Nagoya University traces its roots back to 1871 when it was a temporary medical school.
Nagoya University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan.
He graduated in 1953 from Nagoya University, and worked as a professor there after 1963.
From 1966 through 1974, he was a professor of chemistry at Nagoya University.
He did both his undergraduate and graduate studies at Nagoya University, earning a doctorate in 1974.
From 1992 he was a professor of physics at the Nagoya University.
In 1986 he was professor at Nagoya University of Arts.
Nagoya University was set up in 1871 as a medical school.
Matsushima became a full professor at Nagoya University in 1953.
Sakata was appointed professor at Nagoya University in 1942 and remained there until his death.