Ryukoku University
Private university in Kyoto, Japan
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Ryukoku University (龍谷大学, Ryūkoku Daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.
龍谷大学 | |
Omiya Campus in January 2017 | |
| Motto | You, Unlimited[1] |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1639[2] |
| President | Takashi Irisawa[3] |
| Students | 21,358[4] |
| Undergraduates | 20,754[5] |
| Postgraduates | 604[6] |
| Location | Kyoto and Otsu, Shiga , Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | Official website |
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It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876.[7] The university's professors and students founded the literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three campuses: Fukakusa and Omiya in Kyoto; and Seta in Shiga prefecture.[8] Its campuses are smoke-free.[9] It is one university belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu"(産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area.[10]
Faculties
Undergraduate Schools[11]
- Faculty of Letters
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of International Studies
- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
- Faculty of Sociology
- Faculty of Policy Studies
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Psychology
Graduate Schools[12]
- Graduate School of Letters
- Graduate School of Economics
- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Graduate School of Law
- Graduate School of Policy Science
- Graduate School of International Studies
- Graduate School of Science and Technology
- Graduate School of Sociology
- Graduate School of Practical Shin Buddhist Studies
- Graduate School of Agriculture
Notable alumni
- Yuji Fujii, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature)
- Ayano Tsuji, singer-songwriter.
- Takamaro Shigaraki, Buddhologist, later president of the university
- Kenryu Takashi Tsuji, Japanese-Canadian Buddhist leader
