is a

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Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. Its campuses are located in

Nakamura-ku, Nagoya is one of the 16 Wards of Japan, wards of Nagoya, Japan. As of October 1, 2019, the ward has an estimated population of 135,134 and a population density of 8,290 persons per km2. The total area is 16.30 km2. History Nakamura Ward is famou ...

Toyohashi is a Cities of Japan, 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 Prefec ...

and Higashi-ku, Nagoya.

History

The university's predecessor was founded by Konoe Atsumaro 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

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, 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 Konoe Atsumaro.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: Miyoshi, Aichi 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: Confucius Institute 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

Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space ...

. Miyoshi, Aichi campus closes. University headquarters and Graduate School moved to Kurumamichi campus.

Campus

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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 2006 and 2009, Aichi Law School became 1st out of all the private university law schools in Japan and 1st out of all the law schools in Japan regarding pass rate for bar exam in 2020 and 2021 consecutively.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

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