Utsunomiya University

Utsunomiya University (宇都宮大学) is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Miné-machi, and the engineering campus at Yōtō, in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture.

History
Utsunomiya University was established in 1949 by integrating three national colleges: Utsunomiya Agricultural and Forestry College (宇都宮農林専門学校), Tochigi Normal School (栃木師範学校) and Tochigi Normal School for Youth (栃木青年師範学校).

The university at first had two faculties: Faculty of Agriculture (in Mine Campus) and Faculty of Liberal Arts (in Takaragi Campus).
 * 1955: The Faculty of Liberal Arts was removed to Mine Campus.
 * 1964: Utsunomiya Technical Junior College (宇都宮工業短期大学) was merged with the university to constitute Faculty of Engineering (in Yoto Campus).
 * 1966: The Faculty of Liberal Arts was renamed Faculty of Education.
 * 1994: The Faculty of International Studies was added.

Faculties (Undergraduate Schools)

 * Faculty of International Studies
 * Department of International Social Studies
 * Department of International Cultural Studies
 * Faculty of Education
 * School Teachers' Training Course
 * Lifelong Education Course
 * Environmental Education Course
 * Faculty of Engineering (in Yoto Campus)
 * Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
 * Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
 * Department of Applied Chemistry
 * Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
 * Department of Information Science
 * Department of Optical Engineering
 * Faculty of Agriculture
 * Department of Bioproductive Science
 * Department of Environmental Engineering
 * Department of Agricultural Economics
 * Department of Forest Sciences

Graduate Schools

 * Graduate School of International Studies (Master's/Doctoral)
 * Graduate School of Education (Master's courses only)
 * Graduate School of Engineering (Master's/Doctoral)
 * Graduate School of Agriculture (Master's/Doctoral)
 * The doctoral courses belong to the Joint Graduate School of Agriculture by Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Ibaraki University and Utsunomiya University.