Kanagawa University
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Motto | (Simple and Sturdy / Forwardness) |
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Type | Private |
Established | Founded 1928 Chartered 1949 |
President | Yoshio Kaneko[1] |
Academic staff | 1,518[2] |
Administrative staff | 364 |
Students | 18,340[3] |
Undergraduates | 17,929 |
Postgraduates | 327 |
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Location | , , 35°29′06″N 139°37′14″E / 35.485°N 139.620556°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | kanagawa-u.ac.jp |
Kanagawa University (
History
[edit]The university was founded in 1928 by Yoshimori Yoneda (
The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Commerce and Engineering and the evening school's Faculty of Commerce. The latter history of the university is as follows:
- 1950: the Faculty of Commerce was renamed Faculty of Law and Economics.
- 1965: the Faculty of Foreign Languages (English and Spanish) was established.
- the Faculty of Law and Economics was divided into two faculties.
- 1967: the Graduate Schools of Law (master's/doctoral), Economics (master's/doctoral) and Engineering (master's courses only) were established.
- 1989: Hiratsuka Campus was opened (Shonan Hiratsuka Campus today).
- the Faculties of Business Administration and Science were established.
- 1990: the doctoral courses were added to the Graduate School of Engineering.
- 1992: the Graduate School of Foreign Languages was established (master's courses only).
- 1993: the Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Science and History & Folklore Studies were established (master's courses only).
- 1995: the doctoral courses were added to the Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Science and History & Folklore Studies.
- 2004: the School of Law was established.
- 2006: the Faculty of Human Sciences was established.
Graduate schools
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- Graduate School of Law
- Graduate School of Economics
- Graduate School of Business Administration (at the Shonan Hiratsuka Campus)
- Graduate School of Foreign Languages
- Graduate School of Science (at the Shonan Hiratsuka Campus)
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Graduate School of History & Folklore Studies
- School of Law
Undergraduate schools
[edit]- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Business Administration (at the Shonan Hiratsuka Campus)
- Faculty of Foreign Languages
- Faculty of Human Sciences
- Faculty of Science (at the Shonan Hiratsuka Campus)
- Faculty of Engineering
Institutes
[edit]- Library
- Institute for Legal Studies
- Institute of Economics and Foreign Trade
- Institute of International Business and Management
- Institute for Humanities Research
- Center for Language Studies
- Research Institute for Integrated Science
- Institute for Technological Research
- Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture
Athletics
[edit]American football
[edit]The Kanagawa University American football team is the ATOMS.
Cheerleading
[edit]The Kanagawa University Cheerleading Club is the WILDCATS or WINGS of Kanagawa University.
Baseball
[edit]The Kanagawa University baseball team is known for their long history of success in Kanagawa Univ. Baseball League.
Football
[edit]The Kanagawa University football team participated in the Emperor's Cup, in 1997,2006,2016.
Rugby
[edit]The Kanagawa University Rugby Football Club
Kendo
[edit]The Kanagawa University kendo club. Graduates of the Kendo club include Hiroyasu Koga, Yukio Mishima Harakiri(Seppuku) supported("Mishima Incident"1970).
Ekiden
[edit]The Kanagawa university ekiden team won the Hakone Ekiden, in 1997, 1998.
Alumni
[edit]Kanagawa University students have become businessmen, leading politicians, writers, architects, athletes, actors, musicians, scientists, engineer, and video game developers. Among the notable alumni are:
- Hideo Kamio, vice-president of Toyota
- Takeo Masuda, vice-president of ITOCHU
- Lynn Okamoto, Mangaka of Gokukoku no Brynhildr, Elfen Lied
- Yuuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture
- Nobuo Uematsu, video game composer of Final Fantasy series by Square Enix
References
[edit]- ^ "
神奈川大学 新 学長 決定 について".神奈川大学 (in Japanese). 2016-02-04. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-11-21. - ^ "
教職員 数 ".神奈川大学 (in Japanese). 2016-05-01. Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21. - ^ "
全 学生 数 ".神奈川大学 (in Japanese). 2016-05-01. Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
External links
[edit]Media related to Kanagawa University at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website