Type Private Students approx. 8,600 Total enrollment 8,796 (Apr 2015) Founder Emperor Kōmei | Administrative staff 279 (full time only) Postgraduates under 600 Phone +81 3-3986-0221 Undergraduates 8,000 | |
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Former names Gakushūjo(学習所); pre-war English translation: Peers School Established 1847 in Kyoto and moved to Tokyo in 1877;
reformed in 1949 as a private university Address Japan, 〒171-8588 東京都豊島区目白1丁目5−1 Founded 1847, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Notable alumni Naruhito, Fumihito - Prince Akishino, Akihito, Hayao Miyazaki, Kiko - Princess Akishino Similar Rikkyo University, Hosei University, Aoyama Gakuin University, Seikei University, Meiji University Profiles | ||
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 period 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. The average number of students is capped so that each student can receive personal attention from the staff. The university is one of the Tokyo Four Universities (Gakushuin, Seikei, Seijo, Musashi).
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Gakushuin university
Faculties
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.
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. Because Gakushuin focuses on Social Sciences and Humanities education rather than on Natural Sciences, it is usually ranked lower than its peers.
QS World University Rankings ranked Gakushuin University as 161st in Asia in 2010.
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.
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.
Alumni rankings
According to Yomiuri Weekly's 2008 rankings, alumni of Gakushuin have the 3rd best graduate prospectives among Japanese universities. Gakushuin was top in the rankings of the Finance and Tourism industries.
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.
Popularity and selectivity
Gakushuin had 7.58 applicants per place (13,765/1,815) in the 2011 undergraduate admissions. Its entrance exams are also selective.