We ascertain the history and the staffs of the architectural section of Hokkaido Imperial University between 1918 and 1940, and tried defining it as a part of the official architectural organizations. There was an aspect of the control by the Education Ministry, that only the men who had had some experience in the architectural section of the Education Ministry were appointed to the engineers or the assistant engineers in the period from 1918 to 1921. With the enactment of 'Law of University' and 'Law of Higher School' in 19.18, however, we can say that, the improvements of the facilities and the cultivation of the architects along with the progress of higher education enabled the architectural section of the University to employ its staffs and design it's facilities independently.
