Utsunomiya University

National university in Japan

Utsunomiya University

宇都宮大学

Type| National
Established| Founded 1922
Chartered 1949
President| Osamu Ikeda

Academic staff

| 362 full-time[1]
Students| 4,922[2]
Undergraduates| 3,977
Postgraduates| 945

Doctoral students

| 102
Address|

350 Mine-cho, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8505

Utsunomiya

Tochigi

Japan

36°32′57″N 139°54′50″E﻿ / ﻿36.5492°N 139.9139°E﻿ / 36.5492; 139.9139
Campus| Urban
Mascot| "U-tan"
Website| www.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
Yoto Campus (Engineering) Minegaoka Auditorium, built in 1924

Utsunomiya University (宇都宮大学, Utsunomiya daigaku) is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Miné-machi, and the engineering campus at Yōtō, in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture.

## History

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Utsunomiya University was established in 1949 by integrating three national colleges: Utsunomiya Agricultural and Forestry College (宇都宮農林専門学校, Utsunomiya nōrin semmon gakkō; founded in 1922), Tochigi Normal School (栃木師範学校, Tochigi shihan gakkō; founded in 1873) and Tochigi Normal School for Youth (栃木青年師範学校, Tochigi seinen shihan gakkō; founded in 1922).

The university at first had two faculties: Faculty of Agriculture (in Mine Campus) and Faculty of Liberal Arts (in Takaragi Campus).

* 1955: The Faculty of Liberal Arts was removed to Mine Campus.
* 1964: Utsunomiya Technical Junior College (宇都宮工業短期大学) was merged with the university to constitute Faculty of Engineering (in Yoto Campus).
* 1966: The Faculty of Liberal Arts was renamed Faculty of Education.
* 1994: The Faculty of International Studies was added.

## Faculties (Undergraduate Schools)

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* Faculty of International Studies
* Department of International Social Studies
* Department of International Cultural Studies
* Faculty of Education
* School Teachers' Training Course
* Lifelong Education Course
* Environmental Education Course
* Faculty of Engineering (in Yoto Campus)
* Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
* Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
* Department of Applied Chemistry
* Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
* Department of Information Science
* Department of Optical Engineering[3]
* Faculty of Agriculture
* Department of Bioproductive Science
* Department of Environmental Engineering
* Department of Agricultural Economics
* Department of Forest Sciences

## Graduate Schools

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* Graduate School of International Studies (Master's/Doctoral)
* Graduate School of Education (Master's courses only)
* Graduate School of Engineering (Master's/Doctoral)
* Graduate School of Agriculture (Master's/Doctoral)
* The doctoral courses belong to the Joint Graduate School of Agriculture by Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Ibaraki University and Utsunomiya University.

## References

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1. ^ "Utsunomiya University: Number of Staff Members(in Japanese)". Retrieved 2009-02-22.
2. ^ "Utsunomiya University: Number of Students Enrolled (in Japanese)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
3. ^ "Utsunomiya University Optics Department Webpage (in Japanese)". Retrieved 2023-01-01.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Utsunomiya University.

* Official website
* Utsunomiya University Youtube Official Channel (in Japanese)

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