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The university was established in 1949 consolidating the following schools because of educational reform in occupied Japan.
Seventh Higher School Zoshikan (第七高等学校造士館, Daishichi Kōtō Gakkō Zōshikan) - established in 1901. The school was located on the former site of Kagoshima Castle. It is one of the schools that originates from the han school Zoshikan (造士館, Zōshikan) in Edo period.
Kagoshima Normal School (鹿児島師範学校, Kagoshima Shihan Gakkō) - The oldest predecessor was established in 1875.
Kagoshima Youth Normal School (鹿児島青年師範学校, Kagoshima Seinen Shihan Gakkō) - established in 1944.
Kagoshima College of Agriculture and Forestry (鹿児島高等農林学校 / 鹿児島農林専門学校, Kagoshima Kōtō Nōrin Gakkō / Kagoshima Nōrin Senmon Gakkō) - established in 1908.
Kagoshima College of Fisheries (鹿児島水産専門学校, Kagoshima Suisan Senmon Gakkō) - established in 1946.
The following schools became Kagoshima Prefectural University (鹿児島県立大学, Kagoshima Kenritsu Daigaku) in 1949 and were consolidated into Kagoshima University in 1955.
Kagoshima Prefectural Technical College (鹿児島県立工業専門学校, Kagoshima Kenritsu Kōgyō Senmon Gakkō) - established in 1945.
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Kagoshima Prefectural Medical College (県立鹿児島医科大学, Kenritsu Kagoshima Ika Daigaku) - established as Kagoshima Prefectural Medical Vocational School (県立鹿児島医学専門学校, Kenritsu Kagoshima Igaku Senmon Gakkō) in 1942. It originates from the medical school in Kagoshima in Meiji era.
These seven schools became the Faculties of Arts and Sciences, Education, Agriculture, Fisheries, Engineering, and Medicine in 1949. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences was divided into a Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities and a Faculty of Science in 1965. A Faculty of Dentistry was added in 1977. The Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was separated from the Faculty of Agriculture in 2012. Graduate Schools have been added gradually.
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