Tottori University


National University Corporation Tottori University, abbreviated to Toridai, is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyamachō-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Another campus, the Faculty of Medicine, is located on the Yonago Campus in Yonago, Tottori.

History

Tottori University was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture:
  1. Yonago Medical College, established in 1948,
  2. Yonago Professional School of Medicine, founded in 1945,
  3. Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry, founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College,
  4. Tottori Normal School, founded in 1874, also known as the Tottori Teachers Training Institute,
  5. Tottori Youth Normal School
The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Liberal Arts, Medicine and Agriculture. The latter history of the university is as follows:

Faculties (undergraduate schools)

Tottori university ranked 30th of Japan's top 300 universities in 2014 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai. In another ranking, the university ranked 44th in Japan in the ranking by University Ranking by Academic Performance among 730 universities in 2013-2014.