University of the Sacred Heart (Japan)
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University of the Sacred Heart (聖心女子大学) |
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Motto | UBI CARITAS, IBI DEUS |
Established | 1916 |
Type | Private |
Kiyo Yamagata | |
Faculty | 67 |
Undergraduates | 2,000 |
Postgraduates | 100 |
Location | Tokyo, Kantō region, Japan |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliation | Society of the Sacred Heart |
University of the Sacred Heart (聖心女子大学 Seishin Joshi Daigaku?) is a Japanese private women's university located in Shibuya, Tokyo.
It was established in 1916 as a special school by the Society of the Sacred Heart. It is one of the oldest women's universities in Japan.
The University has one faculty of Liberal Arts, with the following departments:
- Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
- Department of Japanese Language and Literature
- Department of History
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Education
[edit] Famous alumnae
- Empress Michiko
- Shio Chino - TV announcer
- Charmine Koda - journalist
- Akemi Kumagai - TV announcer
- Sadako Ogata - scholar, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Mariko Ohara - author
- Miri Okada - author, TV personality
- Ayako Sono - author