Kogakkan University

Kogakkan University (皇學館大学, Kōgakkan daigaku) is a private university at Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940.

Kogakkan University
皇學館大学 (Kogakkan Daigaku)
TypePrivate
Established1882
PresidentKiyoshi Shimizu
(清水潔)
Students2,921
Undergraduates2,839
Postgraduates82
Location,
ColorsDeep Purple 
Websitekogakkan-u.ac.jp

Kogakkan University is one of only two universities in Japan to offer a Shinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a kannushi (Shinto priest).[1][2] (The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.)

Education and Research

Departments

  • Literature
    • Shinto
    • Japanese Literature
    • Japanese History
    • Communication
  • Education
    • Education
  • Contemporary Japanese society
    • Contemporary Japanese society

Graduate programs

  • Literature
    • Shinto specialization
    • Japanese Literature specialization
    • Japanese History specialization
  • Education
    • Education specialization

Special Programs

  • Shinto Studies Graduate Program

Notable people

Faculty and staff

Alumni

References

  1. Kogakkan University Faculty of Letters: Kogakkan University official website
  2. S.D.B.Picken "Faith-based schools in Japan: Paradoxes and Pointers". In J.D. Chapman et al. (eds.) "International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools". New York: Springer. P. 523.

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