(UTEF) is a

national university A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. Some national universities are associated with national cultural or po ...

Munakata, Fukuoka is a city in Japan, located in Fukuoka Prefecture, in the north Chikuzen region of the prefecture. The city was founded on April 1, 1981. As of April 30, 2022, the city has an estimated population of 97,098 and a population density of 810 perso ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1876, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The present name was adopted in 1966.

Associated primary schools

* Fukuoka University of Education Kindergarten * Fukuoka University of Education Fukuoka Elementary School * Fukuoka University of Education Fukuoka Junior High School * Fukuoka University of Education Kurume Elementary School * Fukuoka University of Education Kurume Junior High School * Fukuoka University of Education Kokura Elementary School * Fukuoka University of Education Kokura Junior High School

Athletics

American Football

UTEF has an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that competes in the

Kyūshū Collegiate American Football Association The Kyūshū Collegiate American Football Association (九州学生アメリカンフットボール連盟) is an American college football league made up of colleges and universities primarily on the island of Kyushu, Japan; one school is locate ...

External links

Official website
Educational institutions established in 1876 Japanese national universities Universities and colleges in Fukuoka Prefecture 1876 establishments in Japan Teachers colleges in Japan {{fukuoka-university-stub