Nagasaki University was founded 51 years ago, under the National School Establishment law, by the union of three colleges, three schools, and one research institute: Nagasaki Medical College, the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (attached to the Medical College), Nagasaki College of Economics, Nagasaki School of Higher Education, Nagasaki Youth School of Higher Education, Nagasaki High School, and the Research Institute for Endemics.