Kyushu University

A national university corporation. Its predecessor was the Fukuoka Medical College, which was established in Fukuoka in 1903 (Meiji 36) as a branch college of Kyoto Imperial University. In 1910, Kyushu Imperial University was founded with two branch colleges, Fukuoka Medical College and the newly established College of Technology. In 1919 (Taisho 8), the two branch colleges of Kyushu Imperial University became the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Engineering, and the Faculty of Agriculture was newly established. In 1924, the Faculty of Law and Letters was added, and in 1939 (Showa 14), the Faculty of Science was added, and it developed into a comprehensive university. After World War II, it merged with the old Fukuoka High School and Kurume Technical College to become the new National Kyushu University in 1949 (Showa 24). As a result, the Faculty of Law and Letters was reorganized into three faculties: Law, Economics, and Literature, and the Faculty of Education was newly established. With the addition of the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1964 and the Faculty of Dentistry in 1967, the university had 10 faculties (Arts, Education, Law, Economics, Science, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engineering, and Agriculture). In 1971, the Medical Technology Junior College was added (reorganized in 2002 to become the Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine). In October 2003, the university merged with Kyushu Design Institute, and a new Faculty of Design and a Graduate School of Design and Graduate School of Design Research were established. As of 2010, the university has 11 faculties: Arts, Education, Law, Economics, Science, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engineering, Design, and Agriculture. The graduate school has 17 graduate schools, including the Graduate School of Humanities, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Graduate School of Mathematics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and Graduate School of Science and Technology, and 16 graduate schools, including the Graduate School of Comparative Social and Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Law, Graduate School of Language and Culture, Graduate School of Information Science, and Graduate School of Agriculture. It has many unique research facilities such as the Medical Institute of Bioregulation, the Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, the Institute for Materials Chemistry, the Steel Research Center, the Tropical Agriculture Research Center, etc. Its headquarters is located at 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City. In April 2004, it became a national university corporation with the enforcement of the National University Corporation Law.

[Toru Magose]

"Kyushu University, ed., 'Kyushu University 50-Year History' (1967)" "Kyushu University, ed., 'Kyushu University 75-Year History: Historical Materials, General History, Supplementary Volume' (1989, 1992)" " Kyushu University, ed., 'Kyushu University 75-Year History' (1979)"

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国立大学法人。1903年（明治36）京都帝国大学の分科大学として福岡に置かれた福岡医科大学が前身。1910年福岡医科大学と新設の工科大学の2分科大学をもって九州帝国大学として創設された。1919年（大正8）九州帝大の両分科大学は医学部、工学部となり、新たに農学部が増設された。1924年法文学部、1939年（昭和14）理学部が加わり総合大学として発展した。第二次世界大戦後は、旧制福岡高等学校、久留米(くるめ)工業専門学校を合併し、1949年（昭和24）新制の国立九州大学となった。それに伴い、法文学部は法学、経済学、文学の3学部に改組され、教育学部が新設された。1964年薬学部、1967年歯学部の増設によって、10学部（文学、教育、法学、経済、理学、医学、歯学、薬学、工学、農学）体制となった。1971年には医療技術短期大学部が併設された（2002年改組により医学部保健学科となる）。2003年（平成15）10月には九州芸術工科大学と統合、新たに芸術工学部、大学院に芸術工学府、芸術工学研究院ができた。2010年時点で、文学、教育学、法学、経済学、理学、医学、歯学、薬学、工学、芸術工学、農学の11学部体制。また大学院には人文科学府、人間環境学府、数理学府、医学系学府、総合理工学府など17の学府と比較社会文化研究院、法学研究院、言語文化研究院、システム情報科学研究院、農学研究院など16の研究院が置かれている。付置研究所として、生体防御医学研究所、応用力学研究所、先導物質化学研究所のほか、鉄鋼リサーチセンター、熱帯農学研究センターなど多くの特色ある研究施設を有する。本部は福岡市東区箱崎6-10-1。2004年4月、国立大学法人法の施行に伴い、国立大学法人となる。

［馬越　徹］

『九州大学編・刊『九州大学五十年史』（1967）』▽『九州大学編・刊『九州大学七十五年史　史料編、通史、別巻』（1989、1992）』▽『九州大学医学部編・刊『七十五年史』（1979）』

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