is a

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Yamaguchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 km2 (2,359 sq mi). Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture t ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

. It has campuses at the cities of Yamaguchi and

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History

The root of the university was , a private school founded by Ueda Hōyō (, 1769–1853) in 1815. In 1863 the school became a

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Chōshū Domain The , also known as the , was a domain (''han'') of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.Deal, William E. (2005) ''Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan,'' p. 81 The Chōshū Domain was based ...

and was renamed Yamaguchi Meirinkan. After the

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it became a prefectural secondary school, and in 1894 it developed into , a national institute of higher education. It served as a preparatory course for the Imperial University. In February 1905 the school was reorganized into , the third national commercial college in Japan, after

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(1887) and

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(1902). In 1944 the school was renamed Yamaguchi College of Economics. In 1949 Yamaguchi University was established by integrating six public (national and prefectural) schools in Yamaguchi Prefecture, namely, (Revived) Yamaguchi Higher School, Yamaguchi College of Economics,

Technical College, Yamaguchi Normal School, Yamaguchi Youth Normal School and (Prefectural) Yamaguchi College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry. In 1964 Yamaguchi Prefectural Medical College was merged into the university to constitute the School of Medicine. In 1966 Yoshida Campus (the main campus) was opened, and the faculties (except Engineering and Medicine) moved to the campus in the following years.

Undergraduate schools

;Yoshida Campus (in Yamaguchi) * Faculty of Humanities * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Economics * Faculty of Science * Faculty of Agriculture ;Kogushi Campus (in Ube) * School of Medicine ;Tokiwa Campus (in Ube) * Faculty of Engineering

Graduate schools

* Graduate School of Humanities (Master's courses only) * Graduate School of Education (Master's courses only) * Graduate School of Economics (Master's courses only) * Graduate School of Medicine * Graduate School of Science and Engineering * Graduate School of Agriculture (Master's courses only) * Graduate School of East Asian Studies (Doctoral courses only) * Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management (professional courses) * United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University (Doctoral courses only) * United Graduate School of Agricultural Science,

Tottori University , abbreviated to , is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyamachō-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Another campus, the Faculty of Medicine, is located on the Yonago Campus in Yonago, Tottori. History Tott ...

(Doctoral courses only)

Alumni

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(born 1968), Japanese politician

References

External links

* Educational institutions established in 1894 Japanese national universities Universities and colleges in Yamaguchi Prefecture 1894 establishments in Japan {{yamaguchi-university-stub