Ibaraki University

Ibaraki University

茨城大学
Main Gate of Mito Campus
Type	National university
Established	May 31, 1949
Location	Mito , Ibaraki, Kantō , Japan
Website	www.ibaraki.ac.jp/en/

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

Undergraduate Courses

• College of Humanities and Social Sciences (at Mito Campus)
• College of Education (at Mito Campus)
• College of Science (at Mito Campus)
• College of Engineering (at Hitachi Campus)
• College of Agriculture (at Ami Campus)

Graduate Courses

• Graduate School of Humanities
• Graduate School of Education
• Graduate School of Science and Engineering
• Graduate School of Agriculture

Research Institutes

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

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
• 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.

External links

• Official website