Yamagata University (やまがただいがく, Yamagata University) was established in 1878 as a Japanese national university located in Yamagata Prefecture. In 1949, according to the National University Establishment Act, Yamagata High School, Yamagata Teachers College, Yamagata Youth Teachers College, Yonezawa Industrial College, Yamagata Prefectural College of Agriculture and Forestry merged to form the new Yamagata University, with the Department of Arts and Sciences, Department of Education, Department of Engineering, Department of Agriculture; in 1973, the establishment of the Department of Medicine; in 2004, according to the National University Corporation Act, transformed into a national university In 2005, the Faculty of Education was reorganized and the Faculty of Regional Education and Culture was established.