About Us
History
The roots of the Faculty of Maritime Science can be traced back to the private Kawasaki Merchant Marine School, which was founded in September 1917 by Yoshitaro Kawasaki on the wishes of Shozo Kawasaki, the founder of the Kawasaki Shipyard. In 1920, it was upgraded to the public Kobe Nautical College and then in 1952, it was nationalized and became the Kobe University of Mercantile Marine. It was integrated with Kobe University in 2003 and became the Faculty of Maritime Sciences of Kobe University.
The Faculty has a tradition passed down over its history of close to 100 years. This is "The spirit to be active internationally".
The situation today is that we must respond to the globalization of the economic market and the fact that this market is becoming borderless, and also to the increasingly serious global environment problems. The Faculty dedicates itself to solving these problems and to realizing a sustainable society, and it was reborn from academic year 2013.
Chronology of important events
- 1917 (T6) September
- The private Kawasaki Merchant Marine School is approved by the Ministry of Education
- 1920 (T9) August
- The Kobe Nautical College is established
- Has a Navigation Department of 30 people and the Engineering Department of 30 people (number of persons is admission capacity)
- 1952 (S27) May
- The National Kobe University of Mercantile Marine is established
- Has a Navigation Department of 60 people and the Engineering Department of 60 people (number of people is the admission capacity)
- 2003 (H15) October
- Kobe University of Mercantile Marine and Kobe University are integrated
- The Faculty of Maritime Sciences is established and it creates the following three courses.
- Marine Technology Management course, 90 people
- Maritime Logistics Sciences course, 50 people
- Marine Engineering course, 60 people
- The following majors are established in the Graduate School of Science and Technology.
- Master's Program
- Marine Technology Management major, 12 people
- Maritime Logistics Sciences major, 16 people
- Marine Engineering major, 16 people
- Doctoral Program
- Maritime Sciences major, 11 people
- The International Maritime Research Center in the Faculty of Maritime Sciences is established
University Library → Kobe University Library, Library for Maritime Sciences
Health Administration Center → Medical Center for Student Health, Fukae Branch
Regional Joint Research Center → Kobe University Collaborative Creation Center, Fukae District
- The undergraduate education facilities of the Ship Transport Research Facility and the Marine Practical Training Facility are abolished
Kobe University Dean Tomoyuki Nogami is also appointed Dean of Kobe University of Mercantile Marine
- 2004 (H16) March
- Kobe University of Mercantile Marine is abolished
- 2004 (H16) April
- The University became Kobe University, a national university corporation under the National University Corporation Law.
Students in the Faculty and Graduate School of Mercantile Marine of Kobe University are transferred to the Faculty of Maritime Sicences and the Graduate School of Science and Technology of Kobe University.
- 2004 (H16) October
- The Maritime Archives Library becomes the Maritime Museum of Kobe University
- 2007 (H19) April
- The Graduate School of Maritime Sciences is established and the following majors are created.
- Master's Program Maritime Sciences major, 60 people
- Doctoral Program Maritime Sciences major, 11 people
- 2008 (H20) April
- The three courses were reformed into three departments in the Faculty
- Department of Maritime Technology Management, 90 people
- Department of Maritime Logistics Sciences, 50 people
- Department of Marine Engineering, 60 people
- 2013 (H25) April
- Departments in the Faculty are reformed into new three departments
- Department of Global Transportation Sciences, 80 people
- Department of Ocean Safety Systems Science, 40 people
- Department of Marine Engineering, 80 people
- 2017 (H29) April
- Capacity of Master's Program is increased
- Master's Program Maritime Sciences major, 75 people
- Doctoral Program Maritime Sciences major, 11 people
