Ibaraki University

, Japan, is a 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 Koto-Gakko), Ibaraki Normal School (Ibaraki Shihan-Gakko), Ibaraki Juvenile Normal School (Ibaraki Seinen Shihan-Gakko), and Taga Technical Specialists' College (Taga Kogyo Senmon-Gakko). The initial colleges were the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of Engineering.

Faculties and Graduate Schools

*Faculty of Humanities (at Mito Campus)
*Faculty of Education (at Mito Campus)
*Faculty of Sciences (at Mito Campus)
*Faculty of Engineering (at Hitachi Campus)
*Faculty of Agriculture (at Ami Campus)

*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
* Institute of Applied Beam 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

* indicates facilities established according to the university's internal decisions.

External links

* [http://www.ibaraki.ac.jp/en/ Ibaraki University Official Homepage]