Tottori University
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Motto知と実践の融合
(Fusion of Knowledge and Practice)
(Fusion of Knowledge and Practice)
Established1949
鳥取大学 | |
 Tottori Campus | |
| Motto | 知と実践の融合 (Fusion of Knowledge and Practice) |
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| Type | Public (National) |
| Established | 1949 |
| President | Ryota Teshima |
Academic staff | 1,366 [1] |
| Students | 6,148 [2] |
| Undergraduates | 5,268 |
| Postgraduates | 1,085 |
| 397 | |
| Address | 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8550, Japan , , |
| Campus | Tottori, Yonago |
| Website | Tottori University |
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National University Corporation Tottori University (国立大学法人鳥取大学, Tottori Daigaku), abbreviated to Toridai (鳥大), is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyamachō-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture.[3] Another campus, the Faculty of Medicine, is located on the Yonago Campus in Yonago, Tottori.
Tottori University (TU) was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture:
- Yonago Medical College (米子医科大学, Yonago Ika daigaku), established in 1948,
- Yonago Professional School of Medicine (米子医学専門学校, Yonago Igaku Senmon Gakkō), founded in 1945,[4]
- Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry (鳥取農林専門学校, Tottori Nōrin Senmon Gakkō), founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College,
- Tottori Normal School (鳥取師範学校, Tottori Shihan Gakkō), founded in 1874, also known as the Tottori Teachers Training Institute,[4]
- Tottori Youth Normal School (鳥取青年師範学校, Tottori seinen shihan gakkō; founded in 1921)[3][4]
The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Liberal Arts (in Tachikawa-cho Campus), Medicine (in Yonago Campus) and Agriculture (in Yoshikata Campus). The latter history of the university is as follows:
- 1965: the Faculty of Engineering was established (in Tachikawa-cho Campus).
- 1966: the Faculty of Liberal Arts was renamed Faculty of Education.
- 1999: the Faculty of Education was reorganized into Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences.
- 2004: the Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences was reorganized into Faculty of Regional Sciences.
