Tōyō University

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Toyo University
東洋 大学
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founding 1887
place Bunkyō , Asaka . Kawagoe and Itakura , Japan
president Makio Takemura
Students 27,875 ( 2019 )
Networks IAU
Website www.toyo.ac.jp
The Hakusan campus

The Toyo University ( Japanese 東洋大学 , Tōyō daigaku ) is a private university in Tokyo , Japan .

history

The history of Tōyō University begins in 1887 with the establishment of the first Philosophical Institute in Japan, in the Rinsho-in Temple. The founder of the institute, the Shiritsu Tetsugakukan ( 私立 哲学 館 ) was Inoue Enryō ( 井上 円 了 ) (1859-1919), a student of the German philosopher Raphael von Koeber . In 1906, the Institute moved from the temple and was of Tetsugakukan in private university Tetsugakukan , later in Toyo University renamed. At that time, the ideas of Christianity or Buddhism could be studied in many philosophical schools in Japan , but the University of Tokyo and the Imperial Universities that were later founded were initially based on a non-religious system.

Campus and Faculties

Today's Tōyō University has eight graduate schools and eight undergraduate faculties, around 29,000 students (as of 2005). The university campus is divided into four cities and prefectures:

Course offer

The motto of Tōyō University is "Philosophy is the foundation of all learning". A figure of the philosophy- friendly Moomins should embody this principle as a mascot for the students.

Only at Tōyō University outside of India is Indian philosophy offered, and in Japan only Tōyō University offers Chinese philosophy as a subject.

The International Tourism Department with International Faculty was established in 1963 and deals with the history of tourism in Japan.

Partnerships

Exchange and cooperation programs exist with many universities, in Germany with the Philipps University in Marburg and the University of Bayreuth.

Web links

Commons : Tōyō University  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The Founding Spirit of Toyo University. Founder Enryo Inoue and Toyo University. In: www.toyo.ac.jp. Toyo University, September 11, 2015, accessed August 4, 2019 .
  2. ^ President's Message. In: www.toyo.ac.jp. Toyo University, September 11, 2015, accessed August 4, 2019 .
  3. Basic Data. In: www.toyo.ac.jp. Toyo University, 2019, accessed August 4, 2019 (Japanese).
  4. ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 4, 2019 .