Ibaraki University
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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.
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[edit] Faculties and Graduate Schools
- Faculty of Humanities (at Mito Campus)
- Faculty of Education (at Mito Campus)
- Faculty of Sciences (at Mito Campus)
- Faculty of Engineering (at Hitachi Campus)
- Faculty of Agriculture (at Ami Campus)
- Graduate School of Humanities
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Graduate School of Agriculture
[edit] Research Institutes
- Institute of Regional Studies
- Institute of Izura Art Culture
[edit] 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.
