Founded in 1949, Niigata University is a large-scale Japanese national, comprehensive university located in Niigata City, Japan with a student body of approximately 12,300 students and 3,200 academic and administrative staff members. Our two campuses, one in the downtown area and the other blessed with an abundance of nature provide an ideal environment for students to pursue their academic goals. It’s ten undergraduate faculties and five graduate schools offer students a wide range of academic fields in the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree programs: humanities, education, law, economics, science, medicine, health science, dentistry, engineering and agriculture. The university houses one university hospital providing high-quality, patient-centered medical care and two research institutes: the Brain Research Institute and the Research Institute for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, both of which facilitate and engage in groundbreaking research.

　　新泻大学创立于1949年，是一所位于日本新泻市的大型国立综合性大学，拥有约12,300名学生及3,200名教职员工。本校拥有两处校区：一处位于市中心，另一处坐拥得天独厚的自然环境，为学生追求学术目标提供了理想环境。十个本科院系与五个研究生院涵盖广泛的学术领域，提供学士、硕士及博士学位课程，包括人文、教育、法学、经济学、理学、医学、健康科学、牙医学、工学及农学。校内设有提供高质量、以患者为中心的医疗服务的附属医院，以及脑科学研究所与自然灾害与灾后重建研究所两所研究机构，均致力于推动前沿科研。

　　As Niigata University has been dedicating to strive to bring global perspective to all its programs and activities as well as to be an international base for higher education and advanced research, we have promoted collaborative research and education with overseas institutions. Taking advantage of the geographical features of the university, which is located in Niigata City facing the Sea of Japan, the university has been working on building and strengthening international networks in East Asian region while looking out towards the world. Niigata University will endeavor to improve our education and research to ensure that we meet the needs of students and the world.

　　新泻大学始终致力于将全球视野融入所有课程与活动，力争成为高等教育与尖端研究的国际基地，为此我们积极推进与海外机构的科研教育合作。依托面朝日本海的新潟市这一地理优势，本校在面向世界的同时，持续构建并强化东亚地区的国际合作网络。新潟大学将不断完善教育与研究体系，以满足学生与世界的双重需求。