Tottori University

Tottori University (TU) was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture:

Yonago Medical College (米子医科大学, Yonago Ika daigaku), established in 1948,

Yonago Professional School of Medicine (米子医学専門学校, Yonago Igaku Senmon Gakkō), founded in 1945,

Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry (鳥取農林専門学校, Tottori Nōrin Senmon Gakkō), founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College,

Tottori Normal School (鳥取師範学校, Tottori Shihan Gakkō), founded in 1874, also known as the Tottori Teachers Training Institute,

Tottori Youth Normal School (鳥取青年師範学校, Tottori seinen shihan gakkō; founded in 1921)

The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Liberal Arts (in Tachikawa-cho Campus), Medicine (in Yonago Campus) and Agriculture (in Yoshikata Campus). The latter history of the university is as follows:

1965: the Faculty of Engineering was established (in Tachikawa-cho Campus).

Facilities

Tottori University Library

Institutes and related facilities

The Tottori University Arid Land Research Center (乾燥地研究センター, Tottori Daigaku Kansōchi Kenkyū Sentā) dates to 1923. As Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry was located near the Tottori Sand Dunes, its main task included the study of agriculture on dry or sandy land. In 1923 it opened a test field by the sand dunes. The tradition is followed by the TU Faculty of Agriculture and the research center.

The university's Geospheric Structure and Dynamics Laboratory is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.

Tottori University Hospital (鳥取大学医学部付属病院, Tottori Daigaku Igakubu Fuzoku Byōin), Yonago Campus