is a university located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto

Fukuchiyama, Kyoto

is a city located in northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the Yura River. It is about 25 km inland from the Sea of Japan at the southern end of the Fukuchiyama Valley, and is surrounded by mountains to the south, west, and east....

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Japan

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Seibi University is a part of the Seibi Gakuen school system, which also includes Seibi High School, and Seibi Junior College. The university offers business design and tourism courses.

History

The predecessor of the school, , was founded in 1871 as a private university

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 Fukuchiyama, Kyoto. It was chartered as a university in 2000, and became Seibi University in 2010.