is a public university in KÃ Âchi, KÃ Âchi Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1944, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. In April 2011, the school changed its name from and became coeducational.
The University of Kochi comprises four undergraduate faculties and two graduate schools.
The opened in April 1975, but the school was founded in 1948 as . It was affiliated with Kochi Women's University, but was located on a separate campus. It became coeducational in 1992. It closed in 1998.