Ibaraki University

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