Tottori University
National University Corporation Tottori University, abbreviated to Toridai, is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyamachō-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Another campus, the Faculty of Medicine, is located on the Yonago Campus in Yonago, Tottori.
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- National University Corporation Tottori University
- Founded
- 1949
- Headquarters
- Tottori Campus
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National University Corporation Tottori University, abbreviated to Toridai, is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyamachō-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Another campus, the Faculty of Medicine, is located on the Yonago Campus in Yonago, Tottori.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — National University Corporation Tottori University • Native Name — 鳥取大学 • Motto — (Fusion of Knowledge and Practice) • Established — 1949 • Type — Public (National) • President — Ryota Teshima • City — Tottori • State — Tottori • Faculty — 1,366 • Students — 6,148 • Undergrad — 5,268 • Postgrad — 1,085 • Doctoral — 397 • Campus — Tottori, Yonago • Website — Tottori University • Address — 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8550, Japan
History
History
Tottori University (TU) was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture: • Yonago Medical College, established in 1948, • Yonago Professional School of Medicine, founded in 1945, • Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry, founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College, • Tottori Normal School, founded in 1874, also known as the Tottori Teachers Training Institute, • Tottori Youth Normal School The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Liberal Arts (in Tachikawa-cho Campus), Medicine (in Yonago Campus) and Agriculture (in Yoshikata Campus). The latter history of the university is as follows: • 1965: the Faculty of Engineering was established (in Tachikawa-cho Campus). • 1966: the Faculty of Liberal Arts was renamed Faculty of Education. • In August 1966 the Faculties of Education, Engineering and Agriculture were removed to the new-born Koyama Campus, which is now the main Tottori Campus. • The former Tachikawa-cho and Yoshikata Campuses are now used as Sanyo and Epson factories. • 1999: the Faculty of Education was reorganized into Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences. • 2004: the Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences was reorganized into Faculty of Regional Sciences.
Faculties (undergraduate schools)
Faculties (undergraduate schools)
• Illustration — Yonago Campus • Faculty of Regional Sciences • Faculty of Medicine (in Yonago Campus) • Faculty of Engineering • Faculty of Agriculture
Graduate schools
Graduate schools
• Graduate School of Regional Sciences (Master's courses only) • Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Yonago Campus) • Graduate School of Engineering • Graduate School of Agriculture (Master's courses only) • United Graduate School of Agricultural Science (Doctoral courses only) • Participants are Tottori, Shimane and Yamaguchi Universities. • United Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine (Doctoral courses only) • Participants are Yamaguchi, Tottori, Miyazaki and Kagoshima Universities.
Facilities
Facilities
• Tottori University Library
General rankings
General rankings
Tottori university ranked 30th of Japan's top 300 universities in 2014 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai. In another ranking, the university ranked 44th in Japan in the ranking by University Ranking by Academic Performance among 730 universities in 2013–2014.
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Tottori University is associated with Japan. Recorded from 1949.
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Tottori University established.
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Tottori University is recorded from 1949.
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