History and Outline of the School / Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Sapporo Agricultural College |
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1876 |
Aug. 14 |
Sapporo School opens. |
Agricultural College, Tohoku Imperial University |
Department of Animal Science |
Sep. 8 |
Sapporo School is renamed Sapporo Agricultural College. |
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1907
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Sep. 1 |
Sapporo Agricultural College is renamed Agricultural College, Tohoku Imperial University. |
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Jun. 24 |
The Department of Animal Science is established. |
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1910 |
Mar. 26 |
The Department of Veterinary Medicine is established. |
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1911 |
May 2 |
The Second Department of Veterinary Medicine is established. |
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1912 |
Jun. 25 |
Regulations on animal hospitals are enacted. |
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Second Section of the Department of Animal Science |
1913 |
Jun. 30 |
The Department of Animal Science is divided into the first and second sections. |
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Agricultural College, Hokkaido Imperial University |
1918 |
Apr. 1 |
Hokkaido Imperial University is established. The Agricultural College, Tohoku Imperial University is renamed the Agricultural College, Hokkaido Imperial University. |
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Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University |
1919 |
Apr. 1 |
The Agricultural College, Hokkaido Imperial University is renamed the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University. |
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1920 |
Sep. 14 |
The Department of Livestock Hygiene is established. |
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1922 |
May 15 |
The Department of Comparative Pathology is established. |
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1944 |
Dec. 19 |
The Department of Anatomy is established. |
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Department of Animal Science |
1946 |
Apr. 1 |
The first and second sections of the Department of Animal Science are renamed the Department of Animal Science. |
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Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University |
1947 |
Oct. 1 |
Hokkaido Imperial University is renamed Hokkaido University. |
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Department of Veterinary Medicine |
1949 |
Apr. 1 |
The Department of Veterinary Medicine is established. |
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Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University (new system) |
May 31 |
Hokkaido University is established under Japan’s new educational system. (The National School Establishment Law is enacted.) |
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1950 |
Apr. 1 |
The Department of Physiology is established. |
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School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University |
School of Veterinary Medicine |
1952 |
Apr. 1 |
The School of Veterinary Medicine is established. (Department of Veterinary Medicine) Seven departments are established: Internal Medicine (for the first section), Veterinary Surgery (for the second section), Hygiene, Comparative Pathology, Anatomy, Physiology and Veterinary Public Health. |
1953 |
Apr. 1 |
The Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University is established. The Departments of Biochemistry and Epizootiology are established. |
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May 13 |
The Departments of Preventive Therapeutics and Biomedical Sciences are established in the Graduate School. |
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Aug. 1 |
The Livestock Hospital is established. (The National School Establishment Law is partially revised.) |
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1954 |
Apr. 1 |
The Departments of Pharmacology and Theriogenology are established. |
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1955 |
Jul. 1 |
The Department of Parasitology is established. |
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1964 |
Apr. 1 |
Ministerial Ordinance on Courses and Subjects (Order No. 3 of the Ministry of Education for 1964) (12 courses) |
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1969 |
May 21 |
The Department of Radiation Biology is established. |
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1984 |
Apr. 1 |
The minimum duration of studies in the School of Veterinary Medicine becomes six years due to the partial revision of the School Education Act. |
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1986 |
Apr. 1 |
The Department of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine is established. |
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1990 |
Apr. 1 |
The master’s course of the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine is abolished and the minimum duration of studies in the doctor’s course becomes four years due to the partial revision of the School Education Act. |
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Jun. 8 |
The Department of Toxicology is established. |
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School of Veterinary Medicine/ Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University |
1995 |
Apr. 1 |
Reorganization is made based on a policy of emphasizing the graduate school. ・School of Veterinary Medicine (Department of Veterinary Medicine: 4 subjects): Biomedical Science, Etiological Pathology, Applied Veterinary Sciences and Veterinary Clinical Sciences ・Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine (Department of Veterinary Medicine: 4 major courses): Biomedical Sciences, Disease Control, Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Environmental Veterinary Sciences The Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and the Laboratory of Ecology are established. |
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2001 |
Apr. 1 |
The Livestock Hospital becomes a facility associated with the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine. |
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2003 |
Apr. 1 |
The Department of Prion Disease is established in the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine. |
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2006 |
Apr. 1 |
The Zoonosis Course (a cooperating course) is established in the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine. |
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2007 |
Apr. 1 |
The Livestock Hospital becomes the Animal Hospital, which is directly managed by the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine. |
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2008 |
Apr. 1 |
The Laboratory of Advanced Veterinary Science is established. |
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2009 |
May 1 |
The Veterinary Educational Innovation Office is established. |
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2010 |
Apr. 1 |
The Department of Prion Disease is renamed the Laboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, the Department of Applied Veterinary Science. |
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Jul. 1 |
The Laboratory of Ecology is renamed the Laboratory of Wildlife Biology and Medicine. |
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2012 |
Apr. 1 |
The cooperative veterinary education program of Hokkaido University and Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine starts. |
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School of Veterinary Medicine/ Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine/ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University |
2017 |
Apr. 1 |
The Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine is due to be reorganized as the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and Graduate School of Infectious Diseases. ・Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Veterinary Science section: 6 disciplines) [Faculty organization] Basic Veterinary Sciences, Applied Veterinary Sciences, Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Disease Control and Preentive Veterinary Medicine ・Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine (Division of Veterinary Medicine: 4 courses) [Student organization] Basic Veterinary Sciences, Applied Veterinary Sciences, Environmental Veterinary Sciences, and Clinical Veterinary Sciences ・Graduate School of Infectious Diseases (Division of Infectious Diseases [Student organization] |