, abbreviated as MYU or Miya-Dai, is a public university located in

Miyagi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 (1 August 2023) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akit ...

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. Established in 1997, the university has two campuses in Miyagi Prefecture, after merging with Miyagi Agricultural College in 2005.

History

In 1997, Miyagi University was established in the town of Taiwa in Kurokawa District, Miyagi with a school of nursing and school of project design. In 2001, university officials established graduate school programs for nursing and project design. Miyagi Agricultural College, a

junior college A junior college is a type of post-secondary institution that offers vocational and academic training that is designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations or support roles in professions such as engineering, a ...

located in

Taihaku-ku, Sendai is the southernmost ward of the city Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the ward had a population of 234,391 and a population density of 1028 persons per km2 in 113,068 households. The total area of the ward was . Taihaku-ku is eleventh larg ...

, was merged with Miyagi University in 2005, and the school of food, agricultural, and environmental sciences was opened in the same year.

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* {{authority control Public universities in Japan Taiwa, Miyagi Universities and colleges in Miyagi Prefecture Educational institutions established in 1997 1997 establishments in Japan