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