Gakushuin University

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Gakushūin University (学習院大学, Gakushūin Daigaku) is a private university in Mejiro, Toshima, Tokyo.

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Gakushuin University
学習院大学
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Former names
Gakushūjo (学習所); pre-war English translation: Peers School
TypePrivate
Established1847 in Kyoto and moved to Tokyo in 1877;
reformed in 1949 as a private university
PresidentIchiro Arakawa
Administrative staff
279 (full time only)[1]
Studentsapprox. 8,600
Undergraduatesapprox. 8,000
Postgraduatesunder 600
Other students
international students: about 120
Location, ,
Websitewww.univ.gakushuin.ac.jp
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The Gakushūin (or "Peers School") was established during the Meiji period to educate the children of the Japanese nobility, but back then the institution had only the primary and secondary education departments. The university was established after World War II as tertiary component of the reorganised and privatised Gakushūin School Corporation.

The university is still noted for its royal connections, with most of the members of the present Imperial Family among its alumni.[2]

Faculties

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Main gates, April 2015
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of International Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Letters
  • Faculty of Science
  • Graduate School of Law
  • Graduate School of Political Science
  • Graduate School of Economics
  • Graduate School of Business Administration
  • Graduate School of Humanities
  • Graduate School of Science and Technology
  • Law School

The university provides a range of Japanese-language classes for foreign students. Although designed for Japanese students, approximately 60 classes are held in English, mainly in the Faculty of International Social Sciences. Each year the university admits approximately 80 foreign students (including short-term exchange students) of high academic and social standing to study in each faculty and graduate school.[citation needed]

Academic rankings

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WE [ja] National[3] Employment 14
NBP Greater Tokyo[4][5] Reputation 10
Shimano National[6] Selectivity A1
QS Asia
(Asia version)[7]
General 161
ENSMP World[8] Alumni 92
* The data of NBP is in 2009 rankings because of availability.
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LAW
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General rankings

The university was ranked 72nd in 2010 (63rd in 2009, 78th in 2008) in the Truly Strong Universities ranking issued by Toyo Keizai.[9]

QS World University Rankings ranked Gakushuin University as 161st in Asia in 2010.[7]

Research performance

Japanese national universities generally have higher standards of research than private universities. However, Gakushuin is one of the few private universities which competes with the top national universities. According to Quacquarelli Symonds, Gakushuin is the 6th-best research university in Japan and the 9th-best in Asia in terms of citations per paper.[10]

Gakushuin is the highest-ranked Japanese university in the Nature Index measurement of research output quality.[11]

Graduate school rankings

Gakushuin Law School was 24th in 2009 and 25th in 2010 in Japan on the basis of the number of its successful candidates for bar examination.[12]

Alumni rankings

According to Yomiuri Weekly's 2008 rankings, alumni of Gakushuin have the 3rd best graduate prospectives among Japanese universities.[13] Gakushuin was top in the rankings of the Finance and Tourism industries.[13]

École des Mines de Paris ranked Gakushuin University as 92nd in the world in 2010 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[14][8]

Popularity and selectivity

Gakushuin had 7.58 applicants per place (13,765/1,815) in the 2011 undergraduate admissions.[15] Its entrance exams are also selective.[16][17][18]

Notable alumni

Imperial House of Japan

House of Yi

Politics

Arts and entertainment

Others

References

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