Ibaraki University

Ibaraki University
茨城大学
Main Gate of Mito Campus
Type National university
Established May 31, 1949
Location Mito, Ibaraki, Kantō, Japan
Website ibaraki.ac.jp

Ibaraki University (茨城大学, Ibaraki Daigaku), Japan, is a national university located in Ibaraki Prefecture, with campuses in the cities of Mito, Ami and Hitachi. It was established on May 31, 1949, integrating these prewar institutions: Mito High School (Mito Koto-Gakko), Ibaraki Normal School (Ibaraki Shihan-Gakko), Ibaraki Juvenile Normal School (Ibaraki Seinen Shihan-Gakko), and Taga Technical Specialists' College (Taga Kogyo Senmon-Gakko). The initial colleges were the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of Engineering.

Undergraduate and Graduate Schools

Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Courses
  • Graduate School of Humanities
  • Graduate School of Education
  • Graduate School of Science and Engineering
  • Graduate School of Agriculture

Research Institutes

  • Institute of Regional Studies
  • Institute of Izura Art Culture
  • Institute of Applied Beam Sciences

Timeline

  • 1952, April - Ibaraki Prefectural University of Agriculture (Noka Daigaku) was placed under national management and established as the College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
  • 1955, June - Establishment of Izura Institute of Arts and Culture
  • 1955, July - Establishment of the Junior College of Technology
  • 1967, June - Establishment of the College of Humanities, the College of Science, and the College of Liberal Arts as a result of the reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences
  • 1968, April - Establishment of the Graduate School of Engineering
  • 1969, January - Establishment of the Institute of General Regional Studies*
  • 1970, April - Establishment of the Graduate School of Agriculture
  • 1973, April - Opening of the University Health Center
  • 1979, April - Establishment of the Graduate School of Science
  • 1985, April - Became a constitutive university for the United Graduate School of Agricultural Science (Doctoral program) in Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • 1985, July - Establishment of the Information Processing Center*
  • 1988, April - Establishment of the Graduate School of Education
  • 1989, May - Establishment of the Center for Cooperative Research and Development
  • 1991, April - Establishment of the Graduate School of Humanities, and the Center for Instrumental Analysis
  • 1992, April - Establishment of the Center for Education and Research in Lifelong Learning
  • 1993, March - Abolition of the Junior College of Technology
  • 1993, April - Establishment of the Graduate School of Engineering (Doctoral program)
  • 1995, April - Merger of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Science into the Graduate School of Science and Engineering
  • 1996, March - Abolition of the College of Liberal Arts
  • 1996, April - Establishment of Center for Research and Development in University Education*
  • 1997, April - Establishment of Center for Water Environmental Studies
  • 1998, April - Reorganization of Information Processing Center
  • 1999, April - Opening of Gene Research Center

* indicates facilities established according to the university's internal decisions.

Coordinates: 36°24′04″N 140°26′35″E / 36.40111°N 140.44306°E / 36.40111; 140.44306

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