Tokyo International University
東京国際大学 | |
 TIUA campus at Willamette University | |
| Type | Private university |
|---|---|
| Established | 1965 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Campus 1 35°55′36.9″N 139°26′20.6″E / 35.926917°N 139.439056°E Campus 2 35°55′12.8″N 139°26′42.2″E / 35.920222°N 139.445056°E Sakado Campus 35°55′55.5″N 139°21′12.4″E / 35.932083°N 139.353444°E American campus 44°55′59.5″N 123°01′37.8″W / 44.933194°N 123.027167°W |
| Website | http://www.tiu.ac.jp/english2/ |
Tokyo International University (東京国際大学, Tōkyō Kokusai daigaku) is an institution of higher learning with a strong international focus, with a satellite (or affiliated) campus (Tokyo International University of America (TIUA) at Willamette University) in Salem, Oregon, USA.
The university is actually located in the area surrounding Kawagoe City in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, which is a part of the Greater Tokyo Area.
The one-year program at TIUA and Willamette University enables students to pursue academic goals, while developing intercultural awareness. Programs are designed to offer students opportunities to learn through experience about other people and cultures. As a result, students also gain and share insights about their own traditions and values. An exchange program began between TIU and Willamette in 1965. TIUA was established in 1985.
History
The university was founded in 1965 by Taizo Kaneko (金子泰藏) as International College of Commerce (国際商科大学, kokusai syouka daigaku). In 1986 the school was renamed Tokyo International University (東京国際大学, Tokyo Kokusai Daigaku),[1] In 2014, the university launched the English Track (E-Track) Program. This program focuses on providing international students and others with the opportunity to obtain a degree in an English-medium curriculum. There are two majors offered in the English Track Program: International Relations and Business Economics.
Graduate schools
- Business and Commerce
- Economics (English-based program and Japanese-based program)
- International Relations (English-based program and Japanese-based program)
- Applied Sociology
- Clinical Psychology
Undergraduate schools
- Faculty of Business and Commerce
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Language Communication
- Faculty of International Relations
- Faculty of Sociology and Comparative Culture
Alumni
- Yukio Nakano, Japan Football Association Executive, Founder of Albirex Niigata
- Seiichiro Hatori, Japan Business Federation Executive
- Naoko Ito, Vice president of Goldman Sachs Japan
- Hideo Yokoyama, novelist.
- Daisuke Namikawa, voice actor
- Kenji Ōtsuki, Musician Kinniku Shōjo Tai
- Toku, Musician
- Hidenori Iwasaki, composer
- Hiroji Miyamoto, Musician
- Yasushi Nakano: Psychologist, Professor of University of Tokyo
- Seiichi Inagaki: Statistician, Professor of Hitotsubashi University
- Sachiko Nosaka, Psychologist, associate professor at Osaka University
- Ma Xinxin, Economist, associate professor at Kyoto University
- Hisayuki Suekawa: President and CEO of Shiseido
- Hiroshi Nakano, COO, Onkyo, former president and CEO of Kenwood Corporation
- Kazunobu Yamada, former Chief human resources officer, Sony