Meiji University
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Private university
Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...
in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and Kawasaki
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
, founded in 1881 by three lawyers of the Meiji
Meiji
Meiji may refer to:* Meiji Restoration, the revolution that ushered in the Meiji period* Meiji period - the period in Japanese history when the Meiji Emperor reigned...
era, Kishimoto Tatsuo, Miyagi Kōzō, and Yashiro Misao. It is one of the largest and most prestigious Japanese universities in Tokyo, Japan.
The University has nine faculties with total of around 33,000 students on three campuses in Ochanomizu
Ochanomizu
Ochanomizu is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. It extends from the Yushima section of Bunkyo-ku to the Kanda section of Chiyoda-ku. Meiji University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Juntendo University all have main campuses in the area. Ochanomizu Station on the Chūō Line is the transport...
in Chiyoda
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
, Tokyo; the Izumi neighborhood of Suginami-ku
Suginami, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Suginami City.As of April 1, 2011, the ward has an estimated population of 538,703, with 301,277 households, and a density of 15,834.39 persons per km². The total area is 34.02 km².-Geography:Suginami occupies the...
, Tokyo; and the Ikuta neighborhood of Tama-ku
Tama-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the 8 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 211,221 and a density of 10,310 persons per km². The total area was 20.49 km².-Geography:...
, Kawasaki
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
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Organization
Undergraduate schools
- School of Law
- Department of Law
- School of Commerce
- Department of Commerce
- School of Political Science and Economics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Economics
- Department of Regional Administration
- School of Arts and Letters
- Department of Literature
- Department of History and Geography
- Department of Social Psychology
- School of Science and Technology
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Precision Engineering
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Industrial Chemistry
- Department of Information Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- School of Agriculture
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Agricultural Economics
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry
- Department of Life Sciences
- School of Business Administration
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Business and Culture
- School of Information and Communication
- Department of Information and Communication
- School of Global Japanese Studies
- Department of Global Japanese Studies
Graduate schools
- Graduate School of Law
- Graduate School of Commerce
- Graduate School of Political Science and Economics
- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Graduate School of Arts and Letters
- Graduate School of Science and Technology
- Graduate School of Agriculture
- Graduate School of Governance Studies
- Graduate School of Global Business
- Graduate School of Professional Accountancy
Campus life
Meiji University's baseball team belongs to the Tokyo Big Six leagueTokyo Big6 Baseball League
Tokyo Big6 Baseball League is an intercollegiate baseball league that features six prominent universities in the Tokyo area...
. Every year rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
and baseball
Baseball
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matches Meisōsen against Waseda University
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...
attract support among its students. It also has a successful judo team.
The university announced on February 26, 2009, that it would open a museum dedicated to anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
and manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
. It will include international research centers hosting Japanese and international scholars as well as a large quality of artifacts on the subject.
Academic rankings
Meiji University is a one of the Japanese leading universities. Thus it is competitive in several rankings such as shown below.General Rankings
The university has been ranked 19th and 26th in 2009 and 2010 respectively in the ranking "Truly Strong UniversitiesTruly Strong Universities
The Truly Strong Universities is a ranking of the Japan’s top 100 universities by Toyo Keizai, released annually in October on its business magazine "Toyo Keizai"....
" (本当に強い大学) by Toyo Keizai
Toyo Keizai
is a book and magazine publisher specializing in politics, economics and business, based in Tokyo, Japan.The company is famous for established in 1895, one of three Japanese leading business magazines ranked with published by Nikkei Business Publications and published by DIAMOND.- External...
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Research Performance
The Nikkei ShimbunNihon Keizai Shimbun
is one of the largest media corporations in Japan. Nikkei specializes in publishing financial, business and industry news. Its main news publications include:* Nihon Keizai Shimbun , a leading economic newspaper....
on 16 February 2004 surveyed about the research standards in engineering studies
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Meiji was placed 37th in this ranking.
Meiji has filed the 62nd highest number of patents in the nation as its research outcomes.
Graduate school rankings
Meiji Law School is considered as one of the top Japanese law schools, as Meiji's number of successful candidates for bar examination has been 6th in 2009–2010 in Japan. It is one of the strongest department in this university as the cumulative number of people qualified as lawyer and prosecutor has been historically 6th after WW2.Eduniversal
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ranked Meiji as 4th in the rankings of "Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and/or with continental links" in Japan.
Alumni rankings
Graduates from Meiji enjoy good success in the Japanese industries.According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Meiji University have the 35th best employment rate in 400 major companies
The university is also ranked 6th in Japan for the number of alumni holding the position of executive in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is 25th.
