National universities, in a broad sense, are relative to the definition of private universities, that is, "universities directly under the state", and in a narrow sense, they are mainly relative to provincial universities, municipal universities and private universities.
That is, a public university formally established or directly managed by the central government, directly managed by the Ministry of Education, with its president appointed by the central government, funded by the state treasury and named after the state, is not subject to the jurisdiction and intervention of local governments and organizations.
1, Hokkaido University was founded in 1876, and its predecessor was Sapporo Agricultural School, which is the earliest higher education institution in Japan. 19 18, renamed Hokkaido Imperial University. As one of the seven imperial universities, Hokkaido Imperial University is the fourth imperial university established in Japan.
1947 Hokkaido Imperial University was renamed Hokkaido University? . 20 10 akira suzuki, professor of engineering at Hokkaido university, won the nobel prize in chemistry. In 20021year, Benjamin Liszt, a professor at Hokkaido University, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
2. Tokyo University 1877 was born. It was formed by the merger and reorganization of "Tokyo Kaicheng School" and "Tokyo Medical College" during the Meiji Restoration. It is the first national comprehensive university in Japan, with four departments of science, science, literature and medicine, and a university preparatory school. Some of its departments can be traced back to the period of Emperor Lingyuan.
The school was renamed "Imperial University" on 1886, which is the first imperial university established in Japan. 1897 was renamed "Imperial University of Tokyo"; 1September 1947 after World War II was officially named "Tokyo University".