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| Motto | Latin:Veritas liberabit vos |
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Motto in English | "Truth shall make you free" |
| Type | Private |
| Established | Founded 1875, chartered 1920 |
| Endowment | €1 billion (JP¥169.6 billion) |
| President | Matsuoka Takashi |
| Vice-president | Nobuhiro Tabata, Yasuhiro Kuroki, Tsutao Katayama, Takashi Nishimura |
Academic staff | 2,357 (800 full-time, 1557 part-time) |
| Undergraduates | 27,024 |
| Postgraduates | 2,298 |
| Location | ,, Japan 35°01′47″N135°45′39″E / 35.029737°N 135.760725°E /35.029737; 135.760725 |
| Campus | Urban/suburban, 530 acres (210 ha) |
| Colors | White & purple |
| Nickname | Dodai (同大,Dōdai) |
| Mascot | Astro Boy (unofficial and historical) |
| Website | www |
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Doshisha University (同志社大学,Dōshisha daigaku), also referred to asDodai (同大,Dōdai), is aprivate university inKyoto, Japan. Established in 1875, it is one of Japan's oldest private institutions of higher learning, and has approximately 30,000 students enrolled on four campuses in Kyoto.[1] It is one of Japan's "Global 30" universities[2] and a member of "Kan-Kan-Dō-Ritsu" (関関同立), a group of four leading private universities in western Japan'sKansai region, along withKansai University,Kwansei Gakuin University, andRitsumeikan University.
Doshisha University was founded in 1875 as Doshisha English School byProtestant educator Niijima Jō (新島 襄, also known asJoseph Hardy Neesima), as a school to advance Christian education in Japan. As a young man, Niijima leftJapan for the United States in 1864, despitethe ban on overseas travel then imposed on Japanese nationals. He studied atPhillips Academy andAmherst College, and returned to Japan in 1874. The next year, Niijima established the Doshisha School. Niijima served as president of the university from 1875 to 1890. Other early university presidents included educator and authorYamamoto Kakuma (1890–1892),Seito Saibara (1899–1902), who was the first Christian member of the Japanese Diet, Kenkichi Kataoka (1902–1904),[3] and prominent chemical engineerKotaro Shimomura (1904–1907).Tokio Yokoi,Tasuku Harada, andEbina Danjo were also presidents.
By 1920, Doshisha was granted university status and developed into a full-fledged university in the Anglo-American academic tradition. DuringWorld War II, its buildings were given Japanese names and its curriculum was stripped of its pro-Western elements. The prewar conditions were restored after the surrender of Japan. The first graduate degree programs were instituted in 1953.
Amherst College has maintained a close relationship with Doshisha University,[4] and since 1972, Doshisha has collaborated with a consortium of American liberal arts colleges including Amherst to host theAssociated Kyoto Program, an 8-month longstudy abroad program offered every year to students from American colleges and universities. Doshisha also houses theKyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, another program affiliated with American universities and centered on advanced Japanese language training.
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Doshisha has graduate degree programs in Theology, Letters, Psychology, Business, Global Studies, Law, Economics, Commerce, Policy and Management, Culture and Information Science, Science and Engineering, Life and Medical Sciences, Health and Sports Science, and Social Studies.[11]
The libraries at the Imadegawa and Kyotanabe campuses hold more than 2.5 million volumes.
As of 2013, Doshisha University employs 777 full-time and 1,411 part-time faculty members across its Kyoto campuses. In terms of research, Doshisha has filed the 36th-highest number of patents in the nation.[12]
Doshisha University has two main campuses at Imadegawa in central Kyoto and at Kyotanabe in southern Kyoto. Imadegawa is the main campus, located in the former residence ofSatsuma Domain. It has been in use since the school was founded. Located in the center of Kyoto, the campus is situated next toShōkoku-ji, overlookingKyoto Imperial Palace. Five buildings in the Imadegawa campus have been designated asImportant Cultural Properties of Japan, including Doshisha Chapel and Clark Memorial Hall. This campus is primarily for the liberal arts, business (including agraduate school of business), theology, and law faculties. A largelearning commons with over 40,000 square meters of space, the Ryoshinkan, was opened in 2012 and included the incorporation ofImadegawa Station, a station on theKarasuma Line of theKyoto Municipal Subway.
The Kyotanabe Campus was opened in 1986, inKyōtanabe, Kyoto and is part ofKansai Science City. Over 195 acres (0.79 km2) in area, it serves primarily as the campus for the science and engineering faculties. In 2012, a new Karasuma Campus was established approximately 300 meters from the Imadegawa Campus. The Karasuma Campus houses the International Education Institute, the Graduate School of Global Studies, and the Faculty of Global and Regional Studies.
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There are over 400 clubs and organizations at Doshisha University.[13]
Doshisha is renowned for its strong connection to business in the Kansai region. According to the 2011 university rankings byToyo Keizai, 533 alumni served as executives in listed companies. As of 2013, around 25.5% of undergraduates were able to enter one of thetop 400 companies in Japan, which ranks eighth nationwide among all private institutions in Japan and first among private universities in Kansai.[15]
Doshisha alumni includeTakako Doi, the first female Lower House Speaker in Japan (the highest position a female politician has held in the country's history);Abe Isoo, an early pacifist and feminist and member of the Japanese Diet; Japanese statesmanUchida Kosai, who twice served as acting prime minister; Japanese-language authorDavid Zoppetti; Korean poetYun Dong-ju; tea masterHansō Sōshitsu; andGunpei Yokoi, creator of theGame Boy.
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