Ehime University
Faculties
Aidai's Faculties include the Faculty of Law and Letters, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Collaborative Regional Innovation, the Faculty of Science, the School of Medicine, the Faculty of Engineering, and the Faculty of Agriculture.
Graduate Schools
Graduate School of Law and Letters, Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Agriculture, and United Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Academic programs
A selective academic program unique to Aidai is the Super Science Courses (SSC), which accepts a small number of talented students. Students are trained through specially structured coursework that focuses on specialized sciences. SSC students enter one of the three courses: Environmental Sciences, Geoscience, and Biomedical Engineering. Students of SSC can complete their undergraduate education within only three years to advance to graduate studies at Ehime University or elsewhere.
University and High School Cooperation Project
The university has a cooperation project with Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Minami High School, which is designated as a Super Science High School by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). In addition, the university is cooperating mainly in the high school in Ehime Prefecture.
Advanced research centers
The university is especially active in science, and is home to the national government designated educational Center of Excellence, the Center for Marine Environment Studies (CMES) and Geodynamics Research Center(GRC). The other research centers include Cell-free Science and Technology Research Center(CSTRC, led by internationally renowned biologist Yaeta Endo), Ehime Proteo-Medicine Research Center, Research Center of Ancient East Asian Iron Culture, and Research Center for Space and Cosmic Evolution.
Further reading
- Hashigoe, Kiyokazu; Masahiro Hizume; Yoriko Nakamura; Heiwa Muko (2018-06-21). "Higher Plants in Johoku Campus, Ehime University" (PDF). Bulletin of the Faculty of Education (in Japanese). Ehime University.
External links
- Ehime University home page (in English)