Gifu University | Japan

Formerly under government control Gifu University was transformed into an autonomous national university corporation on April 1, 2004. The responsibility for university improvement now lies in the hands of the university itself. Granting national universities autonomy is one of the most dramatic reforms that have taken place in the history of national universities since the Meiji era. Gifu University is a medium-sized national university corporation based in Gifu, a historical city located geographically in the center of Japan.