Tottori University
| Tottori University | |
|---|---|
| 鳥取大学 | |
| Motto | 知と実践の融合 (Fusion of Knowledge and Practice) |
| Established | 1949 |
| Type | Public (National) |
| President | Takayuki Nose |
| Students | 6,354[1] |
| Undergraduates | 5,268 |
| Postgraduates | 1,085 |
| Doctoral students | 397 |
| Location | Tottori, Tottori |
| Campus | Suburb |
| Website | Tottori University |
Tottori University (鳥取大学 Tottori daigaku), abbreviated to Toridai (鳥大), is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyama-cho-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Another campus (the Faculty of Medicine) is in Yonago, Tottori.
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[edit] History
Tottori University(TU) was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture: Yonago Medical College (米子医科大学 Yonago ika daigaku, established in 1948), Yonago Professional School of Medicine (米子医学専門学校 Yonago igaku semmon gakkō, founded in 1945)[2], Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry (鳥取農林専門学校 Tottori nōrin semmon gakkō, founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College)[3], Tottori Normal School (鳥取師範学校 Tottori shihan gakkō, founded in 1874)[4] and Tottori Youth Normal School (鳥取青年師範学校 Tottori seinen shihan gakkō, founded in 1921)[5].
As Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry was located near the Tottori Sand Dunes, its main tasks included the studies on the agriculture in 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 Arid Land Research Center.
The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Liberal Arts (in Tachikawa-cho Campus), Medicine (in Yonago Campus) and Agriculture (in Yoshikata Campus). The latter history of the university is as follows:
- 1965: the Faculty of Engineering was established (in Tachikawa-cho Campus).
- 1966: the Faculty of Liberal Arts was renamed Faculty of Education.
- 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.
[edit] Organization
[edit] Faculties (Undergraduate Schools)
- Faculty of Regional Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine (in Yonago Campus)
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Agriculture
[edit] Graduate Schools
- Graduate School of Regional Sciences (Master's courses only)
- Graduate School of Medical Sciences (in Yonago Campus)
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Graduate School of Agriculture (Master's courses only)
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science (Doctoral courses only)
- United Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine (Doctoral courses only)
[edit] Institutes
- University Library
- University Hospital (in Yonago)
- Arid Land Research Center
The University's Geospheric Structure and Dynamics Laboratory is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.[6]
[edit] General Rankings
The university ranked 46th in Japan in the ranking by University Ranking by Academic Performance in 2011. In another ranking, the university ranked 49th in 2011 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.
[edit] References
- ^ "学生の定員、現員及び入学者状況 (Number of Students Enrolled)" (in Japanese) (pdf). Tottori University. 2008-05-01. http://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/secure/2023/gaiyo2008@p20_23.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-03.[dead link]
- ^ Yonago Professional School of Medicine, according to the "HISTORY OF TOTTORI UNIVERSITY". Tottori University. http://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/dd.aspx?menuid=1409. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ^ or, Tottori Professional School of Agriculture and Forestry, according to the "HISTORY OF TOTTORI UNIVERSITY".
- ^ or, Tottori Teachers Training Institute, according to the "HISTORY OF TOTTORI UNIVERSITY".
- ^ or, Tottori Young Men's Teachers Training Institute, according to the "HISTORY OF TOTTORI UNIVERSITY".
- ^ Organizations with ties to CCEP CCEP, accessed 2011-03-19
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