Because of the post-war educational reform, the former higher schools merged with former universities and other institutions of higher education, and many of them became parent organizations such as faculties of general education, literature or science at universities under the new system.
戦後の学制改革によって旧制高等学校は旧制大学や他の高等教育機関と統合して、そのおおくは新制大学の教養部や文理学部の母体となった。