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Fukuoka, Japan is one of Japan's prestigious national universities and the largest public university on the island of Kyushu. After initially being founded as Fukuoka Medical College in 1903, a campus associated with Kyoto Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University was established as a separate entity in 1911. Kyushu Imperial University was renamed as Kyushu University following World War II.
On October, 2003, Kyushu University and Kyushu Institute of Design officially amalgamated into a single university, with Kyushu Institute of Design becoming Kyushu University's Ohashi Campus.
See also: Kyushu Institute of Design, Kyoto University, University of Tokyo