, formerly known as Sapientia University or , was a Christian

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. Dep ...

in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan. The school was founded in 1962 as a junior college and became a four-year college in the following year. The name "St. Thomas University" was adopted in 2007. The university stopped enrolling new students in 2010 and, after its last remaining student graduated in 2014, announced its closure and revealed its intention to donate its facilities to the city of Amagasaki.

Sister Schools

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migue ...

, España, Manila *

Aquinas University of Legazpi Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known ...

, Rawis, Legazpi City

References

External links

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