Kyoto Imperial University as a part of the Imperial University system was established on June 18, 1897, using the Third Higher School’s buildings. The higher school moved to a patch of land just across the street, where the Yoshida South Campus stands today. In the same year of the university’s establishment, the College of Science and Technology was founded. The College of Law and the College of Medicine were founded in 1899, the College of Letters in 1906, expanding the university’s activities to areas outside natural science.
Kyoto University Imperial ເປັນສ່ວນຫນຶ່ງຂອງລະບົບ Imperial ວິທະຍາໄລໄດ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນໃນເດືອນມິຖຸນາ 18, 1897, ການນໍາໃຊ້ອາຄານໂຮງຮຽນສາມຊັ້ນສູງຂອງ. ໂຮງຮຽນສູງຍ້າຍໄປເພີ້ມຂອງທີ່ດິນພຽງແຕ່ໃນທົ່ວຖະຫນົນຫົນທາງ, ບ່ອນທີ່ Yoshida South Campus ຢືນໃນມື້ນີ້. ໃນປີດຽວກັນຂອງການສ້າງຕັ້ງວິທະຍາໄລໄດ້, ວິທະຍາໄລວິທະຍາສາດແລະເຕັກໂນໂລຊີໄດ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນ. ວິທະຍາໄລກົດຫມາຍແລະວິທະຍາໄລການແພດໄດ້ຮັບການສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນໃນ 1899, ວິທະຍາໄລຂອງອັກສອນໃນ 1906, ການຂະຫຍາຍກິດຈະກໍາວິທະຍາໄລໃນການພື້ນທີ່ນອກວິທະຍາສາດທໍາມະຊາດ.