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Nagasaki University

Nagasaki, Japan
Founded 1949
International 579
Core campuses 2

University overview

Nagasaki University is a national university of about 9,300 students whose English-taught offering is concentrated in global health and tropical medicine. The Institute of Tropical Medicine, founded in 1942, and the School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health sit together on the Sakamoto 1 campus, and between them run the master's programmes taught in English; a water and environmental science course runs at Bunkyo. Each of the tropical medicine master's also has a working-professional satellite course, based in Tokyo and delivered mainly online, entered through a separate quota.

Academic scale

9,313 students as of 1 May 2026 — 7,491 undergraduate, 962 master's, 43 professional and 817 doctoral

Global community

579 international students as of 1 May 2026, 61 of them MEXT-funded
The Global Engagement Office's own statistics page is a year behind, still showing 605 as of 1 May 2025; the figure above is the newer one.

Core campuses

Bunkyo Campus The main campus and the largest, holding most faculties and graduate schools including Integrated Science and Technology, where the water and environmental science course sits.
Sakamoto 1 Campus Where Nagasaki's English-taught graduate work is based: the Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN) and the School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, in the Global Health General Research Building.

More facts

¥535,800 a year in tuition, with a ¥282,000 entrance fee — exactly the national standard rate, with no revision in force or announced
The NU-LSHTM joint doctorate costs LESS, not more: half tuition to Nagasaki plus a fee to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
The Institute of Tropical Medicine, founded 1942, is the reason most of Nagasaki's English-taught study is in global health and tropical medicine.
University figures verified 8 Sep 2026

Funding

No external scholarship in our catalogue names this university specifically. Many awards are open regardless of where you study — browse all scholarships for Japan.

University sources (5)