About Hokkaido University
Hokkaido University is a leading comprehensive university that places importance on its graduate schools. The university started out in 1876 as the Sapporo Agricultural College, the first modern academic institute in Japan. During its long history, the college was promoted to an Imperial University and then flourished after the creation of the new university system. Over this period, we have declared and cultivated our basic philosophies of education and research, namely the "Frontier Spirit", "Global Perspectives", "All-round Education" and "Practical Learning". In order to meet the demands of society and to move ahead as a part of the National University Corporation, Hokkaido University needs to formulate a long term goal for developing the basis of knowledge generation, dissemination and application in the new century, while still reconfirming our basic philosophies and recognizing our accountability to society.
Facilities
Hokkaido University is located in the center of Sapporo in Hokkaido province, the northern island of Japan. Boasting the largest number of faculties of Japan's national universities, we cover almost all areas of the humanities, social and natural sciences, and lead various research activities in Japan and the world (Graduate Schools: 21, Undergraduate Schools: 12, Research Institutes/Centers: 26).
Sapporo Campus
It is rare anywhere in the world for a campus of approximately 180 hectares (stretching 2 km from north to south, and 1.6 km east to west) to be located in the center of a city with a population of two million people. Remarkably, the built environment covers a mere 12% of this extensive campus, with the remaining consisting of open spaces such as farms, green spaces, forests, creeks, and pathways.
These spaces include many woodland areas as well as architecture dating right back to the time of Sapporo Agricultural College, the predecessor of Hokkaido University. As such, the Hokkaido University campus assumes an important role as a spine of green space as well as water system in Sapporo, and functions as the 'lungs' of the city.
Often voted the most beautiful campus in Japan, Sapporo Campus is stunning through out the four seasons attracting tourists from all over Japan as well as from overseas.
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Hakodate Campus
Since it opened in 1935, the Hakodate campus has had a proud history of being at the forefront of fisheries research and is one of the largest campuses of its kind in Japan.
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