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History
In 1867, the Fukuoka Domain established a medical school called Sanshikan in Tenjin, Fukuoka. Although closed in 1872, its affiliated hospital continued operating. By 1879, it became part of the Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka Medical School, later continuing as the Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka Hospital.
The push for an imperial university in Kyushu led to the establishment of Fukuoka Medical College in 1903 as a branch of Kyoto Imperial University. Financial challenges delayed further development until the Furukawa Zaibatsu's donation in 1906 facilitated the establishment of Kyushu Imperial University in 1911, with Kenjiro Yamakawa, former president of the University of Tokyo, as its first president. In 1947, it was renamed Kyushu University, and in 1949, it expanded by incorporating several local educational institutions.
In 2003, the university was integrated with the Kyushu Institute of Design. It opened its Ito campus in 2005.
Literature and History
Junzo Shono, a Japanese novelist, 1954 Akutagawa Prize winner
Toshio Shimao, a Japanese novelist, 1977 Yomiuri Prize winner
Kyoichi Katayama, a Japanese author
Rizō Takeuchi, historian
Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu, historian, first foreigner granted a tenure at a Japanese national university
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Hsu Hsing-Ching, president of Chinese Culture University in Taiwan
Yasuhisa Hara, Japanese cartoonist
Kyojin Onishi, Japanese novelist and Marxist
Kyoko Funahashi, Japanese bioarchaeologist
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