is a medium-size four-year university with two campuses: one at

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and the other at Higashi Matsuyama in Saitama,

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. The sports program is strong in rugby and distance running, with the

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(駅伝えきでん relay road race) team coming fourth in the prestigious January 2009 New Year

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Ekiden. Daito Bunka focuses primarily on cultural arts and humanities. It is known as one of the top

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schools in the nation and one of the few universities in Japan to teach

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and

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, China, reflecting the increased importance of China for Japan in economic terms and the increased importance of overseas students for Japanese universities for demographic reasons.

Graduate schools

Several departments and faculties have

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(大学院　だいがくいん), such as The Faculty of Law, the Faculty of International Relations and the Department of Education in the Faculty of Literature.

Extension Center

Daito operates an Extension Center which is aimed at providing university-level education opportunities for non-university students as a form of

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and as a means to forge relations with local communities of its two campuses. The Extension Center provides education opportunities for university students in parallel with those offered in standard curricula, such as

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classes and testing, and other forms of certification classes. The center is in the overall structure of Daito Bunka Gakuen (大東文化学園　だいとうぶんかがくえん), or the Daito Bunka Academy, which is the trust under which the university and associated institutions exist.

University culture

Daito Bunka is a little unusual in not having a single 'founder', dominant leader, founding family, or religious affiliation, all of which are common among Japanese private universities. Also, while there is a high school on the Daito Bunka Gakuen at the Itabashi Campus, the Dai-Ichi Koko (第一高校　だいいちこうこう or Number One High School), there is no "escalator system" of automatic entry into the university for those students as can be found at other universities in Japan.

References

External links

Daito Bunka University webpage
{{authority control Daito Bunka University Private universities and colleges in Japan Higashimatsuyama, Saitama