Senshu University (専修大学, ''Senshū Daigaku''), generally referred to as Senshu (専修) or Sen-Dai (専大), is a

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located in Chiyoda,

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, Japan. Founded in 1880 as Senshu College , which was recognised as one of the Five Great Law Schools by four co-founders, it is one of the oldest universities in Japan. The university has a total of about 20,000 students coming from the

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. Senshu is organised into seven undergraduates, five graduates, and one professional graduate school; and twelve research institutes. The university currently has partnerships with 35 universities and institutions in 19 countries. Some of the University's partners include: the

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(Spain),

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(China), and the

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(United States). Since its founding, Senshu University has sent out about 290,000 graduates, with alumni in diverse fields such as politics, business, culture, entertainment, sports, and mass media. Senshu University alumni include the former

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, eleven sitting Diet members, 195 professional athletes, and twenty four company chief executives. 70 Senshu alumni have participated in the Olympic Games and 9 alumni have won medals.

History

The university was founded in September 1880, as Senshu College by four co-founders: Nagatane Soma, Tanetaro Megata, Inajjiro Taziri and Shigetada Komai. In the late 19th century, the

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encouraged students to study abroad to gain advanced Western knowledge. With the institution, they all have studied at universities in the United States such as

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(Soma),

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(Megata),

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(Soma, Taziri) and

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(Komai). In 1875, they founded the Japan Law Company in the United States and envisioned the establishment of a new educational institute. In 1879, they received support from Yukichi Fukuzawa and they established the Night Law School in Fukuzawa's Keio-Gijuku. In 1880, the Night Law School became independent of Keio-Gijuku and merged with two private schools to form Senshu College, which was established as an Anglo-American law school and economics school. At that time, there were only a few schools that could teach specialised law, and the

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taught law in English and the Ministry of Justice Law School taught law in French. Meanwhile, Senshu was the first college where Japanese teachers taught specialised subjects in the Japanese language, and it was also the first college to establish a school of economics in Japan. Senshu University Black-gate

After 1885, Senshu was moved its campus from

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to Kanda, and built the Black Gate (黒門 ''Kuromon''), which was reconstructed in 2010 as the Kanda Campus Monument. In 1888, Senshu was recognised as one of the Five Great Law Schools. In 1918, the government enacted the University Establishment Ordinance and eight universities, which including

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and

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were approved as a universities in 1920, and Senshu was also approved as a university in 1922. The Kanda campus is located in Kanda-Jinbōchō and formed a college town with Hosei University,

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and

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. After the

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, Senshu established the Ikuta campus in Kanagawa Prefecture to cope with the increasing number of students. Today, Senshu has grown into a comprehensive university with 7 undergraduates, 5 graduates, 1 professional graduate school. In 2010, Senshu declared ‘Development of Social Intelligence’ as its vision for the 21st century.

Campuses and institutions

* Kanda Campus (Main campus): 3–8 Kandajimbo-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-8425 The Kanda Campus is situated in Jimbocho, a college community in central Tokyo and near by the Imperial Palace and The National Diet Building. This urban campus consists of several buildings, including the newly established Law School. * Ikuta Campus: 2–1–1 Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8580 The Ikuta Campus is the largest and the most populous campus of Senshu University. The campus is located on a hill between

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and Ikuta Ryokuchi Park. * Satellite Campus: Atlas Tower Mukogaoka Yuen, 2nd floor 2130-2 Noborito, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-0014 This campus is used for open lectures. *Isehara General Ground: 163 Nishitomioka, Isehara, Kanagawa 259–1111 Facilities for each sports club, riding stables, student dormitories, etc.

Organization

Undergraduate faculties

Daytime divisions

*School of Economics **Department of Economics **Department of

International Economics International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity from international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the international institutions that affect them. It seeks to explain the patterns an ...

