thumb|Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine main entrance sign and insignia.thumb|Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kawaramachi campus main entrance.thumb|200px|An old photo of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (before 1951) is a public university in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. The school's predecessor was founded in 1872, and it was chartered as a university in 1921.