Nagano

Shinshu University

National university · Nagano

UniversityFounded 1873
Shinshu University campus
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About

Shinshu University (信州大学, Shinshū daigaku), abbreviated to Shindai (信大), is a Japanese national university located in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As the only national university in Japan bearing the name of a former Japanese province, it bears the name "Shinshu" (alternative name for Shinano Province). The University has four campuses; Matsumoto, Nagano, Ueda and Minami-Minowa. The school was established as a university in 1949, at which time the following institutions were subsumed into it; Nagano Normal School (established in 1873), Ueda Textile College (1910), Nagano Youths Normal School (1918), Matsumoto High School (1919), Nagano Technical College (1943), Matsumoto Medical College (1944), and Nagano Prefectural College of Agriculture and Forestry (1945).

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Key facts

Type
National university
Founded
1873
Students
10,849