Tottori University

Infobox University
name = Tottori University
native_name = 鳥取大学


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motto = 知と実践の融合
"(Fusion of Knowledge and Practice)"
established = 1949
type = Public (National)
president = Takayuki Nose
city = Tottori
state = Tottori
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students = 6,333 [cite web|url=http://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/consortium/contents/annai/gaiyo/pdf/8%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E3%81%AE%E5%AE%9A%E5%93%A1%E3%80%81%E7%8F%BE%E5%93%A1%E5%8F%8A%E3%81%B3%E5%85%A5%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85%E7%8A%B6%E6%B3%81.pdf|title=学生の定員、現員及び入学者状況 (Number of Students Enrolled)|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-03-28|date=2006-05-01|format=pdf|publisher=Tottori University]
undergrad = 5,248
postgrad = 1,085
doctoral = 395
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campus = Suburb
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website = [http://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/consortium/contents/e/index.html www.tottori-u.ac.jp]
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nihongo|Tottori University|鳥取大学|Tottori daigaku, abbreviated to nihongo|Toridai|鳥大|, is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyama-cho-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Another campus (the Faculty of Medicine) is in Yonago, Tottori.

History

Tottori University(TU) was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture: nihongo|Yonago Medical College|米子医科大学|Yonago ika daigaku|established in 1948, nihongo|Yonago Professional School of Medicine|米子医学専門学校|Yonago igaku semmon gakkō|founded in 1945 [Yonago Professional School of Medicine, according to the cite web|url=http://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/consortium/contents/e/about_univ.html|title=HISTORY OF TOTTORI UNIVERSITY|accessdate=2008-03-28|date=2005|publisher=Tottori University] , nihongo|Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry|鳥取農林専門学校|Tottori nōrin semmon gakkō|founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College [or, Tottori Professional School of Agriculture and Forestry, according to the HISTORY OF TOTTORI UNIVERSITY.] , nihongo|Tottori Normal School|鳥取師範学校|Tottori shihan gakkō|founded in 1874 [or, Tottori Teachers Training Institute, according to the HISTORY OF TOTTORI UNIVERSITY.] and nihongo|Tottori Youth Normal School|鳥取青年師範学校|Tottori seinen shihan gakkō|founded in 1921 [or, Tottori Young Men's Teachers Training Institute, according to the HISTORY OF TOTTORI UNIVERSITY.] .

As Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry was located near the Tottori Sand Dunes, its main tasks included the studies on the agriculture in dry or sandy land. In 1923 it opened a test field by the sand dunes. The tradition is followed by the TU Faculty of Agriculture and the Arid Land Research Center.

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 (Tottori Campus today).
** The former Tachikawa-cho and Yoshikata Campuses are now used by 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)

* Faculty of Regional Sciences
* Faculty of Medicine (in Yonago Campus)
* Faculty of Engineering
* Faculty of Agriculture

Graduate Schools

* Graduate School of Regional Sciences (Master's courses only)
* Graduate School of Medical Sciences (in 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.

Institutes

* University Library
* University Hospital (in Yonago)
* Arid Land Research Center

References

External links

* [http://www.tottori-u.ac.jp/consortium/contents/e/index.html Official Website]