# 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.