is a private university in

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. Its campus is located in Shinzaike, Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa,

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. The university is one of the seven schools run by , a school foundation with a Buddhist background (Nishi

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denomination).

History

;Mutsumi Gakuen * 1921: Taishi Sunday School was started in memory of the 1300th anniversary of Shotoku Taishi's death. * 1923: Suma Taishi Hall was opened in

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, to which the Training Course of Sewing (a girls' school) was attached. * 1937: Suma Taishi Hall Foundation was incorporated. The foundation established Suma Mutsumi Girls' Vocational School (Sumanoura Girls' High School today). * 1951: The school foundation was renamed Mutsumi Gakuen. * 1955: The school foundation established Mutsumi Gakuen Women's Junior College. * 1966: The junior college was renamed Hyogo Women's Junior College, moving from Suma-ku, Kobe to Kakogawa. ;Hyogo University * 1995: Mutsumi Gakuen established Hyogo University. **with one faculty: Faculty of Economics and Information Science * 1998: The junior college was reorganized into the Junior College Department of Hyogo University. * 1999: Graduate School of Economics and Information Science was established. * 2001: The Faculty of Health Science was added. **with Departments of Nutrition Management and Health System Management * 2006: The Department of Nursing was added.

Faculties (Undergraduate schools)

*Faculty of Economics and Information Science *Faculty of Health Science **Department of Nutrition Management **Department of Health System Management **Department of Nursing *Faculty of Welfare Society

Graduate schools

*Graduate School of Economics and Information Science (Master's courses only)

External links

Official Website (in Japanese)
Private universities and colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Hyōgo Prefecture {{hyogo-university-stub