Meiji graduates have been ranked 5th in Japan in the number of successful national CPA exam applicants. Its graduates have been also ranked 9th in Japan in the number of successful Architect Registration exam applicants.
Furthermore, the number of Members of Parliament who graduated Meiji is 6th in Japan.
Popularity and selectivity
Meiji is a popular university in Japan. The number of applicants per place was 24.9 (113,905/4,582) in the 2011 undergraduate admissions, this number of applicants (113,905) was largest in 2011. Its entrance difficulty is also very selective.Nikkei BP
Nikkei Business Publications
, commonly known as , is a book and magazine publisher based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established as "Nikkei McGraw-Hill, Inc", a joint venture of Nihon Keizai Shimbun and McGraw-Hill in 1969, and later it became to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikkei.Nikkei BP is known well for its...
has been publishing a ranking system called "Brand rankings of Japanese universities
Brand rankings of Japanese universities
The Brand rankings of Japanese universities is a ranking of the Japanese universities by Nikkei Business Publications, released annually in November....
" every year, composed by the various indications related to the power of brand, and Meiji was 8th in 2010 (and 12th in 2009) in Greater Tokyo Area
Greater Tokyo Area
The Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Kantō region, Japan, consisting of most of the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tokyo . In Japanese, it is referred to by various terms, including the , , and others....
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- Takashi SasagawaTakashi Sasagawais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Bunkyō, Tokyo and dropout from Meiji University, he was elected for the first time in 1986 after two unsuccessful runs in 1972 and 1983. In 1993 he left the LDP and...
- Masayuki FujioMasayuki FujioMasayuki Fujio was the Japanese Minister of Education, under the government of Yasuhiro Nakasone until 1986....
- Hiromichi WatanabeHiromichi Watanabeis a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Matsudo, Chiba, he attended Waseda University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from Meiji University...
- Yoshitaka SakuradaYoshitaka Sakuradais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kashiwa, Chiba and graduate of Meiji University, he had served in the city assembly of Kashiwa for two terms since 1987 and in the assembly of Chiba Prefecture since 1995...
- Fumiaki MatsumotoFumiaki Matsumotois a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sera District, Hiroshima and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1985. After losing his seat in 2003, he was...
- Yoshitaka ShindoYoshitaka Shindois a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kawaguchi, Saitama and graduate of Meiji University, he had worked in the city government of Kawaguchi since 1980 and had served in the assembly of Kawaguchi since 1991. He...
- Satoshi TakayamaSatoshi Takayamais a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Tokyo and graduate of Meiji University he was elected for the first time in 2003.-External links:...
- Shigeo KitamuraShigeo Kitamurais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Wajima, Ishikawa and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after having served in the assembly of Ishikawa...
- Yoshio UrushibaraYoshio Urushibarais a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tsubame, Niigata and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected for the first time in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party, which later split into several parties including...
- Koichi TaniKoichi Taniis a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Muraoka, Hyōgo and graduate of Meiji University he was elected for the first time in 2005.-External links:...
- Masaji MatsuyamaMasaji Matsuyamais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Shiida, Fukuoka and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected for the first time in 2001.- External links :...
- Masaaki AkaikeMasaaki Akaikeis a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kōfu, Yamanashi and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after three unsuccessful runs in 1993, 1995 and 2000...
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- Sachio Ito (novelist)
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(manga artist) - Yuzo KawashimaYuzo Kawashimawas a notable Japanese filmmaker, most famous for making tragi-comic films and satires.-Career:Kawashima was born in Mutsu, Aomori in the Shimokita Peninsula. From his youth, he suffered from a paralysis that affected his right leg and arm. He was educated at Meiji University, where he was a member...
(film director) - Kan KikuchiKan Kikuchi, known by his pen name Kan Kikuchi , was a Japanese author born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. He established the publishing company Bungeishunjū, the monthly magazine of the same name, the Japan Writer's Association and both the Akutagawa and Naoki Prize for popular literature...
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(film director) - Daichi Kiyono(actor,rugby player)
- Akira KobayashiAkira Kobayashiis a Japanese actor. His nickname is .- Biography :He successfully became an actor in the Nikkatsu Corporation. He attended Meiji University but left before graduating. Kobayashi made his debut in 1959 in the film Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite . He also starred in the TV series "Wataridori" and...
(film actor) - Yasuo KobayashiYasuo Kobayashiis a Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan Aikikai.Kobayashi was born in Tokyo, and entered the Aikikai Hombu dojo as an uchideshi under Morihei Ueshiba in 1954. In 1969, he established his own dojo in Kodaira. He is also responsible for the aikido clubs at the Meiji University,...
