Hiroshima University

Established in 1929, it was chartered as a university in 1949 following the merge of a number of national educational institutions.

The following eight schools were integrated or merged into Hiroshima University under the new system of education.

The present Hiroshima University, which was created from these two institutions as well as three other "old-system" training institutions for teachers, continues to hold an important position among the universities and colleges in Japan.

Although these institutions suffered a great deal of damage due to the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, they were reconstructed and combined to become the new Hiroshima University.

After completing the reconstruction, in order to seek wider campus, the relocation to local area(Higashihiroshima) was planned and decided by 1972.

Hiroshima University in 1955
Satake Memorial Hall at Hiroshima University (in Higashihiroshima City)