Tertiary education institution
First Higher School 's Main Hall (now Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo )Higher school (高等学校, Kōtō Gakkō or 旧制高等学校, Kyūsei Kōtō Gakkō ) was an institution of higher education in Japan, which was a preparatory institution for imperial universities and national medical colleges until the educational reform in occupied Japan .[ 1]
Apart from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy , higher schools were the most prestigious pre-university higher education institutions in Japan and provided liberal arts education based on 'Kyōyōshugi ' instead of specialised education.
The higher schools have now been converted or mergerd into universities.[ 2] Despite the same name, Kōtō Gakkō (高等学校), higher schools are completely different to high schools (新制高等学校, Shinsei Kōtō Gakkō ) after WW2 .
school name
The First Order of Higher Education (1894) era
The Second Order of Higher Education (1919)
New university
First Higher School (Tokyo)
Daigaku Yoka
Kōtōka
University of Tokyo
Facultyl of Medicine (Chiba)
Independent as Chiba Medical College (1901)
Chiba Medical College (now Chiba University School of Medicine)
Second Higher School (Sendai)
Daigaku Yoka
Kōtōka
Tohoku University
Faculty of medicine
Independent as Sendai Medical College (1901)
Tohoku Imperial University School of Medicine (Tohoku University School of Medicine)
Third Higher School (Kyoto)
Faculty of Law
1901 abolished
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Faculty of Engineering
1901 abolished
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Faculty of Medicine (Okayama)
Independent as Okayama Medical College (1901)
Okayama Medical College (now Okayama University School of Medicine)
Daigaku Yoka (1897)
Kōtōka
Kyoto University
Fourth Higher School (Kanazawa)
Daigaku Yoka
Kōtōka
Kanazawa University
Faculty of medicine
Independent as Kanazawa Medical College (1901)
Kanazawa University School of Medicine
Fifth Higher School (Kumamoto)
Daigaku Yoka
Kōtōka
Kumamoto University
Faculty of Medicine (Nagasaki)
Independent as Nagasaki Medical College (1901)
Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Faculty of Engineering (1897)
Independent as Kumamoto Higher Technical School (1906)
Kumamoto University
Sixth Higher school (Okayama)
Daigaku Yoka (1900)
Kōtōka
Okayama University
Seventh Higher School, Zōshikan (Kagoshima)
Daigaku Yoka (1901)
Kōtōka
Kagoshima University
Eighth Higher School (Nagoya)
Daigaku Yoka (1908)
Kōtōka
Nagoya University
Postwar Special Higher School [ edit ]
Predecessor medical and dental college of
school name
New university
Japan Women's Dental College
Nihon higher school
Japan Women's Health Junior College (Now Kanagawa Dental University )
Toyo Women's Dental College
Toyo Higher School
Toyo Women's Junior College (now Toyo Gakuen University )
Akita Prefectural Women's Medical College
Akita Prefectural Higher School
(Closed in 1950, converted into Akita University )
Yamanashi Prefectural Medical College
Yamanashi Prefectural Higher School
(Closed in 1951, converted into Yamanashi University )
Yamanashi Prefectural Women's Medical College
Tokushima Medical College
Tokushima Higher School
Tokushima University
Fukuoka Prefectural Medical and Dental College, Department of Medicine
Fukuoka Prefectural Higher School
(Closed in 1951, converted into Kyushu Dental University )
Nagasaki Medical University College of Medicine
Nagasaki Higher School
Nagasaki University