Shiga University

Shiga University
滋賀大学

Motto	素顔で学ぶ、素直に生きる
Type	Public (National)
Established	Founded May 1949
President	Takamitsu Sawa ^[1]
Academic staff	218 ^[2] Faculty of Economics: 101 Faculty of Education: 97 Affiliated Highschool, etc: 20
Undergraduates	3,690 ^[3]
Postgraduates	424^[3]
Location	Hikone, Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Foreign Students	216 from 15 countries
Nickname	Shigadai
Mascot	Kamon-chan ^[4]
Website	www.shiga-u.ac.jp

Shiga University (滋賀大学, Shiga daigaku), or Shigadai (滋賀大, Shigadai) is a national university in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It has campuses at the cities of Ōtsu and Hikone. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1943, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.

Faculties

Shiga University has two faculties, the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Economics. Each faculty has a graduate school.^[5]

The Faculty of Education consists of three departments:

(1)Department of School Teachers' Training,

which aims to develop teachers with attractive personality as well as practical leadership to respond productively to the new school education;

(2) Department of Environment Education, which

aims to enhance understanding of current environmental systems and problems and encourage students to create new ways to solve problems they are facing.

The Faculty of Economics consists of six departments. All disciplines of Economics aim to develop specialists in economics with a global perspective and a problem solving ability capable of responding to the needs of a global information society.

The Graduate School of Education (Master’s Course) aims to develop teachers' expertise and practical capabilities so they can meet the diversified demands of the times; the Graduate School of Education is also designed to provide training for in-service teachers to improve their abilities.

The Graduate School of Economics has the Master's Course and the Doctoral Course. The Master's Course aims to develop specialists in the field economics with an international perspective. The Doctoral Course aims to train an international "Risk Manager" who is capable of performing risk analysis as well as risk management for economy or business administration.

History

The Otsu campus of Shiga University has its origin in the establishment of Shiga Normal School in Otsu in 1874. This school was reorganized as the Shiga College of Education in 1943. Upon the founding of Shiga University in May, 1949, the Shiga College of Education and the Shiga Teachers Training College were brought together as the Faculty of Liberal Arts.

The Hikone campus has its origin in the establishment of the Hikone Commercial College in 1922. This college was reorganized in 1944 as the Hikone College of Economics. At the time Shiga University was founded in May, 1949, the college had become the Faculty of Economics.

The administrative offices of the university are located on the Hikone campus.

The following table shows the development and reorganization of Shiga University since its foundation in 1949:

Year	Developments
1949	In accordance with National School Establishment Law, Shiga University is founded as a coeducational national university, consisting of the Faculty of Liberal Arts in Otsu, and the Faculty of Economics in Hikone.Both the Main Library on the Hikone campus and the Branch Library of Faculty of Liberal Arts on the Otsu campus are established.
1951	An elementary school and a junior high school, attached to the Faculty of Liberal Arts, are established.
1953	The Junior College of Economics is established and offers evening courses in Business Administration.
1955	A kindergarten attached to the Faculty of Liberal Arts is established.Post-graduate courses in Accounting and Business Administration are established.
1957	The Library of the Faculty of Economics is established.
1963	The four-year Faculty of Liberal Arts course is divided into two courses: the Elementary School Teachers Course and the Junior High School Teachers Course.
1966	The Faculty of Liberal Arts is renamed the Faculty of Education.The Branch Library of the Faculty of Liberal Arts is renamed the Library of the Faculty of Education.A certificate course in Pedagogy is established.
1967	A Special Education Teachers Course is established. The Economic History and Archival Museum of the Faculty of Economics is renamed the Faculty of Economics Archival Museum.
1972	The Department of Management Science of the Faculty of Economics is estab-lished.
1973	The Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration in the Faculty of Economics is established.The post-graduate courses in Economics are abolished.
1974	The course for Kindergarten Teachers in the Faculty of Education is established.
1975	A provisional course in Special Education is established.Business Management and Business Information Processing are added to the Junior College of Business Administration curriculum.
1976	The Research Center for Lake Science in the Faculty of Education is renamed the Research Institute for Lake Science.
1977	The Department of Accounting in the Faculty of Economics is established.
1978	The Health and Medical Services Center, and the Shiga University Attached Special School for the Mentally Handicapped are established.
1981	A certificate course in Special Education (Education of the Mentally Handicapped) is established.The provisional course for Special Education Teachers is abolished.
1985	The University Computer Center, providing computer services to university faculty, staff and students, is established.
1990	The Information Science Course in the Faculty of Education is established. The Department of Information Processing and Management in the Faculty of Economics is established in accordance with the reorganization of the Faculty.
1991	The Graduate School of Education is established, and grants degrees in School Education, Special Education and Subject Studies (Japanese, Social Studies, Natural Science, Art, and English.) The post-graduate course in Pedagogy is abolished. The Department of Finance in the Faculty of Economics is established. The Computer Center is renamed the Center for Information Processing.
1992	The Center for Teacher In-Service Training in the Faculty of Education is estab-lished.
1993	In accordance with the National School Establishment Law, the Junior College of Economics is abolished in March, 1996. At the same time, the Faculty of Economics established a Course for Workers in the Evening program. Then, the Departments of Management and Accounting in the Faculty of Economics are reorganized and renamed the Department of Business Administration and the Department of Accounting. The Department of Social Systems in the Faculty of Economics is established. Also, the Joint Research Center in the Faculty of Economics is established.
1994	In accordance with the National School Establishment Law, the Research Center for Lifelong Learning is established.
1995	The Research Institute for Lake Science is reorganized and renamed the Center for Environmental Education and Lake Science.
1997	The Faculty of Education is reorganized. The following courses are abolished: Junior High School Teachers, Special Education Teachers, and Kindergarten Teachers, and they are reorganized as Department of Education.
1999	Education of the Mentally Handicapped in the Certificate Course in Special Education is renamed Education of the Mentally Retarded.
2000	The Faculty of Education is reorganized. The Department of Information Science is reorganized and renamed the Department of Information Sciences and Education. The Department of Environmental Education is newly established.The Faculty of Education now consists of three Departments: the Department of Education, the Department of Information Science and Education and the Department of Environmental Education. The Center for Teacher In-Service Training in the Faculty of Education is reorgan-ized and renamed Center for Educational Research and Practice. 2000 The branch library of the Faculty of Economics is abolished. 2001 The Joint Research Center has changed to the ministerial ordinance facilities.
2001	The Global Finance Course in the Graduate School of Economics is instituted.
2001	The International Students Center is established.
2002	The Center for Community Partnership is established.
2003	The Research Center for Sustainability and Environment is established.
2004	Center for Risk Research is established.
2006	International Students Center is reorganized and renamed Shiga University International (SUI).
2012	Research Center for Cooperation with Society is established amalgamating the Research Center for Lifelong Learning, the Joint Research Center and the Center for Community Partnership．

References

↑ Archived February 15, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Shiga University: Faculty Staff - 2011 Facts and Figures". Retrieved 2012-08-18.
1 2 Archived February 15, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "150 Goofy Mascots Gathered at "Yuru-Chara" Festival: Hikone, Shiga - GIGAZINE". En.gigazine.net. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
↑ "Japanese National Universities" (PDF). Janu.jp. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

External links

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Seasons	2015

Bowls	Koshien Bowl Rice Bowl Tokyo Bowl

See also	Legacy Bowl X-League

Seasons	1941 1942 Did not play 1943-1945 because of World War II 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Coordinates: 35°16′38″N 136°14′46″E / 35.27722°N 136.24611°E / 35.27722; 136.24611

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