is a

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. It is located in

Takasaki is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 372,369 in 167,345 households, and a population density of 810 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Takasaki is famous as the hometown of th ...

Gunma Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima ...

History

After

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, the national colleges in Gunma Prefecture were merged to constitute

Gunma University , abbreviated to , is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Aramaki-machi, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. History Gunma University was established in 1949 by integrating the national colleges in Gunma Prefecture: , , ...

(GU, whose main campus is in

Maebashi is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It wa ...

). Takasaki City wanted to invite an economic department ( faculty) of the national university; the city had one origin of GU - Gunma Youth

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, which was located near Takasaki Castle, in the former site of a regiment of

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. However, the school facilities were estimated too poor in quality, and no faculty of GU was settled in Takasaki. In 1952 Takasaki City established its own municipal college - , a college with two-year courses in economics and business. In 1957 the college was developed into Takasaki City University of Economics. At first TCUE had one department: Department of Economics (Faculty of Economics). TCUE added departments and graduate schools as follows: * 1964: Department of Business Management (a part of Faculty of Economics) * 1996: Department of Regional Policy (Faculty of Regional Policy) * 2000: Graduate School of Regional Policy (master's courses) * 2002: Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration (master's courses) * 2002: Graduate School of Regional Policy (doctoral courses) * 2003: Department of Regional Development (a part of Faculty of Regional Policy) * 2004: Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration (doctoral courses) * 2006: Department of Tourism (a part of Faculty of Regional Policy)

Undergraduate schools

* Faculty of Economics ** Department of Economics ** Department of Business Management * Faculty of Regional Policy ** Department of Regional Policy ** Department of Regional Activation ** Department of Tourism Policy

Graduate schools

* Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration * Graduate School of Regional Policy

Institutes

* University Library * Institute for Research of Regional Economy * Information Center * Regional Policy Research Center

References

{{authority control Public universities in Japan Universities and colleges in Gunma Prefecture Educational institutions established in 1952 1952 establishments in Japan Takasaki, Gunma