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Hiroshima University

National university in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Field	Value
name	Hiroshima University
native_name	広島大学
motto	Try New Things, Do New Things
image_name	HU-emblem.jpg
image_size	150px
established	1929 (chartered 1949)
type	Public (National)
endowment	63.7 billion Yen (2006)
faculty	3,222
president	Mitsuo Ochi
undergrad	11,322
postgrad	3,358
doctoral	1,756
city	Higashi-Hiroshima & Hiroshima
state	Hiroshima Prefecture
country	Japan
campus	3.2 km2
mascot	Heroty
affiliations	BME, CNU, FU, HMU, JMU, HHJ, UNPAR, LTU, LE, MU, RU, SU
website	hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Hiroshima University is a Japanese national research university located in Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, Japan. Established in 1929, it was chartered as a university in 1949 following the merge of a number of national educational institutions. Its abbreviated form is Hirodai, and it is included in the group of quasi-elite national universities in Japan known as “Kaneokachihiro”.

History

Under the National School Establishment Law, Hiroshima University was established on May 31, 1949. After World War II, the school system in Japan was entirely reformed and each of the institutions of higher education under the pre-war system was reorganized. As a general rule, one national university was established in each prefecture, and Hiroshima University became a national university under the new system by combining the pre-war higher educational institutions in Hiroshima Prefecture.

The following eight schools were integrated or merged into Hiroshima University under the new system of education.

Hiroshima University of Literature and Science
Hiroshima Higher Normal School
Hiroshima Women's Higher Normal School
Hiroshima Higher School
Hiroshima Normal School
Hiroshima Youth Normal School
Hiroshima Higher Technical School
Hiroshima Municipal Higher Technical School

In 1953-1956, Hiroshima Medical College consolidated into Hiroshima University.

Some of these institutions were already notable. Above all, Hiroshima School of Secondary Education, founded in 1902, had a distinguished place as one of the nation's two centers for training middle school teachers. The Hiroshima University of Literature and Science was founded in 1929 as one of the national universities and, with the Hiroshima School of Secondary Education which was formerly affiliated to it, were highly notable.

The present Hiroshima University, which was created from these two institutions as well as three other "old-system" training institutions for teachers, continues to hold an important position among the universities and colleges in Japan. Hiroshima Higher Technical School, which has many alumnae in the manufacturing industry, was founded in 1920 and was promoted to a Technical College (Senmon Gakko) in 1944. Hiroshima Higher School was founded in 1923 as one of the pre-war higher schools which prepared students for Imperial and other government-supported universities. Although these institutions suffered a great deal of damage due to the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, they were reconstructed and combined to become the new Hiroshima University. Graduate schools were established in 1953. After completing the reconstruction, in order to seek wider campus, the relocation to local area(Higashihiroshima) was planned and decided by 1972. Hiroshima University relocated to Higashihiroshima from Hiroshima City between 1982 and 1995. In Hiroshima City, there are still some Campuses (School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Graduate School in these fields in Kasumi Campus and Law School and Center for Research on Regional Economic System in Higashi-Senda Campus).

Schools and graduate schools

Satake Memorial Hall at Hiroshima University (in Higashihiroshima City)

Schools

School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
School of Letters
School of Education
School of Law
School of Economics
School of Science
School of Medicine
School of Dentistry
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Engineering
School of Applied Biological Science
School of Informatics and Data Science

Graduate schools

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences
Graduate School of Innovation and Practice for Smart Society

Research institutes

Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden

Campus

Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Kagami-yama 1-chome, Higashihiroshima
Kasumi Campus, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Higashisenda Campus, 1-1-89, Higashi-senda-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima

Notable alumni

;Politics

Wataru Kubo - member of the National Diet, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
Osamu Fujimura - member of the National Diet, Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister of State
Yoshinobu Ohira - member of the National Diet
Chōbyō Yara - Chief Executive of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
Yura Halim - Chief Minister (Menteri Besar) of Brunei, Brunei Ambassador to Japan

;Business

Takeshi Taketsuru - President of Nikka Whisky Distilling

;Academic

Kuniyoshi Obara - scholar of education, education reformer, founder of Tamagawa Gakuen and Tamagawa University
Shintaro Uda - engineer, Professor Emeritus at Tohoku University, IEEE Milestone, Japan Academy Prize
Yoshio Koide - theoretical physicist, Professor Emeritus at University of Shizuoka
Tsutomu Yanagida - physicist, Professor Emeritus at University of Tokyo, Humboldt Prize, Nishina Memorial Prize
Tomoyuki Nishita - engineer, Professor Emeritus at University of Tokyo, Steven A. Coons Award
Akinori Noma - physiologists, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University
Katsuya Kodama - peace researcher and sociologist, Vice-President of International Social Science Council at UNESCO
Tsuguo Hongo - mycologist, Professor Emeritus at Shiga University
Akira Miyawaki - botanist, Professor Emeritus at Yokohama National University, Blue Planet Prize
Makoto Nishimura - biologist
Shigeru Nakayama - historian of science, Professor Emeritus at Kanagawa University
Kazuyoshi Kino - Buddhist scholar

;Culture

Hiroko Oyamada - author of fiction, Akutagawa Prize
Fumiyo Kōno - manga artist
Kōhei Kiyasu - voice actor, actor, scriptwriter
Akira Sakata - free jazz saxophonist
Kenzō Tange - architect, Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Praemium Imperiale, Legion of Honour, Order of Culture
Hiroyuki Agawa - author of fiction and literary critic, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Noma Literary Prize, Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, Japan Art Academy Prize & Imperial Prize of the Japan Art Academy, Person of Cultural Merit, Order of Culture
Toshiyuki Kajiyama - author of fiction and journalist

;Others

Sunao Tsuboi - anti-nuclear and anti-war activist

Notes

References

[https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/about/about/history/history/1949_1954 Hiroshima University - History - 1949-1954] on 2021-9-5
[https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/med/about/history School of Medicine, Hiroshima University - History] on 2021-9-5
"History of Hiroshima University". Hiroshima University.
alumni of Hiroshima University of Literature and Science
alumni of Hiroshima Higher Normal School
alumni of Hiroshima Higher Technical School
alumni of Hiroshima Higher School
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