Keio University

Keio University
慶應義塾大学
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Motto Calamvs gladio fortior
(Latin: The pen is mightier than the sword)
Established 1858
Type Private
Endowment N/A
Chancellor Prof. Atsushi Seike
Academic staff 2,001
Admin. staff 2,662
Students 32,275
Undergraduates 27,984
Postgraduates 4,291
Doctoral students 3,708
Location Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Campus Urban
Athletics 39 varsity teams
Colors Blue and Red          
Nickname Unicorns, etc.
Affiliations ASAIHL
Website Keio University
Keio University as seen from Tokyo Tower
East Research Building in Mita
Mita Campus
Kyoseikan in Hiyoshi

Keio University (慶應義塾大学 Keiō Gijuku Daigaku?) is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is the oldest institute of higher education in Japan.[1] Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo). It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa. It has nine faculties, which cover a wide range of academic fields, with each operating independently and offering a broad spectrum of creative and unique educational and research activities. The faculties are: Letters, Economics, Laws, Business and Commerce, Medicine, Science and Technology, Policy Management, Environment and Information Studies, Nursing and Medical Care, and Pharmacy. Keio's baseball team plays in the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League.

Some of the prominent Keio alumni include: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2001-2006), Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998), and Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi. Dozens of other alumni have been cabinet members and governors in the post-war period. Keio has also a reputation for developing private sector leaders – alumni include 230 CEOs of major companies and 97 CEOs of foreign affiliated companies (both highest in Japan).[2]

It is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in Japan.[3][4] It ranked 11th in the world in 2009 according to a study by École des Mines de Paris. [5][6]

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History and reputation

Keio traces its history to 1858 when Fukuzawa Yukichi, who had studied the Western educational system at Brown University in the United States, started to teach Dutch while he was a guest of Okudaira family. In 1868 he changed the name of the school to Keio Gijuku and devoted all his time to education. While Keiō's initial identity was that of a private school of Western studies, it expanded and established its first university faculty in 1890, and became known as an influential leader in Japanese higher education. It was the first Japanese university to reach its 150th anniversary, celebrating this anniversary in 2008.

It is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan and the world.[7] Keio was the only Japanese university Albert Einstein visited when presenting his lecture on the special theory of relativity in 1922.[8] Keio's School of Medicine has long-standing research links with the Harvard Medical School.[9] Keio has one of the largest financial endowments of any Japanese university.

Athletics

Edward Bramwell Clarke and Tanaka Ginnosuke first introduced Rugby union to Japanese students at Keio University. (The game had been played in the treaty ports of Yokohama and Kobe before that, but not between Japanese teams.)

The interest of Keio's students in baseball stretches back to the early years of the 20th century; and the history of exhibition games was reported internationally. In 1913, an American professional team made of players from the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox played the Keio team in an exhibition game.[10] In a 1932 exhibition game, the Keio team beat the University of Michigan team which was then touