Hokkaido University - Hokkaido University

It is a national university corporation. Its origins date back to Sapporo Agricultural College (founded by Clark), which was established in 1876 (Meiji 9). The agricultural college became the College of Agriculture of Tohoku Imperial University in 1907 (Meiji 40), but in 1918 (Taisho 7) it became independent and became the parent institution of Hokkaido Imperial University. It subsequently expanded into one of Japan's leading imperial universities with the addition of the Faculty of Medicine (1919), Faculty of Engineering (1924), and Faculty of Science (1930). It was also known as an imperial university with a preparatory school before World War II. After the war, the Faculty of Law and Letters was added in 1947 (Showa 22), and with the educational reform of 1949, it became a new national university consisting of seven faculties: Law and Letters, Science, Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture, and Fisheries Science, incorporating the former Hokkaido University, its affiliated Faculty of Medicine, its affiliated Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, and Hakodate Higher Fisheries School. Later, the university expanded to become a comprehensive university with 12 faculties with the addition of the Faculty of Letters (1950, formerly the Faculty of Law and Letters), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1952), Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics (1953, formerly the Faculty of Law and Economics), Faculty of Pharmacy (1965), and Faculty of Dentistry (1967). As of 2010, the university has 7 graduate schools (Literature, Law, Economics, Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, and Information Science), 10 graduate schools (Fisheries Science, Environmental Science, Science, Agriculture, Life Science, Education, International Public Relations Media and Tourism, Health Science, Engineering, and Integrated Chemistry), 10 research institutes (Fisheries Science, Earth Environmental Science, Science, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Advanced Life Science, Education, Media and Communication, Health Science, and Engineering), as well as the Department of Public Policy Education and the Department of Public Policy Collaborative Research. As affiliated research institutes, there is the Institute of Low Temperature Science and the Institute of Electronic Science (formerly the Applied Electrical Research Institute), both established before the war, as well as the Institute for Genetic Disease Control, which was reorganized from the Institute of Immunology (formerly the Tuberculosis Research Institute), which was established after the war. In addition, there are about 30 unique research facilities affiliated to the faculty, including the Earthquake and Volcano Research Observation Center, the Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, and the Slavic Research Center. In April 2004, with the enforcement of the National University Corporation Law, the university became a national university corporation. The headquarters is located at Kita 8-jo Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo.

[Toru Magose]

"Hokkaido University, ed., 'Hokkaido University 100-Year History, Departmental History, Sapporo Agricultural College Historical Materials 1, 2' (1980, 1981, Gyosei)" ▽ "Hokkaido University, ed., 'Hokkaido University's 125 Years' (2001, Hokkaido University Press)" ▽ "Hokkaido University, ed., 'Hokkaido University 125 Years, Photo Collection' (2002, Hokkaido University Press)"

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国立大学法人。起源は1876年（明治9）創設の札幌農学校（創設者クラーク）に発する。農学校は1907年（明治40）東北帝国大学農科大学となるが、1918年（大正7）独立して北海道帝国大学設立の母体となる。その後、医学部（1919）、工学部（1924）、理学部（1930）の増設により、日本有数の帝国大学に発展。また第二次世界大戦前期に予科をもつ帝国大学として知られていた。戦後は1947年（昭和22）法文学部を増設、1949年学制改革により、旧制北海道大学、同附属医学専門部、同附属農林専門部、函館(はこだて)高等水産学校を包括し、法文学、教育学、理学、医学、工学、農学、水産学の7学部からなる新制国立大学となる。その後、文学部（1950。旧、法文学部）、獣医学部（1952）、法学部・経済学部（1953。旧法経学部）、薬学部（1965）、歯学部（1967）の増設をみて、学部数の多い総合大学（12学部）に発展。2010年（平成22）時点で、大学院には文学、法学、経済学、医学、歯学、獣医学、情報科学の7研究科、水産科学、環境科学、理学、農学、生命科学、教育学、国際広報メディア・観光学、保健科学、工学、総合化学の10学院、水産科学、地球環境科学、理学、薬学、農学、先端生命科学、教育学、メディア・コミュニケーション、保健科学、工学の10研究院のほか公共政策学教育部および公共政策学連携研究部が置かれる。附置研究所として、戦前期に設立をみた低温科学研究所、電子科学研究所（旧、応用電気研究所）のほか、戦後設置された免疫科学研究所（旧、結核研究所）が改組した遺伝子病制御研究所がある。また学部附属教育研究施設としては、地震火山研究観測センター、触媒化学研究センター、スラブ研究センターなどユニークな約30の研究施設がある。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。本部は札幌市北区北8条西5。

［馬越　徹］

『北海道大学編『北大百年史　部局史　札幌農学校史料1、2』（1980、1981・ぎょうせい）』▽『北海道大学編『北大の125年』（2001・北海道大学図書刊行会）』▽『北海道大学編『北大125年　写真集』（2002・北海道大学図書刊行会）』

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