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青山学院大学 | |
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| Motto | The Salt of the Earth and Light of the World |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1874 |
| Chancellor | Kenichi Semba |
Academic staff | 1,653 |
Administrative staff | 1,983 |
| Students | 19,993 |
| Undergraduates | 18,527 |
| Postgraduates | 1,436 |
| Location | ,, 35°39′40″N139°42′38″E / 35.66111°N 139.71056°E /35.66111; 139.71056 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.aoyama.ac.jp/en/(in English) |
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Aoyama Gakuin University (Japanese:青山学院大学,Hepburn:Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku; AGU) is a private Christian university inShibuya,Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from theMethodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as tertiary component of theAoyama Gakuin.
The university's undergraduate and graduate programs include courses on literature, law, economics, business, international politics, economics, communication, science, engineering and cultural studies. The university graduate programs include international management, law and professional accounting.
Aoyama Gakuin University participates inHakone Ekiden, an annual university relay race between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan. Recently they won the races in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, and 2026.
The main campus, located inOmotesando in central Tokyo, is complemented by theSagamihara Campus inKanagawa Prefecture. The latter houses the College of Science and Sports. The university has graduated around 180,000 students and employs over 1,600 full and part-time faculty members. Aoyama Gakuin University is accredited by the British University Association and is a member of the British Association of Private College and Universities.
The university maintains a number of active international exchange programs for students and faculty. Many of the students and faculty have attended universities and research institutes abroad, while the institution itself has attracted numerous outstanding scholars and students from around the world to its campuses.[according to whom?]
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 Interactive map of Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall (University Gymnasium) | |
| Full name | Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall (University Gymnasium) |
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| Location | Shibuya, Tokyo,Japan |
| Owner | AGU |
| Operator | AGU |
| Capacity | Concert:6,000 Basketball:2,500 |
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| Opened | 1964 |
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| Pan Pacific Open(1988–89) Sun Rockers Shibuya (2016–) | |
Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall is a large gymnasium located on the Aoyama Campus. It was completed in 1964, the year Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games. The facility has a seating capacity of 2,500 spectators and can accommodate up to 6,000 people at maximum capacity. The hall serves multiple purposes, hosting various events such as entrance and graduation ceremonies, official domestic and international sporting competitions, cultural events, and concerts. It is the home arena of theSun Rockers Shibuya of theB.League, Japan's professional basketball league.[2]
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| QS[3] | General | 1201-1400 | |
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| QS Asia (Asia version)[4] | General | 351-400 | |
The school ranks 11th in the country in the number of alumni elected to theNational Diet,[5] and 13th in the number of alumni holding executive-level positions in the country with listed companies.[6] Its graduates rank 8th in Japan in the number of successful passings of the nationalCPA exam.[7]
The university is also on the list of top 20 most popular universities in Tokyo.https://www.unirank.org/jp/tokyo/[according to whom?] The main campus is located in the Shibuya area, and the students are generally viewed as having come from more affluent backgrounds and are regarded as sophisticated.[according to whom?] The school has been lauded for its undergraduate focus on thehumanities and business education.[according to whom?]
In the 2020–2021 University Brand Image Survey conducted byNikkei BP Consulting, Aoyama Gakuin University ranked 5th overall in the Greater Tokyo Area and 4th out of the private universities afterWaseda,Keio, andSophia Universities.
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