Tohoku Gakuin University

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Tohoku Gakuin University (東北学院大学 Tōhoku gakuin daigaku?) is a private university in Sendai, Japan. It was founded under a Christian background (specifically the German Reformed Church in the United States). The motto of the university is "Life, Light, Love".

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[edit] History

The university was founded in 1886 (Meiji 19) by Protestants as Sendai Theological Seminary (仙臺神學校 Sendai shin gakkō?). The first president was Oshikawa Masayoshi (押川方義 1850-1928), ex-samurai in Matsuyama and one of the first Protestants in Japan. In 1891, the school was renamed Tohoku Gakuin (東北學院 Tōhoku gakuin?) and a course for non-Christian students was added.

The first president Oshikawa resigned in 1901 and was succeeded by David Bowman Schneder (1857-1938). In 1904, college courses were added and authorized by the College Act. The college at first had two Departments: Letters, Theology. In 1918, Normal School and the Department of Commerce were added. In 1926, the main building (still used today) was built in Tsuchitoi Campus. Schneder left the college due to age, but even in his last days he had strong faith and gave the sermon titled "I am not ashamed of the gospel" (1936, the 50th anniversary of the school).

During World War II, the college was virtually forced to stop functioning and the College of Aeronautical Engineering (Japan) (航空工業專門學校 Kōkū kōgyō senmon gakkō?) was established instead (1944-1947).

After the war, the college was reorganized (under Japan's new educational system) into Tohoku Gakuin University in 1949.

[edit] Faculties (Undergraduate Schools)

[edit] Graduate Schools

  • Letters
  • Economics
  • Law (including Law School)
  • Engineering
  • Human Informatics (in Izumi Campus)

[edit] External links

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