Ryukoku University

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The Ryukoku University (Japanese龙谷 大学, Ryukoku daigaku ) is a Japanese private university, which is supported by the Buddhist Jōdo Shinshu sect Honganji -ha. The main campus is located in Fukakusa - Tsukamotochō, Fushimi- ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture.

History

The University in 1639 as Gakuryō (​​学 寮, literally " dorm " ) founded the temple Nishi Hongan -ji. The school renamed itself in 1655 Gakurin (学 林, dt " seminary " ), then in 1876 Daikyōkō (大 教 校, literally " big school "). 1879, the new school buildings were built in what is now Ōmiya campus.

It developed in 1905 to a specialized school ( "University Buddhist "仏 教 大学, dt, not today Bukkyo University) Bukkyo Daigaku said. In 1922 she was awarded university status and was renamed in Ryukoku University. The school name Ryukoku (Eng. " Drachental " ) comes from the pseudonym of Nishi Hongan -ji.

In 1960 she opened the Fukakusa campus ( today the main campus), who was the former military base of the United States Army. She was first a liberal arts university and founded the new campus more faculties: Economics (1961 ), Business Administration (1966 ) and Law ( 1968). In 1989 she founded her third campus in Otsu Cities in Shiga Prefecture, and added there faculties added: Natural and Engineering Sciences ( 1989), Social Sciences ( 1989), and International Cultural Studies (1996).

Faculties

  • Fukakusa - campus ( in Fushimi- ku, Kyoto, 34 ° 57 ' 51 " N, 135 ° 46 ' 2" O34.964286111111135.76724166667Koordinaten: 34 ° 57 ' 51 " N, 135 ° 46 ' 2" O): Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Business Administration
  • Department of Short Colleges (2 - year)
  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Faculty of International Cultural Studies
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