Hiroshima University - Hiroshima University

A national university corporation. Based on Hiroshima Higher Normal School, founded in 1902 (Meiji 35), and Hiroshima University of Literature and Science, founded in 1929 (Showa 4), it was established in 1949 (Showa 24) as a new national university consisting of six faculties: Literature, Education, Political Science and Economics, Science, Engineering, and Fisheries and Animal Science, incorporating Hiroshima High School, Hiroshima Higher Technical School, Hiroshima Women's Higher Normal School, Hiroshima Normal School, and Hiroshima Youth Normal School, as well as merging with Hiroshima Municipal Technical College.

In 1953, Hiroshima Medical College was transferred to the university and the School of Medicine was established, followed by the School of Dentistry in 1965, and in 1974, the School of Liberal Arts was expanded and reorganized to form the School of Integrated Arts and Sciences. In 1977, the School of Politics and Economics was separated and reorganized into the School of Law and the School of Economics, in 1978, the School of Education was reorganized and the School of School Education was added (in 2000, the School of Education and the School of School Education were reorganized into the School of Education), and in 1979, the School of Fisheries and Livestock Sciences was reorganized into the School of Biological Production. In 2006, the School of Medicine's Department of Integrated Pharmacy was reorganized and the School of Pharmacy was established, and as of 2010, the university has grown into a comprehensive university with 11 faculties. The graduate schools of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Letters, Education, Social Sciences, Science, Advanced Material Science, Medical and Dental Sciences, Health Sciences, Engineering, Biosphere Science, and International Cooperation all have doctoral programs, and there is also a Law School. The Atomic Bomb Radiation Biology Research Institute is an attached research institute. Other facilities include the Higher Education Research and Development Center, the Early Childhood Education Research Facility, and the Amphibian Research Facility. The Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Economics had had second departments since 1950, but in 1995 they were reorganized along with the other two faculties, and courses were established that were primarily taught in the evenings. All of the university's institutions, except for the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, and Faculty of Pharmacy, were integrated and relocated to a new campus in Higashi-Hiroshima City. In April 2004, following the enforcement of the National University Corporation Act, the university became a National University Corporation. Its headquarters are located at 1-3-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.

[Toru Magose]

"Hiroshima University 25-Year History, Comprehensive School History, General History, Department History" (1977-1979), edited and published by Hiroshima University; "Hiroshima University 50-Year History: Documents" (2003), edited and published by Hiroshima University

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国立大学法人。1902年（明治35）創設の広島高等師範学校、1929年（昭和4）創設の広島文理科大学を母体として、1949年（昭和24）広島高等学校、広島高等工業学校、広島女子高等師範学校、広島師範学校、広島青年師範学校を包括し、さらに広島市立工業専門学校を併合して、文学、教育学、政経学、理学、工学、水畜産学の6学部からなる新制国立大学として発足した。

　その後、1953年広島医科大学を移管して医学部を設置、1965年歯学部、1974年教養部を拡充改組して総合科学部を新設。1977年政経学部を法学部と経済学部に分離改組、1978年教育学部を改組し学校教育学部を増設（2000年、教育学部と学校教育学部を教育学部に改組）、1979年水畜産学部を生物生産学部に改組した。2006年（平成18）医学部総合薬学科を改組し、薬学部を設置、2010年時点で11学部を擁する総合大学に発展した。大学院は総合科学、文学、教育学、社会科学、理学、先端物質科学、医歯薬学総合、保健学、工学、生物圏科学、国際協力の各研究科に博士課程が設置され、ほかに法務研究科がある。附置研究所に原爆放射線医科学研究所がある。そのほか、高等教育研究開発センター、幼年教育研究施設、両生類研究施設などがある。なお法学部、経済学部には、1950年以来第二部が設置されたが、1995年（平成7）両学部とともに改組、おもに夜間に授業を行うコースを設置した。医学・歯学・薬学部を除く大学の全機関が東広島市の新キャンパスに統合移転された。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。本部は広島県東広島市鏡山1-3-2。

［馬越　徹］

『広島大学編・刊『広島大学25年史、包括校史、通史、部局史』（1977～1979）』▽『広島大学編・刊『広島大学五十年史　資料編』（2003）』

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