Komazawa University

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The Komazawa University (Japanese驹 泽 大学, Komazawa daigaku, in short: Komadai (驹 大) ) is a private Buddhist ( Soto Shuu ) University in Japan. The main campus is located in Komazawa, Setagaya Ward in Tokyo.

History

The university was founded in 1592 as a school for priests of the temple Kichijo -ji (吉祥寺) in Kanda - Surugadai. 1657 drew the temple by fire after Komagome to (35 ° 43 ' 41 "N, 139 ° 45' 16" O35.728163888889139.75441944444 ), and the seminary was in Sendan - rin (旃檀 林, dt literally " sandalwood " ) renamed. On October 15, 1882 after the Meiji Restoration, it was a modern school in Azabu ( the former name was Soto shū Daigakurin Semmongaku Honko (曹洞宗 大学 林 専 门 学 本校, dt about " high school from Soto Shuu- Group" ) ). The Soto shū College in 1904 recognized as a specialist school and named in 1905 in Soto shū Daigaku (曹洞宗 大学, dt " Soto Shuu- University" ) to.

1913 Today's Komazawa campus was opened and the university moved to the campus. In 1925, she received the university status and was renamed Komazawa University. In 1949 the university was reorganized under the new Japanese educational system founded three faculties: Buddhist Studies, Humanities and Economics. She added faculties added: Jurisprudence (1964 ), Business Administration ( 1969), Health Studies (2003), and Global Media Studies (2006).

Faculties

  • Buddhist Studies
  • Humanities
  • Economics
  • Jurisprudence
  • Business Administration
  • Health Studies (Japanese医疗 健康 科学 部, English Faculty of Health Sciences, . Course of training of radiology technologists )
  • Global Media Studies

The faculties are in Komazawa campus. There are sports facilities at Tamagawa Campus (35 ° 37 '4 " N, 139 ° 36' 31" O35.617797222222139.60859166667 ) and research institutes in the new Fukasawa Campus (since 2006, 35 ° 37 '30 " N, 139 ° 39' 19 " O35.625008333333139.65518888889 ).

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