List of junior colleges in Japan

This is the comprehensive list of junior colleges in Japan that exist today or existed in the past. For the purpose of the list, a junior college is defined to be a two-year or three-year college. The list does not include so-called Daigaku-bu, or junior colleges that are part of four-year colleges.

Current

• ♀Aichi Bunkyo Women's College, Inazawa, Aichi
• Aichi Kiwami College of Nursing, Ichinomiya, Aichi
• Aichi Konan College, Konan, Aichi
• Aikoku Gakuen Junior College, Edogawa, Tokyo
• Aino University, Ibaraki, Osaka
• Akikusa Gakuen Junior College, Tokorozawa, Saitama
• Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts, Akita, Akita
• Aomori Akenohoshi Junior College, Aomori, Aomori
• Aomori Chuo Junior College, Aomori, Aomori
• ♀Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College, Shibuya, Tokyo
• Ashikaga Junior College, Ashikaga, Tochigi
• Ashiya College, Ashiya, Hyogo
• Beppu Mizobe Gakuen College, Beppu, Oita
• Bunkyo Gakuin College, Bunkyo, Tokyo
• ♀Caritas Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• Chiba College of Health Science, Chiba, Chiba
• Chiba Keiai Junior College, Sakura, Chiba
• Chiba Meitoku College, Chiba, Chiba
• Chukyo Junior College, Mizunami, Gifu
• College of Industrial Technology, Amagasaki, Hyogo
• Daiichi Junior College for Kindergarten Teachers, Dazaifu, Fukuoka
• Daiichi Junior College of Infant Education, Kirishima, Kagoshima
• ♀Ehime Women's College, Uwajima, Ehime
• Fujita Health University College, Toyoake, Aichi
• Fukuoka College of Health Sciences, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
• ♀Fukuoka Women's Junior College, Dazaifu, Fukuoka
• ♀Fukuyama City Junior College for Women, Fukuyama, Hiroshima
• ♀Gifu City Women's College, Gifu, Gifu
• Gifu Junior College Of Health Science, Gifu, Gifu
• Gunma Shorei Junior College of Welfare, Ota, Gunma
• Hachinohe Junior College, Hachinohe, Aomori
• Hakodate Otani College, Hakodate, Hokkaido
• ♀Hakuho Women's College, Ōji, Nara
• Higashi Chikushi Junior College, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
• Higashikyushu Junior College, Nakatsu, Oita
• Hirosaki Welfare Junior College, Hirosaki, Aomori
• Hiroshima Bunka Two-Year College, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
• ♀Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College
• Honan College, Tatsuno, Nagano
• Hosen Gakuen College, Nakano, Tokyo
• ♀Ibaraki Women's Junior college, Naka, Ibaraki
• ♀Ichinomiya Women's Junior College, Ichinomiya, Aichi
• ♀Iida Women's Junior College, Iida, Nagano
• Ikenobo College, Kyoto, Kyoto
• ♀IKUEI Junior College, Takasaki, Gunma
• Imabari Meitoku Junior College, Imabari
• Iwaki Junior College, Iwaki, Fukushima
• Iwakuni Junior College, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
• Iwate College of Nursing, Takizawa, Iwate
• Izumi Junior College, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
• Japan Christian Junior College, Chiba, Chiba
• ♀Jin-ai Women's College, Fukui, Fukui
• ♀Jissen Women's Junior College, Hino, Tokyo
• Josai University, Sakado, Saitama
• Junshin Junior College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
• Kacho College, Kyoto, Kyoto
• Kagawa Junior College, Utazu, Kagawa
• ♀Kagoshima Women's Junior College, Kagoshima, Kagoshima
• Kagoshima Prefectural College, Kagoshima, Kagoshima
• Kanagawa Prefectural College of Foreign Studies, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• Kanazawa Gakuin College, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
• ♀Kansai Women's College, Kashiwara, Osaka
• Kanto Junior College, Tatebayashi, Gunma
• Kawaguchi Junior College, Kawaguchi, Saitama
• Kawasaki City College of Nursing, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
• Kawasaki College of Allied Health Professions, Kurashiki, Okayama
• Kibi International University Junior College, Takahashi, Okayama
• ♀Kobe Women's Junior College, Kobe, Hyogo
• Kobe Yamate College, Kobe, Hyogo
• Kochi Gakuen College, Kōchi, Kōchi
• ♀Koen Gakuen Women's Junior College, Sapporo, Hokkaido
• Kokugakuin Junior College, Takikawa, Hokkaido
• Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College, Tochigi, Tochigi
• Kokusai Gakuin Saitama Junior College, Saitama, Saitama
• Kokusai Junior College, Nakano, Tokyo
• Komatsu College, Komatsu, Ishikawa
• ♀Komazawa Women's Junior College, Inagi, Tokyo
• ♀Koran Women's Junior College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
• Koshien Junior College, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
