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Nara Women's University

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Type
  
Public (National)

President
  
Kenji Kume

Postgraduates
  
about 640

Total enrollment
  
2,671 (1 May 2014)

Founded
  
31 May 1949

Established
  
1908

Undergraduates
  
about 2,200

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
535,800 JPY (2007)

Phone
  
+81 742-20-3204

Nara Women's University

Location
  
Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Address
  
Japan, 〒630-8506 奈良県奈良市北魚屋東町

Similar
  
Nara University of Educati, Ochanomizu University, Osaka City University, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto Institute of Technology

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Nara Women's University (奈良女子大学, Nara joshi daigaku) is a national women's university located in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two national women's universities in the country, the other being Ochanomizu University.

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History

Nara Women's University was originally created in 1908 with the aim of training women teachers for ordinary schools, later to be reorganized and renamed with its current name in 1949. Until 1949 there were only two women's imperial quasi-universities in Japan, the Ochanomizu University and Nara Women's University.

Nara Women's University was formerly called Nara joshi kōtō shihan gakkō (奈良女子高等師範学校, Nara advanced teachers college for women) .

Faculties

As of 2013, the university has three faculties:

  • the Faculty of Letters
  • the Faculty of Science
  • the Faculty of Human Life and Environment
  • Graduate school

    As of 2013, the university has two graduate programs:

  • Master's Course of Humanities and Sciences
  • Doctoral Course of Humanities and Sciences
  • Buildings

    The following buildings on the university's campus are designated Important Cultural Properties:

  • the Memorial Hall (formerly the main hall)
  • the Main Gate
  • References

    Nara Women's University Wikipedia