In 1997, Miyagi University was established in the town of
Taiwa in
Kurokawa District, Miyagi with a school of nursing and school of project design. In 2001, university officials established graduate school programs for nursing and project design. Miyagi Agricultural College, a
junior college located in
Taihaku-ku, Sendai, was merged with Miyagi University in 2005, and the school of food, agricultural, and environmental sciences was opened in the same year. == Faculties (undergraduate schools) ==