Ritsumeikan University

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Zonshinkan is one of the symbolic buildings in Kinugasa Campus.
Zonshinkan is one of the symbolic buildings in Kinugasa Campus.

Ritsumeikan University (立命館大学 Ritsumeikan Daigaku?, abbreviated to Rits and 立命 Ritsumei) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. With the Kinugasa Campus, she also has a satellite campus called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, and an internationalized Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Beppu, Oita Prefecture.

Ritsumeikan was founded by Prince Kinmochi Saionji in 1869, and was upgraded to full university status in 1922. Historically, the school was seen as a liberal alternative to the state-run Kyoto University. Today, Ritsumeikan is one of the most internationalized mainstream universities in Japan and it has established exchange programs with hundreds of schools worldwide, including a pioneering exchange with the University of British Columbia in Canada and a dual degree program with American University in the United States.

Its name literally means "place to establish one's destiny," and was adapted from a Mencius quotation.

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[edit] Controversy

As of 2006, Ritsumeikan University and the General Union have been in dispute over a contract system that limits employment for many educators to three years.

[edit] Colleges and graduate schools (by Campus)

  • Kinugasa Campus in Kita-ku, Kyoto
    • Colleges
      • College of Law
      • College of Social Sciences
      • College of International Relations
      • College of Policy Science
      • College of Letters
    • Graduate Schools
      • Graduate school of Law
      • Graduate school of Sociology
      • Graduate school of International Relations
      • Graduate school of Policy Science
      • Graduate school of Letters
      • Graduate school of Science for Human Services
      • Graduate school of Language Education & Information Science
      • Graduate school of CoreEthics and Frontier Sciences
  • Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) in Kusatsu, Shiga
    • Colleges
      • College of Economics: The College of Economics offers three programs pertaining to Economic Strategy, Economic Cooperation and International Economics, and Human Welfare and Economic Conditions. The curriculum integrates theory, history, and knowledge of the current state of affairs in a structured approach on a domestic and foreign scale.
      • College of Business Administration
      • College of Science and Engineering
      • College of Information Science & Engineering
      • Integrated Institute of Arts & Science
    • Graduate schools

[edit] University Projects

[edit] Ritsumeikan People

[edit] External links

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