University of Toyama

University of Toyama
富山大学
Gofuku Campus
Type National
Established 1875 (1949)
Academic staff
 975
Administrative staff
 1,051
Students approx. 9,200
Undergraduates 8,134 (2010)
Postgraduates 1,068 (2010)
Location Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

The University of Toyama (富山大学, Toyama Daigaku) is a Japanese national university in Toyama Prefecture established in 1949.[1]

Overview

Sugitani Campus

The University of Toyama is located in the cities of Toyama and Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It was formed in October 2005 by combining Toyama University, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, and Takaoka National College. The origin of Toyama University is Nikawa Teachers College founded in 1875. The University of Toyama has three campuses: Gofuku, Sugitani and Takaoka. It consists of eight faculties, six graduate schools, laboratories, a hospital, libraries, and 18 institutes.[2] It has about 9,300 students (including 330 international students).

Faculties

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Human Development
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences (Sugitani Campus)
  • Faculty of Art and Design

Junior College of Business Administration

The Junior College of Business Administration, Toyama University (富山大学経営短期大学部, Toyama Daigaku Keiei Tanki Daigakubu)[3] was a national junior college in the city of Toyama. The junior college opened in April 1959, affiliated with the University of Toyama. It offered evening courses in business management. The college closed in 1990.[4]

Takaoka National College

Takaoka National College
高岡短期大学
The former Takaoka National College, now the Takaoka campus of Toyama University
Type Junior college
Active 1983–2010
Location Takaoka, Toyama, Japan
Website www.u-toyama.ac.jp/outline/history/takaoka-22.html

Takaoka National College (高岡短期大学, Takaoka Tanki Daigaku) was a national junior college located in the city of Takaoka, Toyama, Japan. Takaoka National College was established in April 1983, with registration of students starting in 1986. It was merged with Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University and Toyama University to form the University of Toyama in 2005, and closed in 2010.[5]

References

  1. ↑ University of Toyama. "University of Toyama". Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100222084028/http://www.u-toyama.ac.jp/en/faculties/index.html. Archived from the original on February 22, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 松嶋 道夫 [Matsushima Michio]. "家族制度の変革と現代家族 [The Reform of Family System and Modern Family]". CiNii articles database. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  4. ↑ 2011 全国短期大学高等専門学校一覧 p.241.(Japanese)
  5. ↑ 2011 全国短期大学高等専門学校一覧 p.242. (Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°41′57″N 137°11′17″E / 36.69917°N 137.18806°E / 36.69917; 137.18806

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