Editing Matsumoto, Nagano (section)

==Education==
===Universities and colleges===
*[[Shinshu University]]
*[[Matsumoto University]]
*[[Matsusho Gakuen Junior College]]
*[[Matsumoto Junior College]]

===Primary and secondary education===
Matsumoto has 29 public elementary schools operated by the city government, one operated by the national government and one private elementary school. The city also manages 19 public middle schools, with one more middle school shared between Matsumoto and neighbouring Asahi. There is one public middle school operated by the national government and one private middle school. The city has seven public high schools operated by the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education and six private high schools.  The city also has a [[Chosen gakko|North Korean school]], {{Nihongo|Nagano Korean Elementary and Junior High School|[[:ja:長野朝鮮初中級学校|長野朝鮮初中級学校]]}}.

Kaichi School opened in 1876; farmers gave 70% of the funds to have it built. According to Philippe Mesmer of ''[[Le Monde]]'', Kaichi "was one of the first modern schools built in Japan."<ref name=Mesmerclosing>{{cite web|last=Mesmer|first=Philippe|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/japan/article/2023/04/13/in-rural-japan-schools-are-closing-due-to-population-decline_6022773_230.html|title=In rural Japan, schools are closing due to population decline|newspaper=[[Le Monde]]|place=[[Paris]]|date=2023-04-13|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> After the school closed, it was converted into a museum.<ref name=Mesmerclosing/>