Kyoto Prefectural University


Kyoto Prefectural University, Fudai or Kyōfudai for short, is a public university in Japan. Its campus is located in Nakaragi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto.
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History

Kyoto Prefectural University was established in 1949 as Saikyo University by mingling two prefectural colleges: Kyoto Prefectural Agricultural and Forestry Vocational School and Kyoto Prefectural Women's Vocational School.
Saikyo University had at first two faculties: the Faculty of Letters and Domestic Science / the Faculty of Agriculture. The brief history of the university is as follows:
  • 1951: The Faculty of Women's Junior College was established.
  • 1959: The University was renamed Kyoto Prefectural University.
  • 1962: All the faculties were integrated in Shimogamo Campus.
  • 1970: The Faculty of Letters and Domestic Science was reorganized into two faculties.
  • : The Graduate School of Agriculture was established.
  • 1977: The Faculty of Domestic Science was renamed Faculty of Living Science.
  • 1983: A Doctoral course was added to the Graduate School of Agriculture.
  • 1986: The Graduate School of Living Science was established.
  • 1990: The Graduate School of Letters was established.
  • 1997: The Faculty of Living Science was reorganized into two faculties: the Faculty of Welfare Society and the Faculty of Human Environment.
  • 1998: The Faculty of Women's Junior College was abolished.
  • 2001: Doctoral courses were added to the Graduate School of Letters.
  • : The Graduate School of Welfare Society was established.
  • : The Graduate School of Living Science was renamed Graduate School of Human Environment Science.
  • 2008: The faculties and graduate schools were reorganized.
  • 2011: The Seika Campus was established.
  • 2014: The Kyoto Institute of Japanese Food Culture was established.
  • 2017: The university library was newly opened within the Rekisaikan, Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives and the Kyoto Institute for Regional Prospects was established.
  • 2019: The Department of Japanese Food Culture was established in the Faculty of Letters.
  • 2021: The Industry Liaison Office, the AI Data Science Education and Research Center, the Disaster and Epidemic Prevention Research Center, and the Center for Frontier Science History were all newly established.

Undergraduate Schools

  • Faculty of Letters
  • Faculty of Welfare Society
  • Faculty of Human Environment
  • Faculty of Agriculture
The faculties above were reorganized into three new faculties :

Graduate Schools

  • Graduate School of Letters
  • Graduate School of Welfare Society
  • Graduate School of Human Environment Science
  • Graduate School of Agriculture
The graduate schools above were reorganized into three new schools :

Institutes

  • Attached Library
  • Farm attached to the Faculty of Agriculture