Kumamoto University

Kumamoto University (熊本大学, Kumamoto Daigaku), abbreviated to Kumadai (熊大), is a Japanese national university located in Kumamoto, Kumamoto prefecture in the Kyushu region of Japan. It was established on May 31, 1949, at which time the following institutions were subsumed into it; Kumamoto Teachers College (established in 1874), Kumamoto Pharmaceutical College (1885), the Fifth High School (1887), Kumamoto Medical College (1896), and Kumamoto Technical College (1906).

Currently, the university has seven faculties and eight graduate schools with a total of around 10,000 Japanese students and 400 international students from Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Oceania. It's one of the Super Global Universities selected by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

History

The university was chartered by the Showa government on May 31, 1949 under a new Japanese education system reforming older system, merging five institutions of higher education in the city of Kumamoto which includes Kumamoto Teachers College (熊本師範学校, Kumamoto shihan gakkō) established in 1987, Kumamoto Pharmaceutical College (熊本薬学専門学校, Kumamoto yakugaku semmon gakkō) established in 1885, the Fifth High School (第五高等学校, Dai-go kōtō gakkō) established in 1887, Kumamoto Medical College (熊本医科大学, Kumamoto ika daigaku) established in 1896 and Kumamoto Technical College (熊本高等工業学校, Kumamoto kōtō kōgyō gakkō) established in 1897 though the precursor of the university was founded in 1925 as a prefectural university of Kumamoto and subsequently it was reorganized as a national university in 1929.