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History

The predecessor of the school was founded in 1889. It was chartered as a university in 1949. The university is named after
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, which has historically been also called ''Kinjō'' (金城 "Golden Castle"), due to its two golden ''
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'' at the top of the roof of the main keep. Kinjo Gakuin University has 14 undergraduate departments and majors covering a wide range of fields — from human/social science to natural science — and a graduate school in the humanities and in human ecology offering master's and doctoral degrees.


Milestones

* 1889 Kinjo Girls' School (a private school) established * 1927 Kinjo Girls' Vocational School established * 1947 Under educational system reform, Kinjo Gakuen Junior High School established * 1948 School renamed * 1949 Kinjo Gakuin University (College of English Literature) established * 1954 College of English Literature reorganized to Faculty of Literature * 1962 College of Home Economics (present-day Human Life and Environment) established * 1967 Graduate School of Humanities established * 1996 Graduate School of Human Ecology established * 1997 College of Contemporary Society and Culture established * 2002 College of Human Sciences established * 2005 College of Pharmacy established


See also

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Junior College, Kinjo Gakuin University was a junior college in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1950, it stopped recruiting new students in 2002. See also * Kinjo Gakuin University is a private women's university in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefe ...
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Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station is a train station, railway station in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Nagoya Railroad, Meitetsu. Lines Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station is served by the Meitetsu Seto Line, and is located 10.7 kilo ...


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