Aoyama Gakuin University
The Aoyama Gakuin University (Japanese青山 学院 大学, Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku ) is a private university in Tokyo with affiliated schools.
MARCH
MARCH is an acronym, which are called together with the common five universities. Each provides an initial letter. In addition to the Aoyama Gakuin belong to Meiji, Rikkyo, Chūō and Hosei. This summary classification can be found in Japan since the 1960s.
History
The university is part of a school system that covers all ages from kindergarten to the Master Course. The origins of the university lie in the establishment of schools by Methodist missionaries in 1874. Actual University was founded in 1949.
Faculties
In alphabetical order:
- Faculty of Business Administration ( since 1966)
- Department of International Politics and Economics ( since 1982)
- Faculty of Law (since 1959 )
- Faculty of Philology (since 1949 )
- Faculty of Physics (since 1965)
- Faculty of Economics (since 1953)
Number of students
In May 2006, studied 18,507 students at the university, of which 8120 students. By May 2006, there are a total of 172 578 graduates.
Academic teaching staff
The University employs 477 salaried academic teachers, including 73 women. There are also 1,176 part-time lecturers.
Campus
The campus in Shibuya (35 ° 39 ' 40 "N, 139 ° 42' 38 " O35.661183333333139.71053888889 ) has an area of 72 620 m², the campus in Sagamihara (35 ° 34 '1 " N, 139 ° 24 ' 10" O35 .566863888889139.40287777778 ) is 157 208 m². Building of the University bring it to a total floor area of 259 108 m².
The campus in Shibuya lies to the east of the district of Shibuya subway station Omote Sando - but also from JR Shibuya Station within ten minutes walking distance.
The campus in the district of Chūō Sagamihara was opened in 2003; simultaneously existing campus in Atsugi and Setagaya were abandoned.
Admission of foreign students
Foreign students can apply to study in the faculties or in the Master courses.
Applicants from Germany to study in one of the faculties need a high school diploma and must be over 18 years old. Since lectures are held mostly in Japanese, Japanese language skills are required. Accordingly, written and oral entrance examinations in Japanese language are provided.
Known graduates
- Takako Fuji (born 1972 ), actress
- Keisuke Kuwata, Southern All Stars
- Masayuki Mori ( born 1953 ), film producer
- Hiroshi Nakada ( b. 1964 ), Mayor of Yokohama
- Renho (born 1967 ), Japanese politician (DPJ )
- Nana Tanimura (* 1987), Japanese singer