Since the military gained power after Manchurian Incident in 1931, military expenditures took precedence in the finance, local governments were required to bear the expenses for establishment of new Imperial Universities according to precedent of the two Imperial Universities and as a result, no Imperial Universities were established in other areas.
1931年の満州事変以後、軍部の台頭によって財政は軍事費優先傾向が強くなり、また、両帝大の先例から、新たな帝大の設立には全額地元負担が必須となってしまい、他地域での帝大新設は行われなかった。