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Ryukoku University
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Ryukoku University (龍谷大学, Ryūkoku Daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.
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龍谷大学 | |
![]() Omiya Campus in January 2017 | |
Motto | You, Unlimited[1] |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1639[2] |
President | Takashi Irisawa[3] |
Students | 21,358[4] |
Undergraduates | 20,754[5] |
Postgraduates | 604[6] |
Location | Kyoto and Otsu,Shiga , Japan |
Campus | Urban |
Website | Official website |
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It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876.[7] The university's professors and students founded the literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three campuses: Fukakusa and Omiya in Kyoto; and Seta in Shiga prefecture.[8] Its campuses are smoke-free.[9] It is one university belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu"(産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area.[10]