Aoyama Gakuin University
| 青山 学院 大学 Aoyama Gakuin University |
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| motto | sal terrae, lux mundi ( Matthew 5 : 13-14 EU ) |
| founding | 1874 |
| place | Tokyo |
| country | Japan |
| Chancellor | Yoshikazu Miki |
| Students | 19,993 |
| Employee | 1,653 |
| including professors | 394 |
| Website | www.aoyama.ac.jp |
The Aoyama Gakuin University ( Jap. 青山学院大学 , Aoyama gakuin daigaku in short, Aoyama, Aogaku, AGU) is a university in Shibuya , Tokyo with affiliated schools.
history
The university is part of a school system that covers all age groups, from kindergarten to doctoral studies. The origins of the university lie in the establishment of schools by Methodist missionaries in 1874. The actual legal university has existed since 1949.
Faculties
In alphabetic order:
Studies (Bachelor programs)
- Faculty of Business Administration (BWL)
- Faculty of Economics (VWL)
- Faculty of International Politics and Economics
- International Politics Department
- International Economics Department
- International Communication Department
- Law Faculty
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Philology
- History Department
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Faculty of Social Informatics
Graduate programs (master’s and doctoral programs)
- Graduate School of Literature
- Graduate School of Psychology and Philosophy
- Graduate School of Economics
- Graduate School of Law
- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Graduate School for International Politics, Economics and Communication
- Graduate School for Cultural and Creative Studies
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Graduate School for Social Informatics
- Graduate School for International Management ( MBA )
- Law School
- Graduate School for Professional Accountancy
University research institutes
- Research Institute of Aoyama Gakuin University
- Economics Research Center
- Business Law Research Center
- SACRE
- Global Business Research Center
- Global Politics and Economy Research Center
- Information Science Research Center
- WTO Research Center
- Center for Advanced Technology
- Center for Machinery Analysis
University facilities
University library
Number of students
In May 2006, 18,507 students were studying at the university, 8120 of them women. By May 2006 there were a total of 172,578 graduates.
Academic teaching staff
The university employs 477 permanent academic teachers, 73 of whom are women. There are also 1,176 part-time lecturers.
Campus area
The campus in Shibuya ( 35 ° 39 ′ 40.3 ″ N , 139 ° 42 ′ 37.9 ″ E ) has an area of 72,620 m², the campus in Sagamihara ( 35 ° 34 ′ 0.7 ″ N , 139 ° 24 ′ 10.4 ″ O ) occupies 157,208 m². The university buildings have a total usable area of 259,108 m².
The Shibuya campus is located in the east of the Shibuya district at the Omote-Sandō subway station, but is also a ten-minute walk from JR Shibuya station .
Sagamihara Chūō Campus District opened in 2003; at the same time, previous campus sites in Atsugi and Setagaya were given up.
Admission of foreign students
Foreign students can apply to study in the faculties or in the master’s courses.
Applicants from Germany to study in one of the faculties must be over 18 years of age. Since lectures are predominantly held in Japanese, knowledge of Japanese is required. Accordingly, written and oral entrance exams are planned in Japanese.
Partner universities
in Germany:
- Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf
- University of Cologne
- University of Munster
- University of Saarland
- University of Paderborn and others
Well-known graduates
- Takako Fuji (* 1972), actress
- Keisuke Kuwata , Southern All Stars
- Masayuki Mori (* 1953), film producer
- Hiroshi Nakada (* 1964), Mayor of Yokohama
- Renhō (* 1967), Japanese politician (DPJ)
- Nana Tanimura (* 1987), Japanese singer
See also
Web links
- Official website (Japanese and English)