(aikido instructor) - Masao KogaMasao Kogawas a Japanese composer and guitarist known for creating melodies, and a pioneer of Japanese popular music. He was regarded as a notable figure for establishing the genre enka, though Koga considered that he was a ryūkōka composer...
(composer) - Shigeaki Kosugi (freelance broadcaster/actor)
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(voice actor, actor, singer) - Osamu MukaiOsamu Mukaiis a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa, Japan. Graduated from Meiji University.-Summary:Mukai's first main role was in the 2006 Japanese television drama Nodame Cantabile...
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(film actor) - Hiroshi OhshitaHiroshi Ohshitawas a Japanese professional baseball player. Hall of famer-Early life:Born in Sannomiya Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture on December 15, 1922, His father died in the war when he was in childhood. His family moved to Gaoshun, Taiwan. He grew up in Gaoshun, Taiwan. He graduated from Gaoshun Commercial...
(Professional Baseball Player, Hall of famer) - Kihachi OkamotoKihachi Okamotowas a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki.-Career:Born in Yonago, Okamoto attended Meiji University, but was drafted in 1943 and entered World War II during its most difficult hours, an experience that had a profound effect on his later film work,...
(film director) - Ren OsugiRen Osugi, born , is a Japanese actor. For his work in Cure, Hana-bi and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival...
(film actor) - Toshio SakaiToshio Sakai, a graduate of Meiji University, a photographer for United Press International, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1968, for a photograph depicting the Vietnam War. He was the first person to receive that award.- Notes :...
(photographer) - Kazuhiro SanoKazuhiro Sanois a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiki Satō and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the...
(film director and actor) - Kiyoshi Sasabe (film director)
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(film director) - Sohn Kee-chungSohn Kee-chungSohn Kee-Chung became the first medal-winning Korean Olympian, when he won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a member of the Japanese delegation....
(marathon runner) - Denmei SuzukiDenmei Suzukiwas a Japanese film actor most famous for starring roles in gendaigeki of the silent era.- Career :Suzuki was born in Tokyo and was a championship swimmer at Meiji University when he first appeared in Souls on the Road in 1921 under the name Zeya Tōgō . After graduating in 1924, he joined the...
(film actor) - Shigeyoshi SuzukiShigeyoshi Suzuki (film director)was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.Born in Tokyo, Suzuki graduated from Meiji University and entered the Shōchiku studio in 1925. He debuted as a director the next year with Tsuchi ni kagayaku, a film starring Denmei Suzuki...
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(film director) - Eijiro TonoEijirô Tonowas a Japanese actor who took supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo , as well as Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story and An Autumn Afternoon ....
(film actor) - Ryoichi Uchimura (Keishicho, Kendo player, 2-time All Japan winner)
- Naomi UemuraNaomi Uemurawas a Japanese adventurer. He was particularly well known for doing alone what had previously been achieved only with large teams. For example, he was the first person ever to reach the North Pole solo, the first ever to raft the Amazon solo, and the first ever to climb Mount McKinley solo.-Early...
(mountain climber, adventurer) - Moriteru UeshibaMoriteru Ueshibais a Japanese master of aikido. He is a grandson of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido, and son of Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Ueshiba is the third and current Doshu of the Aikikai.-Biography:Ueshiba was born on April 2, 1951, in Tokyo, Japan...
(Third Aikido Doshu) - Tatsuro YamashitaTatsuro Yamashitais a Japanese singer-songwriter, and record producer. He has been known by his musical style deeply influenced from 1960s American pop and rock music....
(composer, singer) - Tomohisa YamashitaTomohisa Yamashita, also widely known as Yamapi, is a Japanese idol, actor, and singer.Yamashita joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of 11 and made his official CD debut with NEWS in 2004. He debuted as a solo artist in 2006 with the hit single "Daite Senorita". His first solo...
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) - Yoshihiro YonezawaYoshihiro Yonezawawas a Japanese manga critic and author. He is also known for being Comiket's co-founder and president. He died of lung cancer at 53...
- Motoi SakurabaMotoi Sakurabais a Japanese composer of video games, anime series, and television dramas as well as independent progressive rock albums.-Biography:Motoi Sakuraba was born in Akita Prefecture, Japan...
- Tom YodaTom Yodais a Japanese businessperson.-Profile:Born May 27, 1940 in Chikuma, Nagano-ken, Tatsumi finished high school at Nagano HS in 1959 and Business Administration at Meiji University in 1963....
(Business Administration Graduate), current councilor of the university and ex-chairman of Avex Group
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