Tottori University Explained
Tottori University should not be confused with Tottori College.
, abbreviated to, is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyamachō-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture.[3] Another campus, the Faculty of Medicine, is located on the Yonago Campus in Yonago, Tottori.
History
Tottori University (TU) was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture:
- , established in 1948,
- , founded in 1945,[4]
- , founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College,
- , founded in 1874, also known as the Tottori Teachers Training Institute,[4]
- [3] [4]
The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Liberal Arts (in Tachikawa-cho Campus), Medicine (in Yonago Campus) and Agriculture (in Yoshikata Campus). The latter history of the university is as follows:
- 1965: the Faculty of Engineering was established (in Tachikawa-cho Campus).
- 1966: the Faculty of Liberal Arts was renamed Faculty of Education.
- In August 1966 the Faculties of Education, Engineering and Agriculture were removed to the new-born Koyama Campus, which is now the main Tottori Campus.
- The former Tachikawa-cho and Yoshikata Campuses are now used as Sanyo and Epson factories.
- 1999: the Faculty of Education was reorganized into Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences.
- 2004: the Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences was reorganized into Faculty of Regional Sciences.
Organization
Faculties (undergraduate schools)
- Faculty of Regional Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine (in Yonago Campus)
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Agriculture
Graduate schools
- Graduate School of Regional Sciences (Master's courses only)
- Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Yonago Campus)
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Graduate School of Agriculture (Master's courses only)
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science (Doctoral courses only)
- United Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine (Doctoral courses only)
Facilities
- Tottori University Library
Institutes and related facilities
- The dates to 1923. As Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry was located near the Tottori Sand Dunes, its main task included the study of agriculture on dry or sandy land. In 1923 it opened a test field by the sand dunes. The tradition is followed by the TU Faculty of Agriculture and the research center.[5]
- The university's Geospheric Structure and Dynamics Laboratory is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.[6]
- , Yonago Campus[7]
General rankings
Tottori university ranked 30th of Japan's top 300 universities in 2014 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai. In another ranking, the university ranked 44th in Japan in the ranking by University Ranking by Academic Performance among 730 universities in 2013–2014.
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Number of Staff Members . Tottori University . 22 September 2022.
- Web site: Number of Students Enrolled (Faculties) . Tottori University . 22 September 2022.
- Encyclopedia: Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ) . 鳥取大学 (Tottori Daigaku) . 2012-04-19 . 2012 . Shogakukan . Tokyo . ja . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ . 2007-08-25 .
- Web site: History of Tottori University . 2008-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081223195606/http://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/dd.aspx?menuid=1409 . 2008-12-23 . dead .
- http://www.alrc.tottori-u.ac.jp/english/e_index.html Arid Land Research Center
- http://cais.gsi.go.jp/YOCHIREN/links.e.html#hoka Organizations with ties to CCEP
- http://www2.hosp.med.tottori-u.ac.jp/ 鳥取大学医学部付属病院
