Kwansei Gakuin University (関西学院大学 Kwansei Gakuin Daigaku; abbreviated to KG and 関学 Kwangaku) is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan and in two other locations: Sanda, Hyogo; and Osaka City . The name Kwansei Gakuin means "West Japan College" literally. It should not be confused with Kansai University (関西大学 Kansai Daigaku), an entirely separate university in Suita, Osaka.

Campus

History

Kwansei Gakuin, the second institution with university status in Hyogo and the 41st-oldedst in Japan, was founded in 1889 by Reverend Walter Russell Lambuth . The school, originally an institution affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and, later, the Canadian Methodist Church, was located in Kobe, Hyogo. It then transferred to finally its present campus near Mount Kabuto-yama in Nishinomiya in 1929.

KG, formerly an all-male school, opened its doors to women on equal terms with men in 1943 .

Kwansei Gakuin University and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) have reached an agreement establishing the university as the first institution of higher learning in Asia to form a volunteer-sending partnership with the United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) in 2003.

Organization

Faculty

Students

Sports, clubs, and traditions

List of faculty

List of alumni

External links

• KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY TOP PAGE