University of Kochi

{{short description|Public university in Kōchi, Japan}} {{Distinguish|Kōchi University}} {{Infobox university |name = University of Kochi |native_name = 高知県立大学 |image_name = Kochi Womens University02s3200.jpg |image_upright = |caption = |motto = |established = 1949 |type = Public |president = Hiroko Minami<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.u-kochi.ac.jp/site/english/intro-mes.html|title = A message from the President - 高知県立大学ホームページ}}</ref> |city = Kōchi |state = Kōchi |country = Japan |undergrad = |postgrad = |staff = |campus = |free_label = |mascot = |free = |website = [http://www.u-kochi.ac.jp/ Official website] }} {{nihongo|'''University of Kochi'''|高知県立大学|Kōchi Kenritsu Daigaku}} is a public university in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1944, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kochi Women's University |publisher=Japan Student Services Organization |url=http://www.jasso.go.jp/cgi-bin/user/univ_search_result.cgi?&univid=1745&prefecturename=Kochi |accessdate=2008-10-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420152344/http://www.jasso.go.jp/cgi-bin/user/univ_search_result.cgi?&univid=1745&prefecturename=Kochi |archivedate=April 20, 2008 }}</ref> In April 2011, the school changed its name from {{nihongo|'''Kochi Women's University'''|高知女子大学|Kōchi Joshi Daigaku}} and became coeducational.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.u-kochi.ac.jp/site/english/intro-hist.html|title = Overview of University of Kochi - 高知県立大学ホームページ}}</ref>

==Organization== The University of Kochi comprises four undergraduate faculties and two graduate schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.u-kochi.ac.jp/site/english/config.html|title = Faculty/Department Configuration - 高知県立大学ホームページ}}</ref>

===Faculties=== *Faculty of Cultural Studies *Faculty of Nursing *Faculty of Social Welfare *Faculty of Nutrition

===Graduate schools=== *Graduate School of Nursing *Graduate School of Human Life Sciences

==College of Child Development== The {{nihongo|College of Child Development, Kochi Women's University|高知女子大学保育短期大学部|Kōchi Joshi Daigaku Hoiku Tanki Daigakubu}} opened in April 1975, but the school was founded in 1948 as {{nihongo|Kochi Kenritsu Hobo Yōseijo|高知県立保母養成所}}. It was affiliated with Kochi Women's University but was located on a separate campus. It became coeducational in 1992. It closed in 1998.<ref>2011 全国短期大学高等専門学校一覧 p.254. (Japanese){{Full citation needed|date=August 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|University of Kochi}} * [http://www.u-kochi.ac.jp/ Official website] {{in lang|ja}}

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