Shimonoseki City University

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Type Public Students 2,076 Postgraduates 18 Acceptance rate 49.3% (2015) President Koji Sakamoto		Academic staff 51 full-time Undergraduates 2,058 Total enrollment 2,192 (1 May 2015) Phone +81 83-252-0288

Established Founded 1956 Chartered 1962 Address 2-1-1 Daigakucho, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture 751-0831, Japan Similar University of East Asia, Baiko Gakuin University, Yamaguchi Prefectural University, University of Kitakyushu, Prefectural University of Hiroshi Profiles Facebook

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Shimonoseki City University (下関市立大学, Shimonoseki shiritsu daigaku) is a municipal university in Japan. Its campus is located in Daigaku-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

History

It was founded in 1956 as Shimonoseki Commercial Junior College (下関商業短期大学, Shimonoseki shōgyō tanki daigaku) for the working youths who eagerly wanted to get higher education. In 1962 the college was developed into Shimonoseki City University (SCU).

SCU had at first only one department: the Department of Economics (the Faculty of Economics). The departments have been added as follows:

1983: Department of International Commerce

1990: Shimonoseki Institute for Research of Industry and Culture

2000: Graduate School (Master's courses)

2011: Department of Public Management

Undergraduate Schools

Faculty of Economics

Department of Economics

Department of International Commerce

Department of Public Management

Graduate Schools

Department of Socio-economic Systems (Master's course only)

Department of International Business Communication (Master's course only)

Institutes

Shimonoseki Institute for Research of Industry and Culture

Institute for Collaborative Community Development

International Exchange Center

University Library

Whale Library and Museum

Pufferfish Library and Museum

References

Shimonoseki City University Wikipedia

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