Tottori University

National University Corporation Tottori University, abbreviated to Toridai, is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyamachō-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Another campus, the Faculty of Medicine, is located on the Yonago Campus in Yonago, Tottori.

History

Tottori University was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture:

Yonago Medical College, established in 1948,
Yonago Professional School of Medicine, founded in 1945,
Tottori [College of Agriculture and Forestry], founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College,
Tottori Normal School, founded in 1874, also known as the Tottori Teachers Training Institute,
Tottori Youth Normal School

The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Liberal Arts, Medicine and Agriculture. The latter history of the university is as follows:

1965: the Faculty of Engineering was established.
1966: the Faculty of Liberal Arts was renamed Faculty of Education.
* In August 1966 the Faculties of Education, Engineering and Agriculture were removed to the new-born Koyama Campus, which is now the main Tottori Campus.
* The former Tachikawa-cho and Yoshikata Campuses are now used as Sanyo and Epson factories.
1999: the Faculty of Education was reorganized into Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences.
2004: the Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences was reorganized into Faculty of Regional Sciences.

The Tottori University Arid Land Research Center dates to 1923. As Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry was located near the Tottori Sand Dunes, its main task included the study of agriculture on dry or sandy land. In 1923 it opened a test field by the sand dunes. The tradition is followed by the TU Faculty of Agriculture and the research center.
The university's Geospheric [Structure and Dynamics Laboratory] is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.
Tottori University Hospital, Yonago Campus

Tottori university ranked 30th of Japan's top 300 universities in 2014 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai. In another ranking, the university ranked 44th in Japan in the ranking by University Ranking by Academic Performance among 730 universities in 2013–2014.