Anaheim University is a

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for-profit university based in

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. It was founded in 1996 as the Newport Asia Pacific University."Background"
Anaheim University website (archived 2012) The university is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC). Anaheim University claims to be one of the first online universities in the United States to offer graduate degree programs entirely online. The university is made up of three graduate schools and is best known for its online degree and certificate programs in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).

Graduate School of Education

The Anaheim University Graduate School of Education is the first graduate school within the university. It claims to be one of the first graduate schools in the United States to offer an online master's degree program taught almost entirely online through real-time synchronous study. Within the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education is the Anaheim University David Nunan TESOL Institute, a division of the school offering certificate and undergraduate diploma programs in TESOL and Teaching English to Young Learners.

Akio Morita School of Business

The Akio Morita School of Business is Anaheim University's Business School. It was named in honor of

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founder

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(1921–1999).

Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute

The Anaheim University Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute was conceived by the eco-minded architect

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who prior to his death in October 2007 was Chair of the Executive Advisory Board at Anaheim University.

Carland Entrepreneurship Institute

The Anaheim University Carland Entrepreneurship Institute is named in honor of its founders, Professors JoAnn and Jim Carland, two of the most frequently cited authors in the academic field of entrepreneurship. They have over thirty years experience as university faculty members and helped to pioneer the academic field of entrepreneurship by developing the first Master of Entrepreneurship program in the United States in 2003.

Akira Kurosawa School of Film

The Akira Kurosawa School of Film is the university's Film School, located in Anaheim, California and named in honor of the Japanese Film Director

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. The school is primarily an online film school; although its headquarters are in Anaheim, California it also has a learning center in Tokyo, Japan. It was established on March 23, 2009, during a tribute to celebrate the 99th anniversary of Kurosawa's birth.

Carrie Hamilton Entertainment Institute

The Carrie Hamilton Entertainment Institute is a unit of Anaheim University established in 2010 which plans to offer online entertainment-related programs. It was established with a donation from Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian

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in memory of Burnett's daughter, actress

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Locations

The university's headquarters and digital film studios/publishing division "Anaheim University Press" are located in Anaheim, California, United States. The Anaheim University Akio Morita Learning Center was located on the former estate of Sony Founder Akio Morita in the Minami Aoyama district of

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, Japan.

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