Hyogo University
Encyclopedia
is a private university in Japan
. Its campus is located in Shinzaike, Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa
, Hyōgo Prefecture
. The university is one of the seven schools run by , a school foundation with a Buddhist background (Nishi Hongwanji
denomination).
Hyogo University
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Its campus is located in Shinzaike, Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa
Kakogawa, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on June 15, 1950.As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 268,565 and a population density of 1,940 persons per km². The total area is 138.51 km²...
, Hyōgo Prefecture
Hyogo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...
. The university is one of the seven schools run by , a school foundation with a Buddhist background (Nishi Hongwanji
Hongan-ji
, also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism...
denomination).
History
Mutsumi Gakuen- 1921: Taishi Sunday School was started in memory of the 1300th anniversary of Shotoku TaishiPrince Shotoku, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...
's death. - 1923: Suma Taishi Hall was opened in Suma-ku, KobeSuma-ku, Kobeis one of 9 wards of Kobe City in Japan. It has an area of 30.0 km², and a population of 168,400 .There is a white sandy beach in this ward, which attracts tourists to the Kansai region for sun bathing and popular events during the summer season. The same beach has appeared in the classic...
, to which the Training Course of Sewing (a girls' school) was attached. - 1937: Suma Taishi Hall Foundation was incorporated. The foundation established Suma Mutsumi Girls' Vocational School (Sumanoura Girls' High School today).
- 1951: The school foundation was renamed Mutsumi Gakuen.
- 1955: The school foundation established Mutsumi Gakuen Women's Junior College.
- 1966: The junior college was renamed Hyogo Women's Junior College, moving from Suma-ku, Kobe to Kakogawa.
Hyogo University
- 1995: Mutsumi Gakuen established Hyogo University.
- with one faculty: Faculty of Economics and Information Science
- 1998: The junior college was reorganized into the Junior College Department of Hyogo University.
- 1999: Graduate School of Economics and Information Science was established.
- 2001: The Faculty of Health Science was added.
- with Departments of Nutrition Management and Health System Management
- 2006: The Department of Nursing was added.
Faculties (Undergraduate schools)
- Faculty of Economics and Information Science
- Faculty of Health Science
- Department of Nutrition Management
- Department of Health System Management
- Department of Nursing
- Faculty of Welfare Society