Ryukoku University

Ryukoku University

龍谷大学
Omiya Campus in January 2017
Motto	You, Unlimited[1]
Type	Private
Established	1639[2]
President	Takashi Irisawa[3]
Students	21,358[4]
Undergraduates	20,754[5]
Postgraduates	604[6]
Location	Kyoto and Otsu,Shiga , Japan
Campus	Urban
Website	Official website

Ryukoku University (龍谷大学, Ryūkoku Daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.

It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876.^[7] The university's professors and students founded the literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three campuses: Fukakusa and Omiya in Kyoto; and Seta in Shiga prefecture.^[8] Its campuses are smoke-free.^[9] It is one university belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu"(産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area.^[10]

Faculties

Undergraduate Schools^[11]

• Faculty of Letters
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Business Administration
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of International Studies
• Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
• Faculty of Sociology
• Faculty of Policy Studies
• Faculty of Agriculture
• Faculty of Psychology

Graduate Schools^[12]

• Graduate School of Letters
• Graduate School of Economics
• Graduate School of Business Administration
• Graduate School of Law
• Graduate School of Policy Science
• Graduate School of International Studies
• Graduate School of Science and Technology
• Graduate School of Sociology
• Graduate School of Practical Shin Buddhist Studies
• Graduate School of Agriculture

Notable alumni

• Yuji Fujii, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature)
• Ayano Tsuji, singer-songwriter.
• Takamaro Shigaraki, Buddhologist, later president of the university

See also

• List of National Treasures of Japan (writings)

References

External links

• Official website
• Ryukoku Museum

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