Kyoritsu Women's University

Japanese: 共立女子大学 - きょうりつじょしだいがく
Kyoritsu Women's University

It is a private institution. It was founded in 1886 (Meiji 19) as Kyoritsu Women's Vocational School, and later as Kyoritsu Women's College, before being established as a university under the new system in 1949 (Showa 24). As of 2010 (Heisei 22), it has a Faculty of Home Economics (4 departments: Clothing, Food and Nutrition, Architecture and Design, and Childhood Studies), which continues the tradition of Japan's first women's vocational school, a Faculty of Literature, a Faculty of International Studies, and a graduate school with three departments: Home Economics, Literature, and Comparative Culture, and also has a junior college. Its campuses are located in Chiyoda Ward and Hachioji City, Tokyo. Its headquarters is at 2-2-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

[Kitamura Kazuyuki]

[Reference] | Home Economics
Kyoritsu Women's University
Kanda Hitotsubashi Campus. In the foreground of the photo is the historic Kyoritsu Auditorium, which is used as a venue for cultural activities and presentations. Next to it is the new school building, which began operation in April 2004. Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo ©Yutaka Sakano ">

Kyoritsu Women's University


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

私立。1886年(明治19)共立女子職業学校を前身とし、共立女子専門学校を経て、1949年(昭和24)新制大学として設置された。2010年(平成22)時点で、日本最初の女子職業学校の伝統の流れをくむ家政学部(被服、食物栄養、建築・デザイン、児童の4学科)、文芸学部(文学学科)、国際学部(国際学科)、そして家政学、文芸学、比較文化の3研究科からなる大学院をもち、短期大学を併設している。キャンパスは東京都千代田区と八王子市にある。本部は東京都千代田区一ツ橋2-2-1。

[喜多村和之]

[参照項目] | 家政学
共立女子大学
神田一ツ橋キャンパス。写真手前は古い歴史をもつ共立講堂で、文化活動や発表の場として活用されている。その隣には2004年(平成16)4月から使用が開始された新校舎が建つ。東京都千代田区©Yutaka Sakano">

共立女子大学


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