Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, is located in Gifu city, which is almost exactly in the center of Japan. Gifu University lays in an excellent location, where it is easily accessible both domestically and internationally. Gifu can be reached by train in 20 minutes from Nagoya, 1 hour from Central Japan International Airport (CENTRAIR), 2 hours from Tokyo, and 1 hour from Osaka.
Faculty of Engineering was established in December 1942 and has moved to its current location since October 1981. Undergraduate course consists of 9 departments (for details, please refer "Departments"). Graduate school for the Master's program has 10 divisions and Doctoral program has 4 divisions (for details, please refer "Graduate schools").
We have approximately 180 teaching staff and 40 general personnel. There are approximately 2500 undergraduate students and 700 graduate school students, and these include a total of about 100 international students from 12 countries.
In addition, Faculty of Engineering also has student and researcher exchange agreements with 27 universities in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Hungary, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Vietnam, and Germany.
Although it is the capital of Gifu Prefecture, Gifu is blessed with the natural beauty of high mountains and clear rivers; the Nagara River running through the center of the city has clear water, and Mt. Kinka is rich in greenery.
Gifu has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period (Warring States period), various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga (the first of the three great military leaders of the late 16th/early 17th century who united Japan after a century of civil war), used the area as a base in an attempt to unify and control Japan.
The city's most prominent building, Gifu Castle, had actually disappeared from existence for over 350 years before being rebuilt in 1954. Sitting upon the top of the 329 meters high Mt. Kinka, the first castle is believed to have been built way back in 1201.
Currently, Gifu city has a population of about 420 thousands residents and a total area of about 200 km2.
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