Hiroshima University
広島大学
MottoTry New Things, Do New Things
TypePublic (National)
Established1929 (chartered 1949)
Endowment63.7 billion Yen (2006)
PresidentMitsuo Ochi
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) is a Japanese national university located in Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, Japan. Established in 1929, it was chartered as a university in 1949 following the merge of a number of national educational institutions.

History

Hiroshima University in 1955

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 following eight schools were integrated or merged into Hiroshima University under the new system of education.[1]

  • Hiroshima University of Literature and Science (広島文理科大学, Hiroshima Bunrika Daigaku)
  • Hiroshima Higher Normal School (広島高等師範学校, Hiroshima Kōtō Shihan Gakkō) - also translated "Hiroshima School of Secondary Education"
  • Hiroshima Women's Higher Normal School (広島女子高等師範学校, Hiroshima Joshi Kōtō Shihan Gakkō) - also translated "Hiroshima Women's School of Secondary Education"
  • Hiroshima Higher School (広島高等学校, Hiroshima Kōtō Gakkō)
  • Hiroshima Normal School (広島師範学校, Hiroshima Shihan Gakkō) - also translated "Hiroshima School of Education"
  • Hiroshima Youth Normal School (広島青年師範学校, Hiroshima Seinen Shihan Gakkō) - also translated "Hiroshima Young Men's Normal School" or "Hiroshima School of Education for Youth"
  • Hiroshima Higher Technical School (広島高等工業学校 / 広島工業専門学校, Hiroshima Kōtō Kōgyō Gakkō / Hiroshima Kōgyō Senmon Gakkō)
  • Hiroshima Municipal Higher Technical School (広島市立工業専門学校, Hiroshima Shiritsu Kōgyō Senmon Gakkō)

In 1953-1956, Hiroshima Medical College (広島医科大学, Hiroshima Ika Daigaku) consolidated into Hiroshima University.[2]

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. After completing the reconstruction, in order to seek wider campus, the relocation to local area(Higashihiroshima) was planned and decided by 1972. Hiroshima University relocated to Higashihiroshima from Hiroshima City between 1982 and 1995. In Hiroshima City, there are still some Campuses (School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Graduate School in these fields in Kasumi Campus and Law School and Center for Research on Regional Economic System in Higashi-Senda Campus).[3]

Schools and graduate schools

Satake Memorial Hall at Hiroshima University (in Higashihiroshima City)

Schools

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

Graduate schools

  • Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
  • Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life
  • Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences
  • Graduate School of Innovation and Practice for Smart Society

Research institutes

Campus

Notable alumni

Politics
Business
Academic
Culture
Others

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 alumni of Hiroshima University of Literature and Science
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 alumni of Hiroshima Higher Normal School
  3. 1 2 alumni of Hiroshima Higher Technical School
  4. 1 2 3 4 alumni of Hiroshima Higher School
  5. ↑ left the school

References

  1. ↑ Hiroshima University - History - 1949-1954 on 2021-9-5
  2. ↑ School of Medicine, Hiroshima University - History on 2021-9-5
  3. ↑ "History of Hiroshima University". Hiroshima University. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
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