List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Kyoto University

Ten Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Kyoto University. The building pictured is Clocktower.

The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Karolinska Institute, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.[1] As of 2018, 18 Nobel laureates have been associated with Kyoto University (KU), it has the most Nobel laureates of all universities in Asia.

Summary

Kyoto University's number of Nobel laureates by category
Category Official Count Others with KU related Total Remarks
Physics 538Hideki Yukawa is also the first Japanese Nobel laureate
Chemistry 224
Physiology or Medicine 314
Literature ---
Peace -11
Economic Sciences -11
Total10818

Laureates

The following 10 Nobel laureates from the official list of Kyoto University, it includes 7 formal alumni.[2]

YearImageLaureateRelationCategoryRationale
1949 Hideki Yukawa Alumnus
Faculty		 Physics "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces".[3]
1965 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga Alumnus Physics "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles" – shared with Julian Schwinger and Richard Feynman.[4]
1981 Kenichi Fukui Alumnus; D.Eng
Faculty		 Chemistry "for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions" – shared with Roald Hoffmann.[5]
1987 Susumu Tonegawa Alumnus Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity."[6]
2001 Ryōji Noyori Alumnus; D.Eng Chemistry "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions" – shared with William Knowles and Barry Sharpless.[7]
2008 Makoto Kobayashi Faculty (1972-1979) Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature" – shared with Yoichiro Nambu and Toshihide Maskawa.[8]
Toshihide Maskawa Faculty (1980-2003); honorary professor Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature" – shared with Yoichiro Nambu and Makoto Kobayashi.[8]
2012 Shinya Yamanaka Faculty Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent" – shared with John B. Gurdon.[9]
2014 Isamu Akasaki Alumnus Physics "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources" – shared with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura.[10]
2018 Tasuku Honjo Alumnus
Faculty		 Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation" – shared with James P. Allison.[11]

The following 8 Nobel Laureates with Kyoto University related.

YearImageLaureateRelationCategoryRationale
1955 Willis Lamb Visiting fellow (1955) Physics "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum" – shared with Polykarp Kusch.[12]
1973 Leo Esaki The Third High School Alumni Physics "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively" – shared with Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson[13]
1991 Aung San Suu Kyi Visiting fellow (1985-1986) Peace "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights".[14]
2000 Alan MacDiarmid Visiting fellow (2000) Chemistry "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers" – shared with Alan J. Heeger and Hideki Shirakawa.[15]
2003 Anthony James Leggett Group member of Prof. Takeo Matsubara (1960s) Physics "for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"" – shared with Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov and Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg.[16]
2004 Aaron Ciechanover Visiting fellow (2004) Chemistry "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation" – shared with Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose.[17]
2009 Oliver Williamson Visiting fellow (2005) Economic Sciences "for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm" – shared with Elinor Ostrom.[18]
2016 Yoshinori Ohsumi Graduate school Attend (1970s) Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy".[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alfred Nobel – The Man Behind the Nobel Prize". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  2. ↑ Kyoto University | Facts & Figures
  3. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1965". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  6. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  7. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  8. 1 2 "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  12. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1991". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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