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Japan Women's University

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Type
  
private

Students
  
6000 (approx.)

Acceptance rate
  
45.2% (2015)

Founded
  
1901

Phone
  
+81 3-3943-3131

Established
  
1901

Founder
  
Jinzo Naruse

Total enrollment
  
8,301 (1 May 2015)

Academic staff
  
200

Japan Women's University

Address
  
Japan, 〒112-8681 Tōkyō-to, Bunkyō-ku, 目白台2丁目8番1号

Notable alumni
  
Raicho Hiratsuka, Rumiko Takahashi, Kazuyo Sejima, Keiko Matsui, Yuri Sasagawa

Similar
  
Tokyo Woman's Christian, Tsuda College, Meiji Gakuin University, Gakushuin University, Ochanomizu University

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Japan women s university


Japan Women's University (日本女子大学, Nihon joshi daigaku) is the oldest and largest of private Japanese women's universities. The university was established on 20 April 1901 by education reformist Jinzo Naruse (成瀬仁蔵).

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The university has around 6000 students and 200 faculty. It has two campuses, named after the neighborhoods in which they are located: Mejirodai (目白台) in Bunkyō, Tokyo, and Nishi-Ikuta (西生田) in Tama, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.

There are associated schools from kindergarten through senior high school.

Nature at japan women s university niski ikuta campus


History

Jinzo Naruse, enlightened founder and pedagogue, had the principle "Education for the women, with sacred spirituality, with Japanese people's dignity."

Faculty

  • home economics
  • humanities
  • Integrated arts and social sciences
  • sciences
  • Notable alumnae

  • Yumie Hiraiwa, novelist
  • Raicho Hiratsuka
  • Keiko Matsui
  • Ayame Mizushima, screenwriter
  • Yuriko Miyamoto
  • Kazuyo Sejima, architect
  • Rumiko Takahashi, manga artist
  • Toshiko Tamura
  • References

    Japan Women's University Wikipedia