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KYUSHU UNIV GUIDE BOOK 2014_15_02

History1879 Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka Medical School established1888 Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka Hospital established1903 Kyoto Imperial University Fukuoka Medical College established1911 Kyushu Imperial University established(consisting of the College of Engineering and College of Medicine)*fourth imperial university after Tokyo, Kyoto and Tohoku1919 Colleges reorganized as the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of MedicineFaculty of Agriculture established1924 Faculty of Law and Letters established1939 Faculty of Sciences established1947 Name changed to Kyushu University1949 Faculties of Law, Economics , Letters and Education establishedand became part of Kyushu University1961 50th anniversary of the university’s founding1964 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences established1967 Faculty of Dentistry established1968 Kyushu Institute of Design established2003 Integrated with Kyushu Institute of Design2004 Incorporated as a national university corporation2005 Ito Campus opened2011 Centennial anniversary of the university’s founding2012 Ceremony commemorating the Centennial anniversaryKyushu University’s founding can be traced back to the establishmentof a medical school for the Fukuoka feudal clan in 1867. The facility’smedical school and clinic were maintained and later became theShuyukan Clinic, Fukuoka Hospital, Fukuoka Prefectural FukuokaMedical School and Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka Hospital; in 1903,these merged to form the Kyoto Imperial University FukuokaMedical School, the immediate predecessor of the university.In 1911, the school was renamed Kyushu Imperial University andwent on to build 100 years of history and tradition as a contemporarycenter of knowledge.06 ｜ KYUSHU UNIVERSITY : DISCOVERY