[2] In April 2011, the school changed its name from Kochi Women's University (高知女子大学, Kōchi Joshi Daigaku) and became coeducational.

[3] The University of Kochi comprises four undergraduate faculties and two graduate schools.

[4] The College of Child Development, Kochi Women's University (高知女子大学保育短期大学部, Kōchi Joshi Daigaku Hoiku Tanki Daigakubu) opened in April 1975, but the school was founded in 1948 as Kochi Kenritsu Hobo Yōseijo (高知県立保母養成所).

It was affiliated with Kochi Women's University, but was located on a separate campus.

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