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Hiroshima University

Coordinates: 34°22′56″N 132°27′29″E / 34.38222°N 132.45806°E / 34.38222; 132.45806
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Hiroshima University
MottoTry New Things, Do New Things
TypePublic (National)
Established1929 / 1949
Endowment63.7 billion Yen (2006)
ChancellorToshimasa Asahara
Academic staff
3,222
Undergraduates11,322
Postgraduates3,358
1,756
Location
Higashi-Hiroshima & Hiroshima
,
Hiroshima Prefecture
,
Japan
Campus3.2 km²
AffiliationsBME, CNU, FU, HMU, JMU, HHJ, UNPAR, LTU, LE, MU, RU, SU
Websitehiroshima-u.ac.jp

Hiroshima University (広島大学, Hiroshima Daigaku), in the Japanese cities of Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, was established 1929 by the merger of a number of national educational institutions.

History

Under the National School Establishment Law, Hiroshima University was established on May 31, 1949. After World War II, the school system in Japan was entirely reformed and each of the institutions of higher education under the pre-war system was reorganized. As a general rule, one national university was established in each prefecture, and Hiroshima University became a national university under the new system by combining the pre-war higher educational institutions in Hiroshima Prefecture.

The new university combined eight component institutions: Hiroshima University of Literature and Science, Hiroshima School of Secondary Education, Hiroshima School of Education, Hiroshima Women's School of Secondary Education, Hiroshima School of Education for Youth, Hiroshima Higher School, Hiroshima Higher Technical School, and Hiroshima Municipal Higher Technical School. In 1953, the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical College was added to the new Hiroshima University.

Some of these institutions were already notable. Above all, Hiroshima School of Secondary Education, founded in 1902, had a distinguished place as one of the nation's two centers for training middle school teachers. The Hiroshima University of Literature and Science was founded in 1929 as one of the national universities and, with the Hiroshima School of Secondary Education which was formerly affiliated to it, were highly notable.

The present Hiroshima University, which was created from these two institutions as well as three other "old-system" training institutions for teachers, continues to hold an important position among the universities and colleges in Japan. Hiroshima Higher Technical School, which has many alumnae in the manufacturing industry, was founded in 1920 and was promoted to a Technical College (Senmon Gakko) in 1944. Hiroshima Higher School was founded in 1923 as one of the pre-war higher schools which prepared students for Imperial and other government-supported universities. Although these institutions suffered a great deal of damage due to the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, they were reconstructed and combined to become the new Hiroshima University. Graduate schools were established in 1953. Hiroshima University relocated to Higashihiroshima from Hiroshima City between 1982 and 1995.

Schools and graduate schools

Schools

  • School of Law
  • School of Economics
  • School of Letters
  • School of Education
  • School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Science
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • School of Applied Biological Science

Graduate schools

Research institutes

Campus

See also

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References

34°22′56″N 132°27′29″E / 34.38222°N 132.45806°E / 34.38222; 132.45806

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