Hokkaido University

Hokkaido University (北海道大学; Hokkaido Daigaku, or Hokudai), located in Sapporo, Japan, is one of the leading national universities of Japan.

The university was founded as Hokkaido Imperial University (北海道帝国大学; Hokkaido Teikoku Daigaku) along with other imperial universities on April 1, 1918, in the Meiji Era.

Since the founding of Hokkaido University, Sapporo Agricultural College has been part of the University.

Famous almni

• Uchimura Kanzo, Christian evangelist, founder of Non-church Christianity movement
• Nitobe Inazo, the author of Bushido: the Soul of Japan, a Quaker

• Hokkaido University official site