The history of Nagasaki University goes all the way back to November 12th, 1857 when a Dutch naval surgeon, Dr. Pompe established Igaku Denshusho, which was the oldest medical school in Japan. Although Nagasaki Medical College Igaku Denshusho was completely demolished on August 9th 1945 by the atomic bomb, it miraculously revived like a phoenix. Now Igaku Denshusho has grown into a very important university that comprises 10 faculties and 7 graduate schools (Global Humanities and Social Science, Education, Economics, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information and Data Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Studies and Fisheries), affiliated hospitals, libraries, the Institute of Tropical Medicine and the Atomic Bomb Disease Institute. Nagasaki University now has over 9,000 students including over 400 international students from Asia, Africa and other parts of the world.