Kagoshima University


Kagoshima University, abbreviated to Kadai, is a Japanese national university located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
File:Kagoshima University Korimoto Campus CKU20106-C10-38.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Korimoto Campus

History

The university was established in 1949 consolidating the following schools because of educational reform in occupied Japan.
  • Seventh Higher School Zoshikan - established in 1901. The school was located on the former site of Kagoshima Castle. It is one of the schools that originates from the han school Zoshikan in Edo period.
  • Kagoshima Normal School - The oldest predecessor was established in 1875.
  • Kagoshima Youth Normal School - established in 1944.
  • Kagoshima College of Agriculture and Forestry - established in 1908.
  • Kagoshima College of Fisheries - established in 1946.
The following schools became Kagoshima Prefectural University in 1949 and were consolidated into Kagoshima University in 1955.
  • Kagoshima Prefectural Technical College - established in 1945.
  • Kagoshima Prefectural Medical College - established as Kagoshima Prefectural Medical Vocational School in 1942. It originates from the medical school in Kagoshima in Meiji era.
These seven schools became the Faculties of Arts and Sciences, Education, Agriculture, Fisheries, Engineering, and Medicine in 1949. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences was divided into a Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities and a Faculty of Science in 1965. A Faculty of Dentistry was added in 1977. The Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was separated from the Faculty of Agriculture in 2012. Graduate Schools have been added gradually.

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