Hiroshima University was established on May 31,1949. As of May 1, 2008, the graduate school has the following twelve school: Graduate School of Intergrated Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Letters, Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation, and Hiroshima University Law School.