*School of Law **Department of Law **Department of Politics *School of

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

**Department of Business Administration *School of Commerce **Department of Marketing **Department of Accounting *School of Literature **Department of Japanese Language **Department of

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and

Culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

**Department of English **Department of Philosophy **Department of History **Department of

Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

**Department of

Liberal Arts Liberal arts education () is a traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''skill, art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the fine arts. ''Liberal arts education'' can refe ...

and Journalism *School of Human Sciences **Department of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

**Department of Sociology *School of Network and Information **Department of Network and Information

Evening divisions

*School of Economics **Department of Economics *School of Law **Department of Law *School of Commerce **Department of Marketing

Graduate schools

*Graduate School of Economics *Graduate School of Law *Graduate School of

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*Graduate School of Business Administration *Graduate School of Commerce

Professional schools

* Law school

Research institutes

*Institute for

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*Institute for Accounting Studies *Imamura Institute of Legal Studies *Institute of Business Administration *Institute for Commercial Sciences *Institute for the Humanities *Law Institute *Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation *Institute of Information Science *Institute of Natural Sciences *Psychological Counseling Center *Institute for Development of Social Intelligence

Notable graduates

Politicians

* Tokuo Yamashita (Minister of Transport, Chief Cabinet Secretary, was Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare) * Yasukazu Hamada (Minister of Defense) * Hiroshi Hase (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, professional wrestler (1986–2006)) * Hideo Higashikokubaru (Governor of Miyazaki)

Art

* Futabatei Shimei (author) * Tetsurō Araki (animation director) * Atsushi Kaneko (manga artist (Known for Bambi and Her Pink Gun,

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))

Sports

* Kento Sugiyama (baseball player) * Hiroki Kuroda (baseball player) * Yuya Hasegawa (baseball player) * Tetsuya Matsumoto (baseball player) * Hideko Hiranaka (medley swimmer) *

Wataru Murata (born 25 January 1968 in Jōnan-ku, Fukuoka, Jōnan) is a former Japanese rugby player and coach. He played as scrum-half. He currently coaches Senshu University Rugby Football Club. Career Murata started rugby at elementary school. In the four ...

(rugby player and coach) * Ryo Adachi (football player and manager) * Jun Wada (football player) * Takuya Ito (football player) * Takumi Nagura (football player) * Kazuki Nagasawa (football player) * Teruhito Nakagawa (football player) * Tadaharu Ogawa (basketball player) * Takashi Sato (mixed martial artist) * Keito Yamakita (mixed martial artist) * Haruhisa Chiba (skier)

Agreements with other universities

*Participant in the Kanda 5 Universities **Senshu University **

** Hosei University **

*Tokyo 12 Universities **Senshu University **

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**Chuo University **Hosei University **

** Kokugakuin University **Meiji University **Nihon University **

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** Rikkyo University (Saint Paul's University) **

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*Participant in the Chiyoda Universities **Senshu University **

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** Kyoritsu Women's University **Sophia University ** Tokyo Kaseigakuin College **

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** Nishogakusha University **Nihon University ** Nippon Dental University **Hosei University **Meiji University * Participant in the Tama-ku, Kawasaki 3 Universities **Senshu University **Meiji University **

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Sister schools

United States

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* Susquehanna University *

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Canada

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Mexico

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United Kingdom

Ireland

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France

* Lumière University Lyon 2

Germany

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Spain

Australia

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New Zealand

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South Korea

* Dankook University

China

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* Northwest University *

Taiwan

* National Sun Yat-sen University

Mongolia

* National University of Mongolia

Vietnam

* National Economics University

Language training institutes

* Institut de Touraine, France * Goethe-Institut Bremen, Germany * Yonsei University Korean Language Institute, South Korea * CIE Oxford, United Kingdom

Affiliated schools

The university is affiliated with the following schools and universities in Japan. * Ishinomaki Senshu University (

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) * Hokkaido College, Senshu University (

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) * Senshu University High School (Tokyo) * Senshu University Matsudo High School and Junior High School (

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) * Senshu University Kitakami High School (

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) * Senshu University Tamana High School (

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)

References

External links

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