University of Hyogo
higher education institution in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
The University of Hyogo (兵庫県立大学, Hyōgo kenritsu daigaku; lit. 'Hyogo Prefectural University') is a public university in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
History
The University of Hyogo (UH) was established in April 2004 by integrating three universities which were run by Hyogo Prefecture government: Kobe University of Commerce (神戸商科大学, Kōbe shōka daigaku), Himeji Institute of Technology (姫路工業大学, Himeji kōgyō daigaku) and the College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo (兵庫県立看護大学, Hyōgo kenritsu kango daigaku).
At its foundation, UH opened a new independent campus (with its headquarters) in the Harborland (Chuo-ku, Kobe); the other campuses were those of the predecessors:
former Kobe University of Commerce:
Kobe Gakuentoshi Campus (in Nishi-ku, Kobe)
former Himeji Institute of Technology:
Himeji Shosha Campus (in Himeji, Hyogo)
Harima Science Garden City Campus (in Kamigori-cho, Hyogo)
Himeji Shinzaike Campus (in Himeji, Hyogo)
former College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo:
Akashi Campus (in Akashi, Hyogo)
Below are the histories of the predecessors:
Kobe University of Commerce
KUC was founded in 1929 as Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Higher Commercial School (兵庫県立神戸高等商業学校), a men's college (for age 17-20 or above). Because in 1929 the older Kobe Higher Commercial School (a national college) was reorganized into older Kobe University of Commerce (for age 19-22 or above; see Kobe University), the prefecture lost a college for boys at age 17–20. So the prefecture founded its own commercial college. The campus was located on a hill called Seiryōdai (星陵台; lit. Starry Hill) in Tarumi. In 1944 the college was renamed Kobe College of Economics (神戸経済専門学校). Among the notable alumni are Isao Nakauchi (the founder of Daiei) and Nobuo Okishio (who finally graduated Kobe University).
In 1948 the college was reorganized into Kobe University of Commerce, the first public university under Japan's new educational system.
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