Kwansei Gakuin University

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The Kwansei Gakuin University (Japanese关 西 学院 大学, Kansei Gakuin daigaku, in short: Kangaku (关 学) or KG ) is a private Christian university in Japan. The main campus is located in Uegahara - Ichibancho, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. Their motto is: " Mastery for Service".

The name should be pronounced Kwansei Kansei, because he is the transcription of archaic Japanese letters for Kansei; Kansei is a different reading of the kanji "关 西" ( Kansai, dt " the region to the west (西, sai ) of Hakone's border station (关 所) is ").

History

The Kwansei Gakuin (Eng. " Academy West Japan ", engl. Western Japan College) was founded in 1889 by Walter Russell Lambuth, a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The school was in the village Harada (today: Nada -ku, Kobe, 34 ° 42 ' 34 "N, 135 ° 12' 50 " O34.709511111111135.21400277778 ) and had the theological department and the high school courses.

The school developed in 1912 to an intellectual and commercial scientific school and moved in 1929 to the present Nishinomiya - Uegahara campus. In 1932 she obtained the university status and changed its name to Kwansei Gakuin University. She had at first only in the humanities and social science faculties; In 1952 she founded the Faculty of Theology and 1961, the Faculty of Science (now the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering ).

In April 2009, the Seiwa College (圣 和 大学, Seiwa daigaku ), a Christian educational college in Nishinomiya, was merged into Kwansei Gakuin University.

Faculties

  • Nishinomiya - Uegahara - campus ( in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, 34 ° 46 '11 "N, 135 ° 20' 49 " O34.769691666667135.34700833333Koordinaten: 34 ° 46 '11 "N, 135 ° 20' 49 " E ): Faculty of Theology
  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Commerce Science
  • Faculty of Human and Welfare Science (Japanese人间 福祉 学部, Eng. School of Human Welfare Studies)
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Political Sciences (Japanese総 合 政策 学部, Eng. School of Policy Studies )
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
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