The is a

Japanese national university As of 2013, there were 86 , 90 public universities and 606 private universities in Japan. National universities tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities. As of the 2019 fiscal year, the nu ...

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

established in 1949. The University of Toyama has three campuses, namely the Gofuku, Sugitani, and Takaoka campuses. The University of Toyama, Sugitani campus is the home to Institute of Natural Medicine, Experimental Station for Medicinal Plant Research, Faculty of Medicine, Life Science Research, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Museum of Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical Science. Numerous significant research on cell signaling as well as cancer research has transpired in the ''Division of Pathogenic Biochemistry'' under the ''Institute of Natural of Medicine'', particularly, the works of Ikuo Saiki and Yoshihiro Hayakawa .

Overview

The University of Toyama is located in the cities of Toyama and Takaoka in

, Japan. It was formed in October 2005 by combining Toyama University, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, and Takaoka National College. The origin of Toyama University is Nikawa Teachers College founded in 1875. The University of Toyama has three campuses: Gofuku, Sugitani and Takaoka. It consists of eight faculties, six graduate schools, laboratories, a hospital, libraries, and 18 institutes. It has about 9,300 students (including 330 international students).

Faculties

* Faculty of Humanities * Faculty of Human Development * Faculty of Economics * Faculty of Science * Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences * Liberal Arts and Sciences (Sugitani Campus) * Faculty of Art and Design

Junior College of Business Administration

The was a national junior college in the city of Toyama. The junior college opened in April 1959, affiliated with the University of Toyama. It offered evening courses in

business management Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of managemen ...

. The college closed in 1990.

Takaoka National College

was a national junior college located in the city of

Takaoka, Toyama is a city in the northwestern portion of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Takaoka has the second largest population after Toyama City. The area that is east of Kureha hill (呉羽丘陵 Kureha-kyuryo) has been called Goto (呉東), which means the east ...

, Japan. Takaoka National College was established in April 1983, with registration of students starting in 1986. It was merged with Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University and Toyama University to form the University of Toyama in 2005, and closed in 2010.2011 全国短期大学高等専門学校一覧 p.242. (Japanese)

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History of Takaoka National College
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