is a

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in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Its campuses are located in

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Toyohashi is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-lar ...

and

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History

The university's predecessor was founded by

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as an overseas Japanese institution of higher education in the Hong Qiao (虹桥) District of

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in 1901, and was chartered as in 1939. The school produced numerous leaders who took part in China's

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process in the early 20th century, with financial and intellectual support from Japan. At the end of

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, the university faced closure. Its spiritual successor, Aichi University, was established by staff and students who had previously been based at the university and other overseas Japanese institutions in

, Japan in 1946.

Chronology

* 1901: Toa Dobunshoin is established in

, China by

.Aichi University Daigaku Annai 2013 * 1939: Toa Dobunshoin is promoted to

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status. * 1945: Toa Dobunshoin University closes in the wake of Japan's defeat in

. * 1946: Aichi University is established as an old-style university by teaching staff and students of the now defunct Toa Dobunshoin University. * 1947:

campus opens. Faculty of Law and Economics is established. * 1949: Chartered as a new-style university. Faculty of Letters is established. * 1951: Kurumamichi campus opens. Community Research Institute is established at the Toyohashi campus. * 1959: Women's Junior College is established. * 1968: First edition of Aichi University's "Comprehensive Chinese-Japanese Dictionary" is published, the first ever comprehensive Chinese-Japanese dictionary. * 1988:

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campus opens. * 1989: The Faculty of Economics and Law is reorganized. The Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Business Administration are established in its place. * 1997: Faculty of Modern Chinese Studies is established. * 1998: Faculty of International Communication is established. * 2004: Kurumamichi campus is rebuilt. Graduate School of Law is established. * 2006:

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is established at Aichi University. Graduate School of Accounting is established. * 2011: Faculty of Regional Policy is established. * 2012:

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campus is opened in the Sasashima Live 24 District by

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campus closes. University headquarters and Graduate School moved to Kurumamichi campus.

Organization

Undergraduate programs

* Faculty of Law (Department of Law) * Faculty of Economics (Department of Economics) * Faculty of Business Administration (Department of Business Administration; Department of Accounting and Finance) * Faculty of Modern Chinese Studies (Department of Modern Chinese Studies) * Faculty of International Communication (Department of English Studies; Department of Comparative Culture) * Faculty of Letters (Department of Humanities and Sociology) * Faculty of Regional Policy (Department of Regional Policy)

Graduate programs

* Department of Law * Department of Economics * Department of Business Administration * Department of Chinese Studies * Department of International Communication * Department of Humanities * Graduate School of Law

Research centers

* Institute of International Affairs * Managerial Research Institute * Comprehensive Chinese-Japanese Dictionary Editorial Center * International Center for Chinese Studies * Community Research Institute * Research Institute of Industry in Chubu District * Toa Dobunshoin University Memorial Center * San-En-Nanshin Center for Regional Cooperation

Pass rate for bar exam

Aichi Law School (Graduate School of Law) was 8th out of all the 74 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 64.36%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examinations from 2007 to 2017 on average. In 2020, Aichi Law School became 1st out of all the 72 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 77.78%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examination (national average : 39.16%).司法試験に合格する大学とは？大学別合格者ランキングで考える
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References

External links

Aichi University Facebook page

* ttp://www.aichi-u.ac.jp/global_project/blog/ Aichi University: Project for Promotion of Global Human Resources Development Blog {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1901 Private universities and colleges in Japan Aichi University 1901 establishments in Japan Toyohashi