United Nations University (UNU) is a university established on December 6, 1973 by adoption of resolution 3081 by the United Nations General Assembly, upon the suggestion of U Thant, UN Secretary-General at the time. A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ... Maha Thray Sithu U Thant (January 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. ...

Unlike most universities, it does not take students, nor does it award degrees. Rather it runs a number of research centres around the world, where research fellows or Ph.D. students from other universities can come to do research. It especially targets researchers and students from developing countries. Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. ...

UNU is headed by a Rector, and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It does not receive any funding from the regular UN budget; it relies instead upon voluntary contributions from member states and the return on its investments, which are currently valued at US$350 million. The budget of UNU is approximately US$37 million per annum. The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... View of Tokyos Shibuya district Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Palace. ...

UNU relocated its Institute of Advanced Studies to the Minato Mirai 21 development in Yokohama, Japan in March, 2004. Minato Mirai 21, with the Landmark Tower on the left Minato Mirai 21 (みなとみらい２１) is a large urban development in Yokohama, Japan. ... Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜市; -shi) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. ...

As of january 2006 UNU-INTECH and the Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (MERIT) from the Maastricht University fused into UNU-MERIT with MERIT director Luc Soete as its new director. Universiteit Maastricht (Maastricht University), founded in 1976, is the second youngest university in the Netherlands. ...

UNU-WIDER, the World Institute for Development Economics Research is the first UNU research and training centre, located in Helsinki, Finland, established in 1984. Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 342nd 185. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of universities in Japan
• University for Peace
• UNU-IIST

The following is a comprehensive list of universities in Japan, categorised by prefecture: // Hokkaido College of Medical Technology Hokkaido University Doto University Junior College Fuji Womens Junior College Hokkai Gakuen University Hokkaido Asai Gakuen University Hokkaido Automotive Engineering College Hokkaido Bunkyo Junior College Hokkaido College of Pharmacy [1] Hokkaido... The University for Peace is an international university established by United Nations resolution 35/55 which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1980 and to which (17?) states are parties. ... UNU-IIST is the United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology, based in Macau and originally set up by the Danish professor Dines Bjørner using funding from China, Macau and Portugal. ...

External links

• United Nations University website
• UNU Update, the newsletter of the United Nations University
• UNU-MERIT website
• UNU-WIDER website