Ibaraki University, Mito Campus

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Ibaraki University has a 65-year history dating back to May 1949, when it started as a national university under Japan's new educational system. It was formed by integrating the former educational system's Mito High School, Ibaraki Normal School, Ibaraki National School for Youth, and Taga Technical College. Today, the university has developed into a mid-size national university with five undergraduate and four graduate schools. Approximately 8,400 students are studying at the university.
In addition to cultivating human beings who are generous, highly ethical, and sociable and seek after truth, Ibaraki University strives to achieve the creation, accumulation, systematization, and transmission of "Knowledge." The university offers diverse educational programs and facilitates high-level research, contributing to world peace, the human race's welfare, and coexistence with nature. And it reforms itself so that it can respond to changes in society.
Ibaraki University has consistently aimed to develop outstanding human resources through teaching and research. In our modern age, the world is being rapidly transformed by ongoing globalization. In Japan, we face pressing issues such as a shrinking population and the aging of society, disaster readiness, and environmental problems. In our fast-changing society, I believe that it is crucial for Ibaraki University's students to continue growing even after graduation and thereby succeed in their endeavors. To this end, Ibaraki University emphasizes "active learning," which is focused on developing practical knowledge and skills, and a liberal arts education that fosters a broad perspective. In doing so, we are working to reform education (i.e., shift the quality of education) from "teaching" to "active learning." Going further, we are developing a diverse learning environment that supports our students' growth by upgrading and expanding international exchange student programs, where students study abroad at universities in Asia and Western countries, along with short-term training programs.
Another feature of Ibaraki University is that we are firmly rooted in the local region and help build sustainable regional communities. To date, we have built up an extensive track record in such areas as joint research with local corporations, environmental preservation and natural energy development, disaster readiness, and support for the town development initiatives of local governments. We have just initiated a project to make the university a new regional center of knowledge, with the launch in April 2014 of the Social Collaboration Center. Looking ahead, we intend to advance an even broader range of activities to expand our circle of collaboration with Ibaraki Prefecture, municipalities, corporations, civic groups, and others. On the research front, Ibaraki University has produced significant achievements in many different areas, notably material sciences, atomic sciences, climate change issues, biofuel, environmental improvement of Lake Kasumigaura, and recovery from earthquake and radiation disasters. We seek to create specific fields by further strengthening our advanced research activities. We strive to make Ibaraki University's research achievements widely known across Japan and the rest of the world.
Universities are vital organs of society that are crucial to building a sustainable regional society. Keeping this firmly in mind, Ibaraki University will practice open management to contribute to society's development through teaching, research, regional collaboration, and internationalization.
Ibaraki University furnishes a variety of learning opportunities both as a place for learning. The students who will build the future can act freely and spontaneously and place where the local populace can continue to study. Deepening understanding of human culture and society, and nature, the university promotes a highly ethical citizenry who can bear responsibility for a sustainable society and environmental conservation.
The university nurtures experienced persons who can acquire expert knowledge and technical skills and design a future based on their ideals and the ability to search for research topics and solve problems. At the graduate level, Ibaraki University produces high-level, extremely creative professionals and researchers with extensive scholarship, expert knowledge, and technical skills who can keep pace with academic research and scientific techniques.

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