本第 75 任首相，是其校友担任过的最高政治职务。

• Sanae Takaichi, another graduate, went on to become the 104th Prime Minister of Japan, continuing the university's record of producing national leaders.另一位毕业生高市早苗其后出任日本第 104 任首相，延续了该校培养国家领导人的记录。

• Masayuki Naoshima, an alumnus, served as Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, holding a portfolio central to the country's industrial policy.校友直嶋正行曾任日本经济产业大臣，掌握该国产业政策的核心职位。

• Sazō Idemitsu, who attended the university, founded Idemitsu Kosan, one of Japan's leading petroleum and energy companies.曾就读于该校的出光佐三创办了出光兴产，是日本领先的石油与能源企业之一。

• Rizaburo Toyoda, a graduate, became the first president of Toyota, linking the university to the origins of Japan's largest automobile manufacturer.毕业生丰田利三郎出任丰田的第一任社长，把该校与日本最大汽车制造商的起点联系起来。

• Tadahiro Sekimoto, an alumnus and former chief executive of NEC, received the IEEE Medal of Honor for his contributions to digital communications.校友、日本电气（NEC）前社长关本忠弘因其在数字通信方面的贡献获颁 IEEE 荣誉奖章。

• Masato Sagawa, a researcher associated with the university, was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in 2022 for the invention of the neodymium magnet.与该校相关的研究者佐川真人因发明钕磁铁，于 2022 年获颁伊丽莎白女王工程奖。

• Shinya Yamanaka, a graduate, shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed into stem cells.毕业生山中伸弥因发现成熟细胞可被重编程为干细胞，分享了 2012 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。

• Haruko Wakita, a historical researcher linked to the university, received the Order of Culture in 2010, one of Japan's highest cultural honours.与该校相关的历史研究者胁田晴子于 2010 年获颁文化勋章，这是日本最高的文化荣誉之一。

• Yasutomi Nishizuka, a biochemist of the university, won the Lasker Award in 1989, while Ichiro Fujimori served as a visiting professor of electrical engineering.该校生物化学家西冢泰美于 1989 年获得拉斯克奖，而藤森一郎曾担任该校电气工程访问教授。

• Tetsuya Mizushima, the first president of the Kobe Higher Commercial School, shaped the institution's practical orientation from 1903 to 1925.神户高等商业学校的首任校长水岛銕也，在 1903 至 1925 年间塑造了该校的实践取向。