Tottori University (鳥取大学, Tottori daigaku), abbreviated to Toridai (鳥大), is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyama-cho-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Another campus (the Faculty of Medicine) is in Yonago, Tottori. Tottori University(TU) was established in 1949 by integrating five national colleges in Tottori Prefecture: Yonago Medical College (米子医科大学, Yonago ika daigaku, established in 1948), Yonago Professional School of Medicine (米子医学専門学校, Yonago igaku semmon gakkō, founded in 1945), Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry (鳥取農林専門学校, Tottori nōrin semmon gakkō, founded in 1920 as Tottori Agricultural College), Tottori Normal School (鳥取師範学校, Tottori shihan gakkō, founded in 1874) and Tottori Youth Normal School (鳥取青年師範学校, Tottori seinen shihan gakkō, founded in 1921). As Tottori College of Agriculture and Forestry was located near the Tottori Sand Dunes, its main tasks included the studies on the agriculture in dry or sandy land. In 1923 it opened a test field by the sand dunes. The tradition is followed by the TU Faculty of Agriculture and the Arid Land Research Center.