Ritsumeikan University
The Ritsumeikan University ( Japanese 立命 館 大学 , Ritsumeikan daigaku , short: Ritsumei ( 立命 ) or Rits) is a private university in Japan . The headquarters are in Nakagyō-ku , Kyōto (Suzaku Campus, 35 ° 0 ′ 33.4 ″ N , 135 ° 44 ′ 32 ″ E, ).
It is one of the largest universities in western Japan and has about 36,000 students and about 700 professors (May 2008).
history
The spiritual origin of the university was the private school Ritsumeikan ( 私塾 立命 館 , Shijuku Ritsumeikan ), which was founded in 1869 by Saionji Kimmochi ( 西 園 寺 公 望 , 1849-1940). The school name Ritsumei came from Mengzi words: " 殀壽不貳修身以俟之所以立命也 ." (Dt about. Whether you die young or live long is a twist of fate through waiting for death with lifelong self-improvement can you. Be Fulfill fate .) The private school was closed in 1870 on the order of the prefecture administration , because the students were possibly revolutionary against the administration.
The school was "rebuilt" in 1900 as a school for law and political science Kyōto ( 京都 法政 学校 , Kyōto hōsei gakkō ). The founder was Nakagawa Kojūrō ( 中 川 小 十郎 , 1866-1944), Saionji's former secretary. In 1904 it was renamed Shiritsu Kyōto Hōsei Daigaku ( 私立 京都 法政 大学 , German "Private University of Law and Politics Kyōto"). Saionji allowed her to use the school name Ritsumeikan and in 1913 the school was renamed Shiritsu Ritsumeikan Daigaku ( 私立 立命 館 大学 , German: "Private Ritsumeikan College"). In 1922 it gained university status and renamed itself Ritsumeikan University. 1945 after the Pacific War Suekawa Hiroshi ( 末 川博 , 1892–1977) became the president and democratized the university.
The former Hirokōji campus (1901–1981, 35 ° 1 ′ 27.5 ″ N , 135 ° 46 ′ 7.5 ″ E ) was too small, so the university moved to the Kinugasa campus in 1981. In 1994 she opened the larger Biwako - Kusatsu -Campus (BKC). In 2000, the school body established the sister university , Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University .
Faculties
- Kinugasa campus (in Kita-ku , Kyōto, 35 ° 1 ′ 57.2 ″ N , 135 ° 43 ′ 26.8 ″ E ):
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Industrial Social Sciences
- Faculty of Intercultural Studies
- Faculty of Political Science (Japanese 政策 科学 部 , College of Policy Science )
- Faculty of Image Arts (Japanese 映像 学部 , English College of Image Arts and Sciences )
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- Biwako Kusatsu Campus (in Kusatsu , Shiga , 34 ° 58 ′ 55.3 ″ N , 135 ° 57 ′ 45.6 ″ E ):
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Natural and Engineering Sciences
- Faculty of Computer Science, Natural and Engineering Sciences
- Faculty of Life Sciences
- Faculty of Pharmacy
Web links
- Official website - Japanese and English
Individual evidence
- ↑ Undergraduates: approx. 33,000, Graduates: approx. 3,200. See: http://www.ritsumei.jp/public-info/pdf/public04_22-25.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.ritsumei.jp/public-info/pdf/public04_32-33_000.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
