Hokkaido University was founded in 1876 as Sapporo Agricultural College and gained its current name in 1947. We are a comprehensive university with 12 undergraduate schools, 21 graduate schools and 23 research institutes/centers with about 18600 students from over 90 countries/regions, and about 2100 academics. We have two campuses in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan: the 1.7 square kilometer main campus in Sapporo, the 5th largest city, and the other in Hakodate City. We have been promoting internationalization through various programs such as Nitobe College and Hokkaido Universal Campus Initiative. The alumni in the university’s history of more than 140 years include the following: Kanzo Uchimura, writer and intellectual in Meiji era (Class of 1880); Inazo Nitobe, author of Bushido, League of Nations Undersecretary-General (Class of 1881); Takeo Arishima, novelist and essayist (Class of 1900); Akira Ifukube, composer of classical music and film music including Godzilla (Class of 1935); Ryuzo Yanagimachi, biologist, pioneer of assisted fertilization technologies (BSc in 1953, DSc in 1960); Akira Suzuki, emeritus professor of Hokkaido University, Nobel Prize winner for chemistry in 2010 (BSc in 1954, MSc in 1956, and DSc in 1960); Yuichiro Miura, alpinist, reached the summit of Mt. Everest at the age of 75 (Class of 1956); Mamoru Mohri, scientist and Japan’s first astronaut (BSc in 1970 and MSc in 1972).

　　北海道大学成立于 1876 年，前身是札幌农学院，并于 1947 年获得现在的名称。我们是一所综合性大学，拥有12个本科院、21个研究生院和23个研究院/中心，拥有来自90多个国家/地区的约18600名学生和约2100名学者。我们在日本最北端的岛屿北海道设有两个校区：位于第五大城市札幌的 1.7 平方公里主校区，另一个位于函馆市。我们一直通过新渡户学院和北海道环球校园计划等各种项目促进国际化。该大学 140 多年历史中的校友包括：内村勘三，明治时代的作家和知识分子(1880 届);Inazo Nitobe，《武士道》的作者，国际联盟副秘书长(1881 届);有岛武夫，小说家和散文家(1900 届);伊福部明，古典音乐和电影音乐作曲家，包括哥斯拉(1935 届);柳町龙三，生物学家，辅助受精技术先驱(1953 年获得理学学士学位，1960 年获得理学博士学位);Akira Suzuki，北海道大学名誉教授，2010 年诺贝尔化学奖获得者(1954 年获得理学学士，1956 年获得理学硕士，1960 年获得理学硕士);登山家三浦雄一郎 (Yuichiro Miura) 在 75 岁时登顶珠穆朗玛峰(1956 届);Mamoru Mohri，科学家和日本第一位宇航员(1970 年获得理学学士学位，1972 年获得理学硕士学位)。