is the oldest
extracurricular college-preparatory school in Japan. It was founded in 1918 by Toshiharu Yamazaki (
山崎 寿春 ''Yamazaki Toshiharu''), a Japanese
English Literature
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scholar and a graduate of
Amherst College,
Harvard College
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, and
Yale University
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(Graduate School). Along with Kawai-juku and Yoyogi Seminar, it is one of the three largest groups of preparatory schools. Sundai Preparatory School is regularly ranked as first by the number of acceptances to the
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...
and
Kyoto University
, mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture
, established =
, type = Public (National)
, endowment = ¥ 316 billion (2.4 billion USD)
, faculty = 3,480 (Teaching Staff)
, administrative_staff = 3,978 (Total Staff)
, students = 22 ...
, both considered the most competitive universities in Japan. Admission is competitive, and students must receive satisfactory grades in national examinations to enroll.
Campuses
Sundai Preparatory School

*Headquarters (
Ochanomizu, Tokyo)
**1st building
**2nd building
**3rd building
**8th building
*Kyoto
*Osaka
*Nagoya
*Yokohama
*Sapporo
*Fukuoka
*Kobe
*Hamamatsu
*Sendai
*Hiroshima
Sundai Center for International Education
*Singapore
*Malaysia
*Bangkok
*Jakarta
*Hongkong
*Shanghai
*Pudong
*Taipei
*Myanmar
*Tokyo
*New York
*New Jersey
*Michigan
*Düsseldorf
Departments
These subjects are all required by top-tier universities in Japan.
*English
*Mathematics
*Contemporary Japanese
*Classical Japanese language
*Classical Chinese
*Physics
*Chemistry
*Biology
*Geoscience
*History of Japan
*World history
*Geography
*Civics
Affiliated institutions
*
Sundai Michigan International Academy
Sundai Michigan International Academy (駿台ミシガン国際学院 ''Sundai Mishigan Kokusai Gakuin''), affiliated with the Sundai Center for International Education (駿台国際教育センター ''Sundai Kokusai Kyōiku Sentā'', see 駿台� ...
*
Sundai Ireland International School (closed)
References
Further reading
*"駿台予備校ジュニア失踪 豪州「大スキャンダル」が伏線 (ワイド特集 誰にも言えない由々しい話)." 週刊文春 42(45), 36-38, 2000-11-30. 文芸春秋
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.
*"スクープ 駿台予備校学園長 長男に「遺産ゼロ円」って." 週刊現代 52(12), 162-165, 2010-03-27. 講談社
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.
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