Kagoshima University (鹿児島大学), abbreviated to Kadai (鹿大), is a Japanese national university located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

History

The university was established in 1949 consolidating the following schools because of educational reform in occupied Japan. The following schools became Kagoshima Prefectural University (鹿児島県立大学) in 1949 and were consolidated into Kagoshima University in 1955. 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.

Faculties

Points of interest

Notable alumni