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Gakushuin University Tokyo
(学習院大学)
Main gates, April 2015
Former names
Gakushūjo(学習所); pre-war English translation: Peers School
TypePrivate
Established1847 in Kyoto and moved to Tokyo in 1877;
reformed in 1949 as a private university
Studentsapprox. 8,600
Undergraduatesapprox. 8,000
Postgraduatesunder 600
Other students
international students in total: approx. 120
Location
Toshima
,
Tokyo
,
Japan

Gakushūin University (学習院大学, Gakushūin Daigaku) is a private university in Mejiro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo. It was re-established after World War II as an affiliate of the Gakushūin School Corporation. The privatized successor to the original Gakushūin University (or "Peers School") was established during the Meiji era to educate the children of the Japanese nobility. It is still one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, counting most of the members of the present Imperial Family among its former or present students.[2] The average number of students is capped so that each student can receive personal attention from the staff.[3]

Faculties

  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Letters
  • Faculty of Science
  • Professional School of Law

The university provides a range of Japanese-language classes for foreign students. Although designed for Japanese students, approximately 60 classes are held in English. Each year the University admits approximately 80 foreign students (including short-term exchange students) of high academic and social standing to study in each faculty and graduate school.[citation needed]

Academic rankings

University rankings
WE [ja] National[4] Employment 14
NBP Greater Tokyo[5][6] Reputation 10
Shimano National[7] Selectivity A1
QS Asia
(Asia version)[8]		 General 161
ENSMP World[9] Alumni 92
* The data of NBP is in 2009 rankings because of availability.
Program rankings
Social Sciences & Humanities
LAW

General rankings

The university was ranked 72nd in 2010 (63rd in 2009, 78th in 2008) in the Truly Strong Universities ranking issued by Toyo Keizai.[16] Because Gakushuin focuses on Social Sciences and Humanities education rather than on Natural Sciences, it is usually ranked lower than its peers.[17]

QS World University Rankings ranked Gakushuin University as 161st in Asia in 2010.[8]

Research performance

Japanese national universities generally have higher standards of research than private universities. However, Gakushuin is one of the few private universities which competes with the top national universities. According to Quacquarelli Symonds, Gakushuin is the 6th-best research university in Japan and the 9th-best in Asia in terms of citations per paper.[18]

Graduate school rankings

Gakushuin Law School was 24th in 2009 and 25th in 2010 in Japan on the basis of the number of its successful candidates for bar examination.[19]

Alumni rankings

According to Yomiuri Weekly's 2008 rankings, alumni of Gakushuin have the 3rd best graduate prospectives among Japanese universities.[20] Gakushuin was top in the rankings of the Finance and Tourism industries.[20]

École des Mines de Paris ranked Gakushuin University as 92nd in the world in 2010 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[21][9]

Popularity and selectivity

Gakushuin had 7.58 applicants per place (13,765/1,815) in the 2011 undergraduate admissions.[22] Its entrance exams are also selective.[23][24][25]

Notable alumni

Imperial House of Japan
Others

References

  1. ^ http://www.gakushuin.ac.jp/univ/profile/kouhyo/academic.html
  2. ^ http://oukai.etc.gakushuin.ac.jp/oukai80/oukai80c_33.htm
  3. ^ The number of students in 70% of the classes is 40 or under. http://www.isize.com/daigaku/%E5%AD%A6%E7%BF%92%E9%99%A2%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6/sclSC000186/
  4. ^ "Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings" (in Japanese). Weekly Economist. 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "Nikkei BP Brand rankings of Japanese universities" (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  6. ^ "Nikkei BP Brand rankings of Japanese universities" (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  7. ^ "GBUDU University Rankings" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  8. ^ a b "QS World University Rankings: Asia 2025". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "ENSMP World University Rankings" (PDF). École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris. 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  10. ^ Asahi Shimbun University rankings 2010 "Publification rankings in Law (Page 4)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  11. ^ "Kawaijuku japanese universities rankings in Engineering field" (in Japanese). Kawaijuku. 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  12. ^ "QS topuniversities world rankings in Engineering field". Topuniversities. 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Thomson Reuters 10 Top research institutions by subject in Japan" (in Japanese). Thomson Reuters. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  14. ^ a b "ARWU in Mathematics". Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  15. ^ a b "ARWU in Computer Science". Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_TSU_N was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ see Truly Strong Universities#Criticisms
  18. ^ http://www.university-list.net/rank/univ-100053.html
  19. ^ http://laws.shikakuseek.com/data/2010data-2.html
  20. ^ a b http://www.gakushuin.ac.jp/univ/adm/adm/parent/job/ranking.html Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR/Ranking2010EN-Fortune2009.pdf
  22. ^ http://www.gakushuin.ac.jp/univ/adm/adm/application/index.html
  23. ^ National and Public universities apply different kinds of exams, so it's only comparable between universities in the same category.
  24. ^ e.g. Yoyogi seminar published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html
  25. ^ Japanese journalist Kiyoshi Shimano ranks its entrance difficulty as A1 (2nd most selective/out of 11 scales) in Japan. 危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版 (in Japanese). YELL books. 2011.
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