Ritsumeikan University

The Ritsumeikan University (Japanese立命 馆 大学, Ritsumeikan daigaku, in short: Ritsumei (立命) or Rits ) is a private university in Japan. Headquartered in Nakagyo -ku, Kyoto ( Suzaku Campus, 35 ° 0 ' 33 "N, 135 ° 44 ' 32 " O35.009269444444135.74221111111Koordinaten: 35 ° 0 ' 33 "N, 135 ° 44' 32" E ).

It is one of the largest universities in western Japan and has about 36,000 students and 700 professors ( May 2008).

History

Was the spiritual origin of the University of the private school Ritsumeikan (私塾 立命 馆, Shijuku Ritsumeikan ), the 1869 Kimmochi Saionji (西 园 寺 公 望, 1849-1940 ) was founded. The school name Ritsumei came from Mengzi's words: "夭寿 不 贰 修身 以 俟 之 所以 立命 也. " (Eng. about: Whether you die young or long lives is a twist of fate through waiting for death with lifelong self-improvement one should be. meet fate. ) the private school was closed in 1870 on the order of the prefectural government out because the students were possibly revolutionary against the administration.

The school was in 1900 as a School of Law and Political Science Kyoto (京都 法政 学校, Kyoto Hosei Gakko ) " rebuilt ". The founder was Kojuro Nakagawa (中 川 小 十郎, 1866-1944 ), Saionjis former secretary. In 1904 she was (私立 京都 法政 大学, dt " Private College of Law and Political Science Kyoto " ) renamed Kyoto Shiritsu Daigaku Hosei. Saionji allowed her the use of the school name Ritsumeikan and 1913, the school was in Shiritsu Daigaku Ritsumeikan (私立 立命 馆 大学, dt "Private Ritsumeikan University" ) renamed. In 1922 she obtained the university status and changed its name to Ritsumeikan University. 1945 after the Pacific War was Suekawa Hiroshi (末 川博, 1892-1977 ), the President and democratized the university.

The former hirokoji Campus (1901-1981, 35 ° 1 ' 27 " N, 135 ° 46 ' 8" O35.024297222222135.76876111111 ) was too small, so the University moved in 1981 in the Kinugasa Campus. In 1994 she opened the larger Biwako Kusatsu - campus ( BKC ). In 2000, the school corporation, the sister University, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.

Faculties

  • Kinugasa Campus ( in Kita- ku, Kyoto, 35 ° 1 ' 57 "N, 135 ° 43' 27" O35.032569444444135.7241 ): Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Industrial Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Intercultural Studies
  • Faculty of Political Science (Japanese政策 科学 部, Eng. College of Policy Science)
  • Faculty of Arts Image (Japanese映像 学部, Eng. College of Image Arts and Sciences )
  • Biwako Kusatsu - campus ( in Kusatsu, Shiga, 34 ° 58 ' 55 "N, 135 ° 57 ' 46 " O34.982033333333135.96267777778 ): Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Business Administration
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
  • Faculty of computer science, natural sciences and engineering
  • Faculty of Biosciences
  • Faculty of Pharmacy
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