Daigaku (大学 or 大學) is the Japanese word for "college" or "university". See a

list of universities in Japan The following is a comprehensive list of universities in Japan, categorized by prefecture. The list contains only universities that still exist today and are classified as "schools" according to Article 1 of the School Education Law. (See Daigak ...

for specific universities. It may also refer to: *''Daigaku'' (大学), the Japanese title of ''

Great Learning The ''Great Learning'' or ''Daxue'' was one of the " Four Books" in Confucianism attributed to one of Confucius' disciples, Zengzi. The ''Great Learning'' had come from a chapter in the '' Book of Rites'' which formed one of the Five Classi ...

'', one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism *

Daigaku Honyaku Center , initials of is a Japanese manufacturer dealing in cosmetics and health food supplements headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1972. Originally started in Japan as a translation business, DHC Corporation ventured into other en ...

(est. 1972), a Japanese manufacturer of cosmetics and health food supplements in Tokyo, Japan * Daigaku Horiguchi (堀口大學, 1892–1981), a poet and translator of French literature in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan *

Daigaku Munemasa is a former sumo wrestler from Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1983, but although he won the second division championship in November 1989, he never reached the top division. His highest rank was ''jūryō'' 2. ...

(大岳宗正, born 1965), sumo wrestler *Daigaku Megusuri (大学目薬), the former name of

Santen Pharmaceutical , is a Japanese pharmaceutical company, specializing in ophthalmology Ophthalmology (, ) is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of eye diseases and disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who under ...

, a Japanese pharmaceutical company *''Daigaku wa Detakeredo...'' (大学は出たけれど), the Japanese title of '' I Graduated, But...'', a 1929 Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu *

Daigaku-no-kami was a Japanese Imperial court position and the title of the chief education expert in the rigid court hierarchy. The Imperial ''Daigaku-no-kami'' predates the Heian period; and the court position continued up through the early Meiji period. The ...

, a Japanese Imperial court position and the title of the chief education expert in the rigid court hierarchy *

Daigaku-ryō was the former Imperial university of Japan, founded at the end of the 7th century.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Daigaku-ryō''" in . The Daigaku-ryō predates the Heian period, continuing in various forms through the early Meiji period. ...

, the former Imperial university of Japan, founded at the end of the 7th century *

Onna Daigaku The ''Onna Daigaku'' ( or "The Great Learning for Women") is an 18th-century Japanese educational text advocating for neo-Confucian values in education, with the oldest existing version dating to 1729. It is frequently attributed to Japanese botan ...

, an 18th-century Japanese educational text

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