National Seven Universities

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The National Seven Universities (全国七大学, Zenkoku shichidaigaku^?) is formally used to refer to seven public institutions of higher education located in Japan. The term Old Imperial Universities (旧帝大, Kyūteidai^?) is commonly used for those seven universities, as they once consist of Japanese Imperial University system prior to World War II.

The term is also used to refer to annual athletic meets for those seven schools. The athletic meets started by sponsorship of Hokkaido University as National Seven Universities Athletic Meet (国立七大学総合体育大会, Kokuritsu shichidaigaku sōgō taiiku-taikai^?) in 1962. The Japanese name of the athletic meets was renamed to (全国七大学総合体育大会, Zenkoku shichidaigaku sōgō taiiku-taikai^?) in 2002.

In a wider sense, it is used to refer to the social group once strongly associated with these schools, including Gakushikai (学士会, Gakushikai^?), the alumni / alumnae club for those seven schools.

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Institution	Location	Full-time enrollment	Founded	Chartered
Hokkaido University	Sapporo, Hokkaidō	11,153	1876 as Sapporo Agricultural College	1907 as the College of Agriculture of Tohoku Imperial University 1918 as Hokkaido Imperial University
Kyoto University	Kyoto, Kyoto	13,064	1869 as the Chemistry School	1897 as Kyoto Imperial University
Kyushu University	Fukuoka, Fukuoka	11,689	1903 as Fukuoka Medical College of Kyoto Imperial University	1911 as Kyushu Imperial University
Nagoya University	Nagoya, Aichi	9,818	1871 as the Temporary Medical School	1920 as Nagoya Medical College 1936 as Nagoya Imperial University
Osaka University	Osaka, Osaka	12,229	1869 as Osaka Prefecture Medical School	1919 as the Prefectural Osaka Medical College 1936 as Osaka Imperial University
Tohoku University	Sendai, Miyagi	10,692	1907 as Tohoku Imperial University	1907 as Tohoku Imperial University
University of Tokyo	Bunkyo, Tokyo	14,711	1877 as Tokyo University	1886 as Imperial University