Kansai University

Kansai University
motto	学の実化; (Practicing Science)
founding	1886
Sponsorship	Private
place	Suita , Osaka Prefecture
country	Japan
management	Keiji Shibai
Students	29,540 (May 2009)
Employee	1,252 (May 2009) Portions of this article appear since 2009 is out of date to be . ; Please help to research and insert the missing information .
Website	www.kansai-u.ac.jp

The Kansai University ( Japanese 関西大学 , Kansai daigaku , short: Kandai ( 関大 )) is a private university in Japan . The main campus is located in Suita in Osaka Prefecture . It is one of the largest private universities in western Japan .

history

Senriyama campus

The university was founded in 1886 by the Osaka lawyers as the Kansai School of Law ( 関西法律学校 , Kansai hōritsu gakkō ). It was the first law school in Osaka and developed in 1905 into a law and economics college, the Shiritsu Kansai Daigaku ( 私立関西大学 , dt. "Private Kansai College") was called. In 1920 it was renamed Kansai Daigaku , the current name. In 1922 she moved to the Senriyama campus and attained university status. Yamaoka Juntarō ( 山岡順太郎 ), the first president, set the motto: "Practicing the sciences" (Japanese 学の実化 , English Academic Practicalization ).

In 1958 the Faculty of Engineering and 1994 the Faculty of Comprehensive Computer Science (in the new Takatsuki Campus) was established. In 2007, the engineering faculty was divided into three technical faculties. In April 2010, two faculties were opened in the new campus (Takatsuki- Muse Campus (Japanese 高槻ミューズキャンパス , Takatsuki myūzu kyampasu ) and Sakai Campus).

Faculties

Senriyama Campus (in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, 34 ° 46 ′ 26.2 ″ N , 135 ° 30 ′ 36.1 ″ E,
Coordinates: 34 ° 46 ′ 26.2 ″ N , 135 ° 30 ′ 36.1 ″ E
): 34.773952777778 135.51003888889
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Commerce
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Foreign Language Studies
- Faculty of Political (Jap. 政策創造学部 , Eng. Faculty of Policy Studies )
- Faculty of Natural and Engineering Sciences (Japanese システム理工学部 , English Faculty of Engineering Science )
- Faculty of Environmental and Civil Engineering (Japanese 環境都市工学部 , English Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering )
- Faculty of Chemistry and Biotechnology (Japanese 化学生命工学部 , English Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering )

Takatsuki Campus (in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, 34 ° 52 ′ 40.9 ″ N , 135 ° 34 ′ 31.9 ″ E ): 34.878027777778 135.57553888889
- Faculty of Comprehensive Computer Science

Takatsuki Muse Campus (in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, 34 ° 51 ′ 18 ″ N , 135 ° 37 ′ 18.9 ″ E ): 34.854988888889 135.62192777778
- Faculty of Security Sciences (Jap. 社会安全学部 , Eng. Faculty of Safety Science ), since April 2010

Sakai Campus (in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, 34 ° 35 ′ 22.9 ″ N , 135 ° 29 ′ 33 ″ E ): 34.589702777778 135.49249722222
- Faculty of Health Sciences (Jap. 人間健康学部 , Eng. Faculty of Health and Well-being ), since April 2010

Main building on the Takatsuki Muse campus
Main building on the Senriyama campus
Innovation center

Well-known graduates

Daisuke Takahashi (* 1986), figure skater
Fumio Ōtsubo (* 1945), chairman of the board of directors of Panasonic Corporation .
Hitomi Yaida (* 1978), singer and songwriter
Kansei Nakano , politician
Kin Sekihan (born 1925), writer
Kumiko Ōkawa (* 1968), figure skater
Kōji Sasaki (born 1936), football player
Masamitsu Ichiguchi (* 1940), wrestler
Nobuo Satō (born 1964), figure skater
Nobunari Oda (* 1987), figure skater
Ōshima Kenkichi (* 1908), triple jumper
Sanshi Katsura (* 1943), rakugo artist
Seishirō Shimatani (born 1938), football player
Satoko Miyahara (* 1998), figure skater
Shirō Ken (* 1992), boxer
Tetsuzō Fuyushiba (1936–2011), politician
Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910-1997), producer
Takashi Shimura (1905–1987), actor
Tatsuki Machida (* 2015), figure skater
Takashi Tanihata (* 1947), politician
Yamaguchi Gōgen (1909–1989), master of karate

Web links

Commons : Kansai University - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website - Japanese and English

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about_ku/history.html
↑ http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/presiweb/en/president/index.html
↑ Kansai University: Enrollment Statistics in English: Undergraduate 27,368, Post-Graduate 2,172 (1,325 + 343 + 343 + 127 + 34). Retrieved April 20, 2010.
↑ 関西大学: 学生数・教職員数 (Kansai University: number of students and staff), in Japanese: academic staff (full-time) 646, teachers in the affiliated schools (full-time) 147, other staff (full-time) 459 April 20, 2010.

[1] ttp://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about_ku/history.html

[2] ttp://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/presiweb/en/president/index.html

[3] Kansai University: Enrollment Statistics in English: Undergraduate 27,368, Post-Graduate 2,172 (1,325 + 343 + 343 + 127 + 34). Retrieved April 20, 2010.

[4] 関西大学: 学生数・教職員数 (Kansai University: number of students and staff), in Japanese: academic staff (full-time) 646, teachers in the affiliated schools (full-time) 147, other staff (full-time) 459 April 20, 2010.