Gakushuin University
Gakushūin University (学習院大学, Gakushūin Daigaku) is a private university in Mejiro, Toshima, Tokyo. It was re-established after World War II as tertiary component of the Gakushūin School Corporation as privatized successor to the original Gakushūin University (or "Peers School") was established during the Meiji period to educate the children of the Japanese nobility. It is still one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, counting most of the members of the present Imperial Family among its former or present students.[2] The average number of students is capped so that each student can receive personal attention from the staff.[3]
Former names
Gakushūjo (学習所); pre-war English translation: Peers School
Private
Ichiro Arakawa
279 (full time only)[1]
approx. 8,600
approx. 8,000
under 600
international students: about 120
The university provides a range of Japanese-language classes for foreign students. Although designed for Japanese students, approximately 60 classes are held in English, mainly in the Faculty of International Social Sciences. Each year the university admits approximately 80 foreign students (including short-term exchange students) of high academic and social standing to study in each faculty and graduate school.
