Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
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Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (立命館 アジア 太平洋 大学 Ritsumeikan Ajia Taiheiyō Daigaku?), or APU, is a private institution inaugurated April 2000 in Oita, Japan. APU's motto is: "Freedom, Peace, and Humanism, International Mutual Understanding and the Creation of the Future of the Asia Pacific." See also APU Opening Declaration
Situated in an expansive campus (about 42 ha) in suburban Beppu, Oita Prefecture, APU has an enrollment of 4,140 (2004). Approximately half the students and faculty members come from outside of Japan: over 70 countries and regions.
An interesting feature of APU is its bilingual educational system in a multilingual learning environment; it offers dual language education in English and Japanese.
In 2003, 2004 and 2005 APU was selected as a "Good Practice" university by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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[edit] Undergraduate Colleges
[edit] Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
[edit] Graduate School of Management
[edit] Research Centers
- Center for Modern Language Research (CMLR) (Formerly, the Center for Modern Language Education)
- Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies (RCAPS)
[edit] APU Overseas Offices
- Office of Australia
- Office of Canada (The University of British Columbia)
- Office of China (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
- Office of Korea
- Office of India
- Office of Indonesia
- Office of Taiwan
- Office of Thailand
[edit] See also
- Ritsumeikan University - APU's sister university
