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University of the Sacred Heart (Japan)

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Type
  
Catholic Private

Academic staff
  
67

Postgraduates
  
100

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
650,000 JPY (2010)

Phone
  
+81 3-3407-5811

Motto
  
Ubi caritas, ibi Deus

Established
  
1916/1948

Undergraduates
  
2,000

Location
  
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Total enrollment
  
2,265 (2014)

Founded
  
April 1948

Address
  
4 Chome-3-1 Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0012, Japan

Affiliation
  
Society of the Sacred Heart

Notable alumni
  
Empress Michiko, Sadako Ogata, Ayako Sono, Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Eriko Yamatani

Similar
  
Shirayuri Women's University, Seisen University, Tsuda College, Tokyo Woman's Christian, Japan Women's University

Profiles

The University of the Sacred Heart (聖心女子大学, Seishin Joshi Daigaku) is a Japanese private women's university located in Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo.

Contents

It was established in 1916 as a special school (senmon gakkō) by the Society of the Sacred Heart. It became a university in 1948 and is one of the oldest women's universities in Japan.

Departments

The University has one faculty of Liberal Arts, with the following departments:

  • Department of English Language and Literature
  • Department of Japanese Language and Literature
  • Department of History and Social Sciences
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Education
  • It also has a graduate school of arts offering master's degrees and doctorates in these subjects.

    Notable alumnae

  • Eriko Yamatani, politician
  • Makiko Fujino, politician
  • Empress Michiko
  • Sadako Ogata, scholar, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • Mariko Ōhara, author
  • Ayako Sono, author
  • Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Miss International 2012 (first Japanese to do so)
  • References

    University of the Sacred Heart (Japan) Wikipedia