Toyo University

Toyo University (東洋大学, Tōyō Daigaku) is a university with several branches in Japan, including Hakusan, Asaka, Kawagoe, and Itakura.

Toyo University, Hakusan Campus
Toyo University
MottoProtection of Country and Love of Truth (護國愛理)
The basis of all learning lies in philosophy (諸学の基礎は哲学にあり)
TypePrivate
Established1887 (130 years ago)
PresidentDr. Makio Takemura
Students30,556
Location
Tokyo
,
Japan
CampusTwo urban, three suburban, and one satellite campuses
ColorsNavy
Websitewww.toyo.ac.jp

Overview

The predecessor to Toyo University was Shiritsu Tetsugakukan (私立哲学館), which was founded at Rinsho-in Temple by Enryo Inoue in 1887. Inoue felt that the subject of philosophy was neglected in Japanese schools of higher learning at the time.[1] In 1906, the school was moved to its present site (Hakusan Campus) and its name was changed to Toyo University. The school's motto was "Protection of Country and Love of Truth"(護國愛理).[2]

Originally, courses were offered in philosophy, religion, ethics, education, Japanese, and classical Chinese, and the school continued to expand over time. In 1949, there was a substantial restructuring of the university, and faculties of Literature, Economics, Law, Sociology, Engineering and Business Administration were established. Each of these faculties has a graduate program. Faculties of Regional Development Studies and Life Sciences were added in April, 1997. A law school was created in April 2004, and the Kawagoe campus hosts a Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre[3] founded in 2003. Among those conducting research at this facility was Nobel Laureate Sir Harold Kroto (7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016). Toyo University [4] consists of eleven graduate schools, one postgraduate law faculty, eleven undergraduate faculties, forty four departments, various research institutes, and five affiliated high schools, serving a combined student body of more than 30,000 students.

Campuses
  • Hakusan Campus (5-28-20 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
  • Akabane Campus (1-7-12 Akabane, Kita-ku, Tokyo)
  • Asaka Campus (48-1 Oka, Asaka-shi, Saitama)
  • Kawagoe Campus (2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama)
  • Itakura Campus (1-1-1 Izumino, Itakura-machi, Ora-gun, Gunma)
  • Otemachi Satellite Campus (1F, New Otemachi Building, 2-2-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
  • Sports Center (92-1 Shimizu-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo)

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2006-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Toyo University『東洋大學創立五十年史』1937-11-23
  3. http://nls.cse.eng.toyo.ac.jp/nls/bionano/frameset.htm%5B%5D
  4. Toyo University http://www.toyo.ac.jp/site/about/outline-index.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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