Seisen University (Tokyo)

Seisen University (清泉女子大学, Seisen Joshi Daigaku) is a private Catholic liberal arts women's college in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.

Seisen University
清泉女子大学
Former names
Seisenryōgakuin
MottoVERITAS et CARITAS
Motto in English
TRUTH and LOVE
TypePrivate college
Established1938
PresidentTakahiro Saeki, Ph.D.
Academic staff
52 (full time),
218 (part time)[1]
Students1,906[1]
Undergraduates1,887[1]
Postgraduates19[1]
Location, ,
Japan
Websitewww.seisen-u.ac.jp/eng/index.php
For the university of the same name in Shiga Prefecture, see Seisen University (Shiga).

History

The predecessor of the school, Seisenryōgakuin (清泉寮学院), was founded in 1938 by the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was chartered as a women's four-year college in 1950.

Organization

Undergraduate studies

  • Department of Spanish Language and Literature
  • Department of English Language and Literature
  • Department of Global Citizenship Studies
  • Department of Cultural History
  • Department of Japanese Language and Literature

Graduate School of Humanities

  • Master's Program in Language and Culture
  • Master's Program in Thought and Culture
  • Master's Program in Global Citizenship Studies
  • Doctoral Program in Humanities

Research institutes

  • Research Institute for Cultural Studies
  • Research Institute for Christian Culture
  • Research Institute for Language Education

Campus

Address

3-16-21 Higashi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8642, Japan

Facilities

The university's Italian Renaissance style main building designed by Josiah Conder was built as Prince Shimazu Tadashige's mansion in 1917.[2]

References

  1. "教育情報の公表" (in Japanese). Seisen University. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. "旧島津家本邸" (in Japanese). Seisen University. Retrieved 2020-05-11.


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