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Seisen University (Tokyo)

Coordinates: 35°37′39″N 139°43′44″E / 35.62750°N 139.72889°E / 35.62750; 139.72889
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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
Shinagawa
,
Tokyo
,
Japan
Websitewww.seisen-u.ac.jp/eng/index.php

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

History

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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

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Undergraduate studies

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  • 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

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  • 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

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

Campus

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Address

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

Facilities

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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.

35°37′39″N 139°43′44″E / 35.62750°N 139.72889°E / 35.62750; 139.72889


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