List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in Japan
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The following is a list of current and historical women's universities and colleges in Japan. A women's college is an institution of higher education where enrollment is all-female. Most of these are private universities; a few are funded by the prefectural governments; the only two funded by the national government are Nara and Ochanomizu.
Where institutions have become coeducational, this is noted, along with the year the enrollment policy was changed. Current (as of 2007) women's colleges are listed in bold text. Colleges that are closing or transitioning to coeducation are listed in italics.
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Aichi
- Aichi Prefectural University, Nagakute (co-ed since 1966)
- Aichi Gakusen University, Okazaki (co-ed since 1987)
- Chukyo Women's University, Obu (co-ed since 1998)
- Kinjo Gakuin University, Nagoya
- Nagoya Women's University, Nagoya
- Ohkagakuen University, Toyota
- Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya
Ehime
Fukushima
Fukuoka
- Chikushi Jogakuen University, Dazaifu
- Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University, Fukuoka
- Fukuoka Women's University, Fukuoka
- Kyushu Women's University, Kitakyushu
- Seinan Jo Gakuin University, Kitakyushu
Gifu
Hiroshima
- Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University, Asaminami
- Hiroshima Jogakuin University, Asakita
- Hiroshima Campus, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Minami (co-ed since 1994)
- Yasuda Women's University, Asaminami
- Kure University, Kure
Hyōgo
- Kobe College, Nishinomiya
- Kobe Kaisei College, Nada-ku
- Kobe Shinwa Women's University, Kita-ku
- Kobe Shoin Women's University, Nada-ku
- Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada (co-ed since 1994)
- Kobe Women's University, Suma
- Kobe Yamate University, Chūō-ku (co-ed since 2001)
- Konan Women's University, Higashinada
- Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya
- Otemae University, Nishinomiya (co-ed since 2000)
- Seiwa College, Nishinomiya (co-ed since 1981)
- Sonoda Gakuen Women's University, Amagasaki
Kagoshima
Kanagawa
- Caritas Junior College, Aoba-ku, Yokohama
- Ferris University, Izumi-ku, Yokohama
- Kamakura Women's University, Kamakura
- Odawara Women's Junior College, Odawara
- Toyo Eiwa University, Midori-ku, Yokohama
- Sagami Women's University, Sagamihara
- Shoin University, Atsugi (co-ed since 2004)
- St. Cecilia Women's Junior College, Yamato
Kōchi
- Kochi Women's University, Kōchi (co-ed since April 2011)
Kumamoto
- Kumamoto Prefectural University, Kumamoto (co-ed since 1994)
Kyoto
- Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyōtanabe
- Kyoto Koka Women's University, Ukyō
- Kyoto Notre Dame University, Sakyō
- Kyoto Tachibana University, Yamashina (co-ed since 2005)
- Kyoto Women's University, Higashiyama
- Kacho College, Higashiyama
Nagano
- Nagano Prefectural College, Nagano (co-ed since 2004)
- Seisen Jogakuin College, Nagano
Nagasaki
Nara
- Nara Women's University, Nara
- Tezukayama University, Nara (co-ed since 1987)
Okayama
- Mimasaka University, Tsuyama (co-ed since 2003)
- Nortre Dame Seishin University, Okayama
- Shujitsu University, Okayama (co-ed since 2003)
Osaka
- Baika Women University, Ibaraki
- Heian Jogakuin (St. Agnes') University
- Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi (co-ed since 1954)
- Moriguchi Campus of Osaka International University, Moriguchi (co-ed since 2002)
- Osaka Jogakuin College, Osaka
- Daisen Campus, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai (co-ed since 2005)
- Osaka Shoin Women's University, Higashiosaka
- Osaka Ohtani University, Tondabayashi (co-ed since 2006)
- Senri Kinran University, Suita
- Shitennoji International Buddhist University, Habikino (co-ed since 1981)
- Soai University, Osaka (co-ed since 1982)
- Tezukayama Gakuin University, Sakai (co-ed since 2003)
Saitama
- Rissho Women's University (now Bunkyo University), Koshigaya (co-ed since 1976)
Tokushima
- Shikoku University, Tokushima (co-ed since 1992)
Tokyo
Showa Women's University
- Tokyo Kasei University, Itabashi
- Tokyo Kaseigakuin—Tsukuba Women's University (now Tsukuba Gakuin University), Tsukuba (co-ed since 2005)
- Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Suginami
- Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku
- Tsuda College, Kodaira
Yamaguchi
- Baiko Gakuin University, Shimonoseki (co-ed since 2001)
- Yamaguchi Prefectural University, Yamaguchi (co-ed since 1996)