Gakushūin University

Gakushūin Daigaku
founding	1847
Sponsorship	Private
place	Toshima , Tokyo , Japan
president	Toshikazu Inoue ; ( 井上寿一 )
Students	9,340 (as of April 2017)
Professors	1,130
Website	www.univ.gakushuin.ac.jp

The "Center for Educational Research" ( 中央教育研究棟 )

The Gakushuin University ( Jap. 学習院大学 , Gakushuin Daigaku ) is a university in Toshima , Tokyo after the Second World War, was built as part of the Gakushuin School Corporation. This is the privatized successor to the original public school that was established during the Meiji period to educate the children of the Japanese nobility . Even today, Gakushūin University is often regarded as an elite university , as many students come from influential Zaibatsu or former noble families , but above all because of the traditional proximity to the imperial family .

Faculties

law Sciences
Economics
Humanities
Natural sciences

Well-known graduates

Imperial House :
- Hirohito (1901–1989), 124th Emperor of Japan
- Akihito (* 1933), 125th Emperor of Japan
- Hitachi (* 1935), brother of Emperor Akihito
- Tomohito von Mikasa (1946–2012), cousin of Emperor Akihito
- Takamado (1954–2002), cousin of Emperor Akihito
- Naruhito (* 1960), 126th Emperor of Japan
- Akishino (* 1965) son of Emperor Akihito
- Kiko (* 1966) daughter-in-law of Emperor Akihito
- Sayako Kuroda (* 1969) daughter of Emperor Akihito
Kanō Jigorō (1860–1938), founder of modern judo
Mushanokōji Saneatsu (1885-1976), writer
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), writer
Yoko Ono (* 1933), artist
Hisaoki Kamei (* 1939), politician
Tarō Asō (* 1940), former Prime Minister
Hayao Miyazaki (* 1941), film director
Yoshiki Tanaka (* 1952), writer
Toshiyuki Hosokawa (1940-2011), actor

Web links

Gakushūin University website (Japanese, English, and Chinese)

Individual evidence

^ Message from the President , accessed May 16, 2017
↑ ^a ^b 学習院大学について (Japanese), accessed May 26, 2017
↑ 小学校時代からお勉強ができ、名門校へ (Japanese), accessed December 9, 2017
↑ 学習院 (華族学校) 開校の地 (Japanese), accessed December 9, 2017
↑ これからの学習院 ( Memento from 23 August 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Japanese), accessed on 9 December 2017

[1] Message from the President , accessed May 16, 2017

[学習院大学について-2] 学習院大学について (Japanese), accessed May 26, 2017

[3] 小学校時代からお勉強ができ、名門校へ (Japanese), accessed December 9, 2017

[4] 学習院 (華族学校) 開校の地 (Japanese), accessed December 9, 2017

[5] これからの学習院 ( Memento from 23 August 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Japanese), accessed on 9 December 2017