is a Japanese

national university A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. In the United States, the term "national university" connotes the highe ...

located in

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

, with campuses in the cities of Mito, Ami and

Hitachi () is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company is active in various industries, including digital systems, power and renewable ener ...

. It was established on May 31, 1949, integrating these prewar institutions: Mito High School (Mito Kōtō-Gakkō), Ibaraki Normal School (Ibaraki Shihan-Gakkō), Ibaraki Juvenile Normal School (Ibaraki Seinen Shihan-Gakkō), and Taga Technical Specialists' College (Taga Kōgyō Senmon-Gakkō). The initial colleges were the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of Engineering.

Undergraduate and Graduate Schools

;Undergraduate Courses *College of

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

and

Social Sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

(at Mito Campus) *College of

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

(at Mito Campus) *College of

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

(at Mito Campus) *College of

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

(at Hitachi Campus) *College of

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

(at Ami Campus) ;Graduate Courses *Graduate School of Humanities *Graduate School of Education *Graduate School of

Science and Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems. Modern engineering comprises many subfiel ...

*Graduate School of

Research Institutes

*Institute of Regional Studies *Institute of Izura Art Culture *Frontier Research Center for Applied Atomic Sciences

Timeline

*1952, April – Ibaraki Prefectural University of Agriculture (Noka Daigaku) was placed under national management and established as the College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University *1955, June – Establishment of Izura Institute of Arts and Culture *1955, July – Establishment of the Junior College of Technology *1967, June – Establishment of the College of Humanities, the College of Science, and the College of Liberal Arts as a result of the reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences *1968, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Engineering *1969, January – Establishment of the Institute of General Regional Studies* *1970, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Agriculture *1973, April – Opening of the University Health Center *1979, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Science *1985, April – Became a constitutive university for the United Graduate School of Agricultural Science (Doctoral program) in Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology *1985, July – Establishment of the Information Processing Center* *1988, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Education *1989, May – Establishment of the Center for Cooperative Research and Development *1991, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Humanities, and the Center for Instrumental Analysis *1992, April – Establishment of the Center for Education and Research in Lifelong Learning *1993, March – Abolition of the Junior College of Technology *1993, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Engineering (Doctoral program) *1995, April – Merger of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Science into the Graduate School of Science and Engineering *1996, March – Abolition of the College of Liberal Arts *1996, April – Establishment of Center for Research and Development in University Education* *1997, April – Establishment of Center for Water Environmental Studies *1998, April – Reorganization of Information Processing Center *1999, April – Opening of Gene Research Center *2006, April – Establishment of Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science *2008, April – Establishment of Frontier Research Center for Applied Atomic Sciences *2014, April – Establishment of Social Collaboration Center *2017, April – Reorganization of College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Institute for Liberal Arts Education * indicates facilities established according to the university's internal decisions.

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