Nagoya University
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Nagoya University (名古屋大学 Nagoya Daigaku, abbreviated to 名大 Mēdai; Tokyo's Meiji University's 明大 is pronounced identically) is a Japanese national university in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, and is considered by some to be one of the most prestigious universities in Japan.
Nagoya University traces its roots back to 1871 when it was a temporary medical school. In 1939 it became Nagoya Imperial University. In 1947 it was renamed Nagoya University. In 2004 it became a National University Corporation.
Dr. Ryoji Noyori, one of 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners spent most of his academic career researching and teaching there.
Reiji Okazaki, discoverer of Okazaki fragments, graduated from Nagoya and was a professor there.
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