Kanazawa University

Kanazawa University is divided into two main campuses: Kakuma and Takaramachi.

[4] The university was founded in 1862 as an institution for smallpox vaccination (種痘 所, Shutō-sho ) called Hikoso Vaccination Center (彦三種痘所, Hikoso shutōsho), which was established by the Kaga Domain.

In 1887 it became the Medical Faculty of the Fourth Higher Middle School (第四 高等 中 学校 医学 部, Dai-shi kōtō chūgakkō igakubu ) and then in 1894 to the Medical Faculty of the Fourth Higher School (第四 高等学校 医学 部, Dai-shi kōtō gakkō igakubu ).

Kanazawa University has three colleges (学域) and 16 schools (学類) for undergraduate programs.

Experimental school attached to the College of Human and Social Sciences

The Fourth High School Memorial Museum of Cultural Exchange, Ishikawa (former main building)
Kakuma-Campus (north area)
Kakuma-Campus (central area)
Kakum campus (south area)