Tottori University
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, abbreviated to , is a national university in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The main campus is located in Koyama-cho-Minami, Tottori City
Tottori, Tottori
is the capital city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.As of 2006, the city has an estimated population of 200,974 and a density of 262.48 persons per km². The total area is 765.66 km²....

, Tottori Prefecture
Tottori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region. The capital is the city of Tottori. It is the least populous prefecture in Japan.- History :Before the Meiji Restoration, Tottori encompassed the old provinces of Hōki and Inaba...

. Another campus (the Faculty of Medicine) is in Yonago, Tottori
Yonago, Tottori
is a city located in the northwest of Tottori Prefecture, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, and adjacent to Shimane. It is the prefecture's second largest city after Tottori and therefore a commercial center of the western part of this prefecture....

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History

Tottori University(TU) was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture: , , , and .

As Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry was located near the Tottori Sand Dunes
Tottori Sand Dunes
The are unique sand dunes located near Tottori City in Tottori Prefecture, Honshū, Japan. They are the only large dune system in Japan....

, 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
      Sanyo
      is a major electronics company and member of the Fortune 500 whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo targets the middle of the market and has over 230 Subsidiaries and Affiliates....

       and Epson
      Seiko Epson
      , commonly known as Epson, is a Japanese technology company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer printers, information and imaging related equipment...

       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
      Shimane University
      is a national university in Matsue, Shimane, Japan. The predecessor of the school, Shimane High School, was founded in 1920, and was eventually chartered as a university in 1949....

       and Yamaguchi
      Yamaguchi University
      is a national university in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It has campuses at the cities of Yamaguchi and Ube.- History :The root of the university was , a private school founded by Ueda Hōyō in 1815...

       Universities.
  • United Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine (Doctoral courses only)
    • Participants are Yamaguchi, Tottori, Miyazaki
      University of Miyazaki
      is a national university in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1884, and it was chartered as a university in 2003.-External links:*...

       and Kagoshima
      Kagoshima University
      , or is a Japanese national university located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.There are three campuses:* Shimoarata: Faculty of Fisheries* Sakuragaoka: Faculty of Medicine...

       Universities.

Institutes

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


The University's Geospheric Structure and Dynamics Laboratory is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction
Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction
The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction in Japan was founded in April 1969, as part of the Geodesy Council's Second Earthquake Prediction Plan, in order to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of earthquake data in Japan. The committee consists of 30 members and meets four times each...

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