• Kurashiki City College, Kurashiki, Okayama
• ♀Kurume SHIN-AI Women's College, Kurume, Fukuoka
• Kushiro Junior College, Kushiro, Hokkaido
• Kyoei Gakuen Junior College, Kasukabe, Saitama
• ♀Kyoritsu Women's Junior College, Chiyoda, Tokyo
• Kyoto Bunkyo Junior College, Uji, Kyoto
• Kyoto College of Economics, Kyoto, Kyoto
• Kyoto College of Medical Technology, Sonobe, Kyoto
• Kyoto Junior College, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto
• Kyoto Municipal Junior College of Nursing, Kyoto, Kyoto
• Kyoto Seizan College, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto
• Kyushu Ryukoku Junior College, Tosu, Saga
• ♀Kyushu Women's Junior College, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
• Kyushu Zokei Art College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
• Kyushu Otani Junior College, Chikugo, Fukuoka
• Matsumoto Junior College, Matsumoto, Nagano
• Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College, Matsuyama, Ehime
• Meirin College, Niigata, Niigata
• Meiwa Gakuen Junior College, Maebashi, Gunma
• Minami Kyushu Junior College, Miyazaki, Miyazaki
• Minatogawa College, Sanda, Hyogo
• Misono Gakuen Junior College, Akita, Akita
• Mito Junior College, Mito, Ibaraki
• Miyagi Seishin Junior College, Furukawa, Miyagi
• Miyazaki Gakuen Junior College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki
• Musashigaoka College, Yoshimi, Saitama
• ♀Musashino Junior College, Sayama, Saitama
• NAGASAKI GYOKUSEI Junior College, Nagasaki, Nagasaki
• ♀Narabunka Women's College, Yamatotakada, Nara
• Nagano College of Economics, Nagano, Nagano
• ♀Nagano Women's Junior College, Nagano, Nagano
• Nagasaki College of Foreign Languages, Nagasaki, Nagasaki
• Nagasaki Junior College, Sasebo, Nagasaki
• ♀Nagasaki Women's Junior College, Nagasaki, Nagasaki
• Nagoya College, Toyoake, Aichi
• Nagoya Management Junior College, Owariasahi, Aichi
• Nagoya Ryūjō Junior College, Nagoya, Aichi
• Nakakyushu Junior College, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
• Nakanihon Automotive College, Sakahogi, Gifu
• Nanzan Junior College, Nagoya, Aichi
• Nara College of Art, Kashihara, Nara
• Nara Saho College, Nara, Nara
• Nayoro City College, Nayoro, Hokkaido
• Newton College
• Niigata Chuoh Junior College, Kamo, Niigata
• Niigata College of Technology, Niigata, Niigata
• ♀Niigata Woman's College, Niigata, Niigata
• Niijima Gakuen Junior College, Takasaki, Gunma
• Niimi College, Niimi, Okayama
• Nishi-nippon Junior College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
• Obihiro Otani Junior College, Otofuke, Hokkaido
• ♀Odawara Women's Junior College, Odawara, Kanagawa
• ♀Ogaki Women's College, Ogaki, Gifu
• Oita Junior College, Oita, Oita
• Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture, Oita, Oita
• Okayama College, Kurashiki, Okayama
• ♀Okazaki Women's Junior College, Okazaki, Aichi
• Okinawa Christian Junior College, Nishihara, Okinawa
• Okinawa Women's Junior College, Naha, Okinawa
• Orio Aishin Junior College, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
• Osaka Aoyama Junior College, Minoh, Osaka
• Osaka Chiyoda Junior College, Kawachinagano, Osaka
• Osaka Christian College, Osaka, Osaka
• Osaka Gakuin Junior College, Suita, Osaka
• ♀Osaka Jonan Women's Junior College, Osaka, Osaka
• ♀Osaka Jogakuin College, Osaka, Osaka
• Osaka Junior College of Social Health and Welfare,^[1] Sakai, Osaka
• ♀Osaka Kun-ei Women's College, Settsu, Osaka
• Osaka Ohtani College, Tondabayashi, Osaka
• Osaka Seikei College, Osaka, Osaka
• ♀Osaka Shin-Ai College, Osaka, Osaka
• ♀Osaka Women's Junior College, Fujiidera, Osaka
• Osaka Yuhigaoka Gakuen Junior College, Osaka, Osaka
• Otemae College, Itami, Hyogo
• SANNO COLLEGE, Jiyugaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo
• Shinshu Junior College, Saku, Nagano
• Saga Junior College, Saga, Saga
• ♀Saga Women's Junior College, Saga, Saga
• ♀Saitama Junshin Junior College, Hanyū, Saitama
• ♀Saitama Women's Junior College, Hidaka, Saitama
• ♀Sakai Women's Junior College, Sakai, Osaka
• ♀Sakura no Seibo Junior College, Fukushima, Fukushima
• Sano College, Sano, Tochigi
• Sanyo Gakuen College, Okayama, Okayama
• ♀Sanyo Women's College, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
• Seibi Gakuen College, Kita, Tokyo
• ♀Seibo Jogakuin Junior College, Kyoto, Kyoto
• ♀Seika Women's Junior College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
• ♀Seirei Women's Junior College, Akita, Akita
• ♀Seiryo Women's Junior College, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
• ♀Seisen Jogakuin College, Nagano, Nagano
• Seishin Ursula Gakuen Mission Junior College, Nobeoka, Miyazaki
• Seiwa Gakuen College, Sendai, Miyagi
• Senzoku Gakuen Junior College, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
• Setouchi Junior College, Takase, Kagawa
• Shiga Bunkyo Junior College, Nagahama, Shiga
• Shiga Junior College, Otsu, Shiga
• Shimonoseki Junior College, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
• Shiraume Gakuen Junior College, Kodaira, Tokyo
• Shoei Junior College, Kobe, Hyogo
• Shogen Junior College, Minokamo, Gifu
• ♀Shoinhigashi Women's Junior College, Higashiosaka, Osaka
• Shohoku College, Atsugi, Kanagawa
• Shonan Junior College, Yokosuka, Kanagawa
• Showagakuin Junior College, Ichikawa, Chiba
• Shuko Junior College, Ichinoseki, Iwate
• Shukugawa Gakuin College, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
• Shukutoku Junior College, Itabashi, Tokyo
• ♀Soka Women's College, Hachiōji, Tokyo
• ♀St. Cecilia Women's Junior College, Yamato, Kanagawa
• St. Margaret's Junior College, Suginami, Tokyo
• ♀Suzugamine Women's College, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
• Suzuka Junior College, Suzuka, Mie
• Takada Junior College, Tsu, Mie
• Takamatsu Junior College, Takamatsu, Kagawa
• Takayama College of Car Technology, Takayama, Gifu
• Teikyo Heisei Nursing Junior College, Ichihara, Chiba
• Teikyo Junior College, Shibuya, Tokyo
• Teikyougakuen Junior College, Hokuto, Yamanashi
• The Nippon Dental University College at Niigata, Niigata, Niigata
• The Nippon Dental University College at Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo
• Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, Chofu, Tokyo
• ♀Tohoku Women's Junior College, Hirosaki, Aomori
• ♀Toita Women's College, Minato, Tokyo
• Tokai University Junior College of Nursing and Medical Technology, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
• Tokiwa Junior College, Mito, Ibaraki
• Tokiwakai College, Osaka, Osaka
• Tokoha Gakuen Junior College, Shizuoka, Shizuoka
• Tokushima College of Technology, Itano, Tokushima
• Tokyo Bunka Junior College, Nakano, Tokyo
• Tokyo College of Transport Studies, Toshima, Tokyo
• ♀Tokyo Kasei-Gakuin Junior College, Chiyoda, Tokyo
• Tokyo Management College, Chiba, Chiba
• Tokyo Rissho Junior College, Suginami, Tokyo
• Tokyo Seitoku College, Kita, Tokyo
• ♀Tokyo Women's Junior College of Physical Education, Kunitachi, Tokyo
• Tottori College, Kurayoshi, Tottori
• Toyama College of Welfare Science, Kosugi, Toyama
• Toyama College, Toyama, Toyama
• Toyo College of Food Technology,^[2] Kawanishi, Hyogo
• ♀Toyoko Gakuen Women's College, Setagaya, Tokyo
• Tsukuba International Junior College, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
• Tsuruga College, Tsuruga, Fukui
• Tsurukawa Jr. College, Machida, Tokyo
• ♀Ueda Women's Junior College, Ueda, Nagano
• Uekusa Gakuen Junior College, Chiba, Chiba
• Utsunomiya BUNSEI Junior College, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
• Utsunomiya Junior College, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
• Uyo Gakuen College, Tendo, Yamagata
• ♀Wakayama Shin-Ai Women's Junior College, Wakayama, Wakayama
• Yamagata Junior College, Yamagata, Yamagata
• Yamaguchi College of Arts, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi
• Yamaguchi Junior College, Hofu, Yamaguchi
• Yamamura Gakuen College, Hatoyama, Saitama
• Yamano College of Aesthetics, Hachioji, Tokyo
• Yamawaki Gakuen Junior College, Minato, Tokyo
• Yamazaki College of Animal Health Technology, Hachioji, Tokyo
• Yokohama College of Art and Design, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• Yokohama Soei Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• ♀Yokohama Women's Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• ♀Yonezawa Women's Junior College, Yonezawa, Yamagata

♀ indicates a women's college

Historical

• Allen International Junior College
• ♀Kanto Gakuin Women's Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• Himeji College of Hyogo
• Fujimigaoka Women's Junior College, Mishima, Shizuoka

♀ indicates a women's college

See also

• Higher education in Japan
• List of universities in Japan
• List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in Japan

References

• "MEXT : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology". October 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
• 短大ポータルサイト (in Japanese). 日本私立短期大学協会. Retrieved 2008-07-05. (partially outdated)

1. 大阪健康福祉短期大学
2. 東洋食品工業短期大学