Ibaraki University (茨城大学,Ibaraki Daigaku) is a Japanesenational university located inIbaraki Prefecture, with campuses in the cities ofMito,Ami andHitachi. It was established on May 31, 1949, integrating these prewar institutions: Mito High School (Mito Kōtō-Gakkō), Ibaraki Normal School (Ibaraki Shihan-Gakkō), Ibaraki Juvenile Normal School (Ibaraki Seinen Shihan-Gakkō), and Taga Technical Specialists' College (Taga Kōgyō Senmon-Gakkō). The initial colleges were the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of Engineering.
1952, April – Ibaraki Prefectural University of Agriculture (Noka Daigaku) was placed under national management and established as the College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
1955, June – Establishment of Izura Institute of Arts and Culture
1955, July – Establishment of the Junior College of Technology
1967, June – Establishment of the College of Humanities, the College of Science, and the College of Liberal Arts as a result of the reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences
1968, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Engineering
1969, January – Establishment of the Institute of General Regional Studies*
1970, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Agriculture
1973, April – Opening of the University Health Center
1979, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Science
1985, April – Became a constitutive university for the United Graduate School of Agricultural Science (Doctoral program) in Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
1985, July – Establishment of the Information Processing Center*
1988, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Education
1989, May – Establishment of the Center for Cooperative Research and Development
1991, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Humanities, and the Center for Instrumental Analysis
1992, April – Establishment of the Center for Education and Research in Lifelong Learning
1993, March – Abolition of the Junior College of Technology
1993, April – Establishment of the Graduate School of Engineering (Doctoral program)
1995, April – Merger of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Science into the Graduate School of Science and Engineering
1996, March – Abolition of the College of Liberal Arts
1996, April – Establishment of Center for Research and Development in University Education*
1997, April – Establishment of Center for Water Environmental Studies
1998, April – Reorganization of Information Processing Center
1999, April – Opening of Gene Research Center
2006, April – Establishment of Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science
2008, April – Establishment of Frontier Research Center for Applied Atomic Sciences
2014, April – Establishment of Social Collaboration Center
2017, April – Reorganization of College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Institute for Liberal Arts Education
* indicates facilities established according to the university's internal decisions.
