Shinshu University
信州大学 | |
| Motto | Rooted in the community, opening up the world |
|---|---|
| Type | Public (National) |
| Established | Founded 1873, Chartered 1949 |
| President | Kunihiro Hamada |
Academic staff | 1,179 |
| Undergraduates | 9,202 |
| Postgraduates | 1,768 |
| Location | , , Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | None |
| Website | www.shinshu-u.ac.jp |
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 three 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).