Kochi University (高知大学, Kōchi Daigaku) is one of the 86 national universities of Japan located in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture. The predecessors Toya-gakusha (later Kochi Normal School) was founded in 1874, Kochi Higher School in 1922, Kochi prefecture Teacher Training Institute for Agriculture Associated School in 1923, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. Source: Wikipedia (en)