Kokushikan University

Kokushikan University

国士舘大学
Motto	Knowledge and Action
Type	private
Established	Founded March 1876, Chartered April 1, 1918
President	Katsuhiko Wakabayashi, Ph.D.
Location	Setagaya , Tokyo , Japan
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Setagaya Six Universities Consortium
Website	www.kokushikan.ac.jp

Kokushikan University (国士舘大学, Kokushikan Daigaku) is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 2007. This is the highest order at the participation university from Japan at present.

Organization

Graduate Schools

• Political Science
• Economics
• Business Administration
• Sport System
• Engineering
• Law
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• Human Sciences
• Globalising Asia

Undergraduate Faculties

• Political Science and Economics
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • Business Administration
• Physical Education
  • Sport and Physical Education
  • Martial Arts
  • Sport and Medical Science
• Engineering

Reorganization April in 2007, for Science and Engineering

• Law
  • Law
  • Modern Business Law
• Letters
  • Education
  • History and Geography
  • Literature
• School of Asia 21
  • Asia 21

Research Institute

• Research Institutes and Centers
• International Center
• Asia-Japan Research Center
• Institute of Budo and Moral Education
• Lifelong Learning Center
• Wellness Research Center
• Institute for Cultural Studies of Ancient Iraq
• Center for Information Science
• Institute for the Study of Politics
• Placement Center

Others

• University Library
• Guesthouse
• Student dormitory
• Kokushikan Foreign Student Alumni Meeting
• Cultural Exchange Center with Loval Citizen

Scholarship

• Studies excellent scholarship
• Athletic skills excellent scholarship
• Study help scholarship
• Students from abroad scholarship
• Department of Engineering Shiozawa scholarship
• Rinichi Kitsutaka Commemoration study fund (only for students of the Department of Letters from Chiba Prefecture)
• Muneo Nakamura Study fund (only for students of the School of Law)

Campus

Machida campus

Tama campus

• Setagaya Campus: (Main campus) 4-28-1 Setagaya, Setagaya, Tokyo 154-8515, Japan
• Machida Campus: Hirohakama, Machida, Tokyo, Japan 195-8550
• Tama Campus: Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo, Japan 206-8515
• Setagaya-Umegaoka Campus: 1223-1 Umegaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

External Relations

Setagaya Six Universities Consortium

In addition to Kokushikan University, the other participants in the Setagaya Six Universities Consortium (世田谷6大学コンソーシアム Setagaya Roku Daigaku Konsōshiamu) are as follows:

• Komazawa University
• Seijo University
• Showa Women's University
• Tokyo University of Agriculture
• Musashi Institute of Technology

Metropolitan West-area University Credit Transfer

Kokushikan University is in a credit transfer agreement with the following area schools:

• Azabu University
• Sagami Women's University
• Kitasato University
• Joshibi University of Art and Design
• Obirin University
• Tamagawa University
• Tokyo Jogakkan College
• Kanagawa Institute of Technology
• Shoin University
• Tokyo University of Agriculture
• Showa University of Music
• Tokyo Polytechnic University
• Sanno University
• Den-en Chofu University
• Kokugakuin University
• Toyo Eiwa University
• Kamakura Women's University
• Takachiho University

Sister schools

Asia

China

• Beijing Normal University
• Shanxi University
• Soochow University
• Heilongjiang University
• Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
• Wuhan University
• Jilin University
• Dalian University
• Shenzhen Polytechnic
• Qingdao University

Indonesia

• Gadjah Mada University

Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyz National University

Mongolia

• National University of Mongolia

The Philippines

• De La Salle University

South Korea

• Hanyang University
• Shanxi University
• Dong-Eui University
• Andong National University
• Korea University

Taiwan

• Chinese Culture University
• National Sun Yat-sen University

Thailand

• Chulalongkorn University
• Chiang Mai University

Uzbekistan

• Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages
• University of World Economy and Diplomacy

Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh City University

North America

Canada

• Simon Fraser University (one month language training program only)
• College of the Rockies (one month language training program only)

United States

• St. John's University
• San Francisco State University
• University of California, Davis (one month language training program only)

Oceania

Australia

• Griffith University

Europe

UK

• University of Portsmouth

Germany

• The University of Munich

Hungary

• Semmelweis University

Russia

• Far Eastern State Technical University

Africa

Ethiopia

• Addis Ababa University

Research Institute

Iraq

• The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage

Alumni

• Chubee Kagita, Diet member (Liberal Democratic Party)
• Hitoshi Saito, Olympic gold medal (judoka)
• Keiji Suzuki, Olympic gold medal (judoka)
• Masato Uchishiba, Olympic gold medal (judoka)
• Satoshi Ishii, Olympic gold medal (judoka)
• Harumi Hiroyama, long-distance runner
• Tetsuji Hashiratani, football player
• Naofumi Yamamoto, professional wrestler
• Passion Yara, comedian

Affiliated Schools

• Kokushikan High School
• Kokushikan Junior High School
• Welfare Professional School of Kokushikan University

External links

• Kokushikan University - English, Official website
• Kokushikan Univ. Library (in English,)
• Wikitravel: Tokyo/Setagaya