神户大学
KUC was founded in 1929 as , a men's college (for age 17-20 or above). Because in 1929 the older Kobe Higher Commercial School (a national college) was reorganized into older Kobe University of Commerce (for age 19-22 or above; see Kobe University), the prefecture lost a college for boys at age 17–20. So the prefecture founded its own commercial college. The campus was located on a hill called in Tarumi. In 1944 the college was renamed . Among the notable alumni are Isao Nakauchi (the founder of Daiei) and Nobuo Okishio (who finally graduated Kobe University).