It was established successively after the former Seinen-Gakko Kyoin-Yoseijo of Kyoto Prefecture (Training Institute for teachers of Young Men's School of Kyoto Prefecture) at the location of the Men's Division of Kyoto Shihan-Gakko (Kyoto Normal School) in Koyamaminamiono-cho, Kamigyou Ward (Kita Ward, as of now), Kyoto City.
前身の京都府青年学校教員養成所に引き続き、京都市上京区（現・北区）小山南大野町の京都師範学校男子部校地で発足した。