Utsunomiya University

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

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)

• 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
• Faculty of Agriculture
• Department of Bioproductive Science
• Department of Environmental Engineering
• Department of Agricultural Economics
• Department of Forest Sciences

Graduate Schools

• 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.

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