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About KGU |
Kwansei Gakuin
University is a private institution for higher education,
offering Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees
in over 35 different disciplines to a student body of
about 22,000, including approximately 400 foreign students.@The
University maintains academic standards that rank among
the highest of all Japanese universities and colleges.
Kwansei Gakuin's symbol, the crescent moon, represents
its purpose of education, growth to fullness in knowledge
and wisdom. The educational system at this institution
is built on its motto, "Mastery
for Service," as envisioned by Dr. C.J.L. Bates,
the fourth Chancellor, when Kwansei Gakuin was an all-male
institution.@The university encourages students not
only to strive for the mastery of academic knowledge
for their own career, but also to nurture their personality
and character for the purpose of serving others.
Undergraduate Faculties:
Theology, Humanities, Sociology, Law and Politics,
Economics, Business Administration, Science and Technology,
Policy Studies, Human Welfare Studies, Education, International Studies.
Graduate Faculties:
Theology, Humanities, Sociology, Law and Politics,
Economics, Business Administration, Science and Technology,
Policy Studies, Human Welfare Studies, Education, Language Communication & Culture,
Law School, Institute of Business and Accounting
Student Body:
Undergraduate Students 22,046
Graduate Students 1,448
Standing Faculty(2011):
441 Professors; 113 Associate Professors; 10 Assistant Professor
(total 564)
Foreign Exchange Student: 102
Library Holdings(2011): 2,368,412
Updated - March 2011 |
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History |
Kwansei Gakuin
University was founded in 1889 by Reverend Walter Russell
Lambuth, M.D., an American missionary sent by the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South.@Dr. Lambuth was a man whose
vision encouraged thousands, as he established schools
and hospitals across China, Korea, and Japan.@One of
his legacies in the Kansai area of Japan has grown into
today's Kwansei Gakuin.@Kwansei Gakuin was originally
located in Harada-no-mori, an eastern suburb of the
international port city of Kobe.@This private school
was inaugurated with nineteen students and ten teachers
with the purpose of providing general education and
training for ministers.
In 1910 the Canadian Methodist Church and the Japanese
Methodist Church joined in its operation.@Kwansei Gakuin
then became an institution with departments of Theology,
Humanities, Commerce, and a Middle School. In 1929 the
growing institution of Kwansei Gakuin moved east to
the rural Uegahara farmland which is the site of the
present main campus in Nishinomiya.@In 1932, it officially
established a full degree-granting university.@In 1948,
the country embraced a new school system based upon
the American educational framework that included a curriculum
of six years in elementary school, three years in junior
high school, three years in senior high school, and
four years in college.
In 1995, Kwansei Gakuin opened its Kobe-Sanda Campus
for the newly-established School of Policy Studies in
the Sanda area.@In 2001, the School of Science moved
to the new campus before expanding into the School of
Science and Technology in 2002 |
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About The Law School |
The Kwansei Gakuin
University Law School was established as an independent,
professional graduate school, accepting its first students
in April, 2004.@ The Law School has two types of students:
those taking a two-year course at Kwansei Gakuin University
Law School most of whom hold an undergraduate degree
in jurisprudence; and students taking a three-year course
at Kwansei Gakuin University Law School most of whom
hold undergraduate degrees in subjects other than jurisprudence.
This professional school educates its students for future
careers in the legal profession, with business law,
international relations, and law in modern society as
areas of particular emphasis.@The Law School features
small class sizes for intensive and participatory instruction,
courses offering opportunities for close collaboration
with both faculty and professionals, and for study abroad
at American law schools. This School has concluded or
is negotiating agreements with U.S. law schools for
preferential treatment of our students seeking admission
to their LL.M. programs. Students show strong interest
in both short-term summer courses at U.S. law schools
designed for foreign students and in an LL.M. degree.
Degree Course: professional degree program
Degree Conferred: Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Class Size: 100
Total Capacity: 300
Location: 1-155 Uegahara Ichibancho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Japan
Class Session: day school only
Faculty: 30 full-time professors (15 academics; 15 legal professionals)
Annual Tuition (for students entering in 2011)
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tuition in 2011:
1,480,000 yen (including 230,000 entrance fee) |
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tuition after 2012:
1,650,000 yen |
Entrance Statistics for the Entering Class of
2011
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total applicants 302 |
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acceptances 194 |
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matriculated students 90 |
Student Body Profile (for students entering in 2011)
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hNon-trained Studentsh (total of 41 students) in a three-year course |
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gTrained Studentsh (total of 49) in a two-year course |
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About the Program for Foreign Students
The Law School at Kwansei Gakuin
University is still in the process of setting up
its international programs.
About the Support Program for Professional Graduate School Formation
The Japanese Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT), in
order to promote the advancement of professional
schools in Japan and to educate young professionals
who can participate in the international arena,
selects and funds a number of outstanding educational
projects oriented either towards innovation in curricular
content of professional schools or towards the development
of innovate teaching techniques. Starting in 2004
MEXT provides funds for curricular innovation projects
(from 10 to 50 million yen) and practical education
projects (up to 10 million yen). Kwansei gakuin
University Law School received a curricular innovation
grant for its gDevelopment
of Innovative Professional Education through Virtual
Law Firms.h |
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KGUCampus |
The Nishinomiya-Uegahara
Campus is located about halfway between Kobe and Osaka
in the city of Nishinomiya.@In 1929, Kwansei Gakuin
moved to this campus, which is designed in a "Spanish
mission style.h@All of its buildings share the features
of cream-colored concrete walls and red roofs.@The Clock
Tower stands at the center of one's view when entering
through the main gate, and the landscaping helps to
contribute to this campus's reputation as one of the
most beautiful in Japan. This campus houses the Schools
of Theology, Humanities, Sociology and Social Work,
Law and Politics, Economics, Business Administration,
and the Law School, as well as most of the administrative
offices of Kwansei Gakuin.
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About Nishinomiya
This city developed throughout
the Edo Period (1603-1867) as a producer of sake
(Japanese rice wine) and the home of numerous
shrines.@To this day, several of Japan's top sake
brands are based in Nishinomiya and produce high-quality
sake which is distributed throughout the country.@Many
of the shrines built in the Edo Period still remain
intact as well.@These are actively used in religious
ceremonies and festivals and are available for
visits by the public.
Nishinomiya now boasts a population of over 450,000
people.@Six universities and four community colleges
make the city an academic one, but there are plenty
of places for leisure and recreation as well.@Nishinomiya's
Koshien Stadium is home of the Hanshin Tigers,
the professional baseball team that fills all
53,000 seats with enthusiastic baseball fans every
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Access |
| 15 minutes by foot
from Kotoen station or Nigawa station on the Hankyu
Imazu Line. By bus, about 5 minutes from Kotoen station,
alighting at Kwansei
Gakuin Mae. |
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