While enjoying the economic growth because of World War I, Japan also experienced a great advancement in industrial power, and consequently, there was a societal demand to build more imperial universities and increase the student enrollment limit.
第一次世界大戦の好景気にわく日本は同時に工業力の大発展をとげ、帝国大学の増設や学生定員の増加が社会的にもとめられることとなった。