The University of Shiga Prefecture

The University of Shiga Prefecture is a public university in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1950, and it was chartered as a university in 1995. The nickname of the university is "Kendai". The first university president was Hidaka Toshitaka (Japanese: ) who was an ethologist. Before 1995, this university was a junior college: Shiga Prefecture College (Japanese: ). In 2003, Shiga Prefecture College was reorganized as The University of Shiga Prefecture.