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Shinshu University

Shinshu University
信州大学
MottoRooted in the community, opening up the world
TypePublic (National)
EstablishedFounded 1873,
Chartered 1949
PresidentKunihiro Hamada
Academic staff
1,179
Undergraduates9,202
Postgraduates1,768
Location, ,
Japan
CampusUrban
MascotNone
Websitewww.shinshu-u.ac.jp
Main entrance of Shinshu University

Shinshu University (信州大学, Shinshū daigaku), abbreviated to Shindai (信大), is a Japanese national university located in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As the only national university in Japan bearing the name of a former Japanese province, it bears the name "Shinshu" (alternative name for Shinano Province).[1] The University has three campuses; Matsumoto, Nagano, Ueda and Minami-Minowa.

The school was established as a university in 1949, at which time the following institutions were subsumed into it; Nagano Normal School (established in 1873), Ueda Textile College (1910), Nagano Youths Normal School (1918), Matsumoto High School (1919), Nagano Technical College (1943), Matsumoto Medical College (1944), and Nagano Prefectural College of Agriculture and Forestry (1945).[1]

  1. ^ a b "History of Shinshu University". Shinshu University.

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