However, the specialized course was either successively abolished (they were upgraded to imperial universities) or divided into specialized schools, and all that was left was university preparatory course, where preparatory education for imperial universities took place.
しかし、学部は順次廃止（帝国大学昇格）ないし専門学校として分離され、帝国大学への予備教育をおこなう大学予科のみとなった。