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Ibaraki University

Coordinates: 36°24′04″N 140°26′35″E / 36.40111°N 140.44306°E / 36.40111; 140.44306
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Ibaraki University
茨城大学
Main Gate of Mito Campus
TypeNational university
EstablishedMay 31, 1949
Location, ,
Websitewww.ibaraki.ac.jp/en/ Edit this at Wikidata

Ibaraki University (茨城大学, Ibaraki Daigaku) is a Japanese 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 Kōtō-Gakkō), Ibaraki Normal School (Ibaraki Shihan-Gakkō), Ibaraki Juvenile Normal School (Ibaraki Seinen Shihan-Gakkō), and Taga Technical Specialists' College (Taga Kōgyō Senmon-Gakkō). The initial colleges were the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of Engineering.

Undergraduate and Graduate Schools

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Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Courses

Research Institutes

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  • Institute of Regional Studies
  • Institute of Izura Art Culture
  • Frontier Research Center for Applied Atomic Sciences

Timeline

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  • 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
  • 2006, April – Establishment of Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science
  • 2008, April – Establishment of Frontier Research Center for Applied Atomic Sciences
  • 2014, April – Establishment of Social Collaboration Center
  • 2017, April – Reorganization of College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Institute for Liberal Arts Education

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

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