Kumamoto Gakuen University

Coordinates: 32°48′N 130°43′E / 32.800°N 130.717°E / 32.800; 130.717

Kumamoto Gakuen University
熊本学園大学
Motto 師弟同行 Shitei dōkō (Teachers and students working together)
Type Private
Established 1954[1]
President Ryoichi Koda[2]
Academic staff
148 full-time
Undergraduates 7,437
Postgraduates 115
Location Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Website www.kumagaku.ac.jp (in English)
Kumamoto Gakuen University

Kumamoto Gakuen University (熊本学園大学 Kumamoto Gakuen daigaku) Called Gakuendai (学園大) or Shōdai (商大), it is a private Japanese university in Kumamoto, Japan. It was established in 1942, at which time Eastern Language Vocational College (東洋語学専門学校 Tōyō Gengo Senmon Gakkō) was subsumed into it. It was renamed Kumamoto Language Vocational College (熊本言語専門学校 Kumamoto Gengo Senmon Gakkō) in 1945, and was made into Kumamoto Commerce University (熊本商科大学 Kumamoto shōka daigaku) in 1954.[1] It acquired its current name, Kumamoto Gakuen University, in 1994. At present, the university has 4 faculties with 11 departments.

The university also has an affiliated senior high school, located immediately adjacent to the campus. While the high school is recognized as one of the best in the prefecture, the reputation of the university itself is as a second-rank institution.

Faculties and graduate schools

Faculties

Graduate schools

Points of interest

The Open Research Center for Minamata Studies: this center carries out research into Minamata disease. Masazumi Harada is the head of this center.

Partner institutions

Partner Institutions KGU has signed agreements with 18 different partner institutions in the 9 countries listed below.

United States of America

United Kingdom

New Zealand

Australia

Canada

Republic of Korea

People's Republic of China

Kingdom of Thailand

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

References

Famous alumni

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