理 学 部(りがくぶ)

りがくぶ

noun

faculty of science; science department

1. faculty of science; science department

The academic department at a university that covers the natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics.

理学部(りがくぶ)で物理(ぶつり)を学(まな)んでいる。

I am studying physics in the faculty of science.

弟(おとうと)は理学部(りがくぶ)の化学科(かがくか)に進(すす)んだ。

My younger brother went into the chemistry department in the faculty of science.

理学部(りがくぶ)の建物(たてもの)は実験室(じっけんしつ)が多(おお)いので、他(ほか)の学部(がくぶ)より広(ひろ)い。

The science faculty building is larger than other faculties because it has many laboratories.

A compound of 理(り) (science/reason) and 学部(がくぶ) (faculty). Covers pure sciences as opposed to 工学部(こうがくぶ) (engineering), which focuses on applied sciences. Some universities combine them as 理工学部(りこうがくぶ) (faculty of science and engineering).

Common collocations

理学部(りがくぶ)の教授(きょうじゅ): science faculty professor
理学部(りがくぶ)数学科(すうがくか): mathematics department (within science)
理学部(りがくぶ)を志望(しぼう)する: to aspire to the science faculty

Related words

工学部(こうがくぶ): faculty of engineering
理工学部(りこうがくぶ): faculty of science and engineering (combined)
理学(りがく): science (the discipline)
学部(がくぶ): faculty; department

Related Words

Related: 工学部(こうがくぶ) (faculty of engineering)

Related: 文学部(ぶんがくぶ) (Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Humanities)

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