What does 学部 (gakubu | がくぶ) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	学部
	is pronounced
	gakubu \| がくぶ
	means
	department of a university, undergraduate

	Examples:
	トムは学部卒だ。 tomu wa gakubu sotsu da. Tom is a college graduate.
	彼は医学部の教授だ。 kare wa igakubu no kyōju da. He is a professor of the medical department.
	学部の選択で迷った。 gakubu no sentaku de mayotta. He was at a loss as to which faculty to choose.
	明大って医学部あるの？ meidai tte igakubu aru no? Does Meiji University have a medical school?
	私は経済学部の学生です。 watashi wa keizaigakubu no gakusei desu. I'm a student at the Economics Department.
	法学部の図書館で仕事を見つけた。 hōgakubu no toshokan de shigoto o mitsuke ta. He got a job at the Law Library.
	私たちの大学は８つの学部から成っている。 watashi tachi no daigaku wa yattsu no gakubu kara natte iru. Our university consists of eight departments.
	すみません、経済学部図書館ってどこか分かりますか？ sumimasen, keizaigakubu toshokan tte doko ka wakari masu ka? Excuse me, do you know where the economics department library is?
	芳田氏は山形県に生まれ、日本大学芸術学部油絵科を卒業する。 yoshida shi wa yamagata ken ni umare, nippon daigaku geijutsu gakubu aburae ka o sotsugyū suru. Mr Yoshida was born in Yamagata prefecture, and graduated from Nihon University College of Art with a degree in oil painting.
	その場に居合わせた者は皆、かすかな後光に照らされる学部長に視線を向けた。 sono ba ni iawase ta mono wa mina, kasuka na gokō ni terasa reru gakubu chō ni shisen o muke ta. Now, all heads turn toward the dean, who sits surrounded by a faint halo of light.
	理学部を卒業した学生のほとんどが修士課程に進み、そのほぼ半数が博士課程に進む。 rigakubu o sotsugyū shi ta gakusei no hotondo ga shūshi katei ni susumi, sono hobo hansū ga hakase katei ni susumu. Most graduates of the Department of Science proceed to a master's program, and roughly half of those continue on to their PhD.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org