in Fukuoka, Japan, was established as Fukuoka Medical College in 1903, which was affiliated with Kyoto Imperial University. Kyushu Imperial University was founded in 1911. In 1947, after World War II ended, the university changed its name to Kyushu University."History", Kyushu University. Archived 18 April 2012; accessed 30 April 2012. The university is composed of six campuses: Chikushi, Hospital, Ito, Ohashi, Hakozaki, and Beppu."Visual Kyushu University", Kyushu University. Archived 18 April 2012; accessed 30 April 2012. There are numerous historic buildings dating back to the many phases of history the university has seen. The Third Residential Complex on-campus has a western-style design and is reserved for foreign students. The complex dates back to 1924 and has been designated as a Municipal Cultural Property."" [Cultural Properties of Fukuoka Prefecture], Fukuoka Prefecture. Archived 28 April 2012; accessed 30 April 2012. "" [Third Residential Complex for Foreigners, Kyushu University], Fukuoka City. Archived 20 November 2011; accessed 30 April 2012.
Hospital (Maidashi) Campus The Hospital campus is the oldest campus and has many historic structures. It is located in Maidashi, which was once a quarter on the outskirts of Fukuoka-City, but nowadays is part of Higashi-ku.
University Hospital
The new University Hospital was constructed in three stages."九州大学百年史写真集1911-2011" [Kyushu University Centennial History Photo Collection 1911-2011] (2011), Kyushu University Archives and Centennial Commemoration Committee. It has twelve floors; eleven are above ground and one is underground, with a total floor space of approximately . Construction started in April 1998 and was finished by March 2008. It is the largest hospital under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, and the first one to have a seismic isolation system."" [Explore New Hospital], Kyushu University. Archived 26 November 2012; accessed 28 April 2012. The Outpatient Ward has six floors, five above ground and one underground, and houses 28 departments. The Westwing Building was constructed in March 2008. It houses the Yusho Dioxine Research and Care Center"" [About the Dioxin Research and Medical Center], Kyushu University Hospital. and the Training Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery."内視鏡外科手術トレーニングセンター" [Endoscopic Surgery Training Center], Kyushu University Hospital. The Tumor Center was completed in 1985. The Betatron Ward was constructed in 1967 and closed in 2000.
Facilities
Kyushu University Station-I for Collaborative Research has a total floor space of and is built of steel-reinforced concrete and has nine floors. It was established in March 2000, and construction was overseen by Sumitomo Mitsui Construction, design management was done by So Kikaku Sekkei Ltd."" [Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Construction Projects Educational and Cultural Facilities Kyushu University Collaboration Station], Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Archived 30 May 2009; accessed 2 May 2012. Construction of the Kyushu University Station-II for Collaborative Research was overseen by the Mizoe Kensetsu Corporation. It is a steel-reinforced concrete seven-story building with a total area of ."" [Mizoe Construction Co., Ltd. Business Introduction Kyushu University (Katakasu) Collaboration Station II New Construction Project], Mizoe Kensetsu Co. Archived 27 April 2014; accessed 2 May 2012. The Kyushu University Biomedical Research Station is a nine-story building and was completed in October 2004. Its construction was overseen by a joint-venture group in cooperation with Obayashi Corporation, Wakachiku Construction Corporation and Zenkōmuten Corporation.
There are several facilities for the bodies of anatomical donors. The Charnel House is a Japanese-style house built in 1939, but nowadays there is a funeral chapel in the new Hospital Building. Donor bodies are cremated in a crematorium. There is also a monument demonstrating the gratitude and respect for those who donated their body for medical research and education."" [About the establishment of the memorial tower Sublime Spirit], Kyushu University.
The Faculty of Medical Sciences Building A of Clinical Sciences was constructed in 1975 and has a ground-floor area of . Building B was constructed in 1976 and has a ground-floor area of . The Clinical machine wing / autopsy suite was constructed in 1976. The Department of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine, formerly Kyushu University Medical Junior College, was constructed in 1981 and has a ground-floor area of . The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science was constructed in 1967 and has a ground-floor area of
The Medical Library was constructed in 1956. Centennial Hall (Hyakunen Kōdō) makes up the medical school. This facility is used for congresses, conferences and all kinds of academic meetings. There is also a cafeteria. Its construction was completed in 2008. The Kubo-Memorial-Building (Kubo Kinenkan) is a two-story concrete building is the first museum for the History of Medicine in Japan.W Michel, "" [Kubo Memorial Museum: Japan's first medical museum] (2009), Kyushu University, pages 143-149. Archived 27 April 2014. , The Kubo-Memorial-Building was donated to Inokichi Kubo, the first professor and founder of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, by the members of the Shisan-kai, an alumnus association of the Kubo school, on 8 May 1927 at the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the school, and later donated to Kyushu Imperial University. In 1999 and 2003 the building was renovated."" [Department of Otolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences], Kyushu University. The gymnasium was built in 1965 and has a ground-floor area of ."" [Use of University Facilities, Indoor Sports Facilities], Kyushu University. Archived 25 June 2012; accessed 12 May 2012. Repair work to the tennis courts' artificial grass was done in 2009 by Kofu-field Company."" [Kofu Field Co., Ltd. - Works - Sports facilities - Tennis courts (artificial turf)], Kofu-field Company. Archived 28 April 2014; accessed 12 May 2012. The Alumni House was constructed in 1967 as a part of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of Kyushu University. A small lecture hall was added in 1980."" [Alumni Hall Overview], Kyushu University Department of International Affairs. Archived 27 June 2012.
The Foreign Visitors' Quarters were constructed in 1967."Foreign Visitors' Quarters（Hospital Campus)" Kyushu University International Student and Researcher Support Center. Archived 23 November 2017. The Nurses' Dormitory provides facilities for nurses, rent-free apartments are one-room style stateroom with bathroom and kitchen."" [Nursing Department Welfare Facilities], Kyushu University. Archived 26 June 2012; accessed 11 May 2012. The is a day-care center for children of faculty members of Kyushu University on the Maidashi campus. It opened on 24 November 2008." [Opening of Himawari Nursery School (hospital area on-campus nursery facility)], Kyushu University. Archived 28 April 2024. "" [Himawari Nursery School], Kyushu University. Archived 26 June 2012; accessed 10 May 2012.
Architecture
Many buildings at Kyushu University have an architectural style dating back to the Imperial University era. Basic Medical Research Building A was formerly the first, second, and third medical classrooms as well as the hospital ward of Kyushu Imperial University Medical School. These buildings were designed by Engo Iwasaki and Ken Kurata and construction was completed in April 1931. Since their renovation, the ground floor houses have been used as a cafeteria."Hospital Campus Map", Kyushu University. Accessed 12 July 2024. "" [Modern Architecture Exploration/Basic Research Building A, Kyushu University School of Medicine], Kyushu University. Archived 26 April 2014. Basic Medical Research Building B was formerly the School of Forensic Medicine, Bacteriology, and Hygiene. This three-story building was constructed in 1935 by the Kaneko Group."" [Modern Architecture Exploration/Basic Research Building B, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University], Kyushu University. Archived 26 April 2014. Dental School Clinical Research Building was formerly the Dental Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery Building. This building, designed by Shūzō Kunitake, was completed in 1934. The gatehouse at the main gate was formerly the gatehouse of Kyoto Imperial University Fukuoka Medical School. This tile-roofed wooden house is the oldest remaining structure in Kyushu University. It was designed by the local office of the Education Ministry's architecture department and built in 1903."" [Modern Architecture Walk: Kyushu University School of Medicine Main Gate Guardhouse], Kyushu University. Archived 26 April 2014. The First Surgery Department and Ward is a three-story concrete building and was designed by Ken Kurata and completed in May 1927."" [Modern Architecture Walk: Kyushu University Medical Co-op], Kyushu University. Archived 27 February 2014. After eight decades it was dismantled."" [Kyushu University 75 Year History] (1989-92), Kyushu University Press.
Memorial Streets Generally, all former Imperial Universities have statues commemorating famous alumni and professors. On the Maidashi campus of Kyushu University, streets are named after them."" [Hospital campus information and campus scenery], Kyushu University. Archived 3 October 2012. Ōmori Street runs east and west from the main gate. Ōmori Street honors professor Ōmori Harutoyo, the first president of Fukuoka Medical School, the forerunner of Kyushu Imperial University Medical School."" [Harutomo Omori, the founder of visceral surgery in Japan], Kyushu University. Archived 3 January 2014. "" [Old and abandoned roads and famous streets in Fukuoka: "Omori Street"], Mnet. Archived 28 April 2014; accessed 6 May 2012. Miyairi Street runs from north to south from the intersection with Ōmori Street. Miyairi Street honors Keinosuke Miyairi, a professor at Kyushu Imperial University Medical School and a well-known researcher of parasites and sanitarians."" [Old and abandoned roads and famous streets in Fukuoka: "Miyairi Street"], Mnet. Archived 28 April 2014; accessed 6 May 2012. "" [Kyushu University and Keinosuke Miyairi], Miyairi Keinosuke Memorial Museum. Archived 28 April 2014; accessed 6 May 2012.
Kubo Street honors Inokichi Kubo, a professor at Kyushu University Medical School and a pioneer of otorhinolaryngology in Japan."" [Inokichi Kubo, the pioneer of otorhinolaryngology in Japan], Kyushu University. Archived 28 April 2014."" [Old and abandoned roads and famous streets in Fukuoka: "Kubo Street"], Mnet. Archived 28 April 2014. Inada Street is named after the bacteriologist Ryukichi Inada was a professor of Kyushu Imperial University Medical School's first department of internal medicine."" [Ryukichi Inada, the discoverer of the Weil's disease pathogen], Kyushu University. Archived 17 October 2012. "" [Old and abandoned roads and famous streets in Fukuoka: "Inada Street"], Mnet. Archived 28 April 2014. Tawara Street is dedicated to the pathologist Sunao Tawara, who was a professor at Fukuoka Medical School and is known for his pioneering research on the conduction system of the mammalian heart."" [Jun Tahara, discoverer of electrical pathways in the mammalian heart], Kyushu University. Archived 28 April 2014. Hashimoto Street is named for Hakaru Hashimoto, a medical scientist who discovered Hashimoto's thyroiditis. He was the first alumnus of Kyushu Imperial University Medical School."" [Hashimoto Saku], Kyushu University. Archived 17 October 2012. "" [Old and abandoned roads and famous streets in Fukuoka: "Hashimoto Street"], Mnet. Archived 28 April 2014.
Hakozaki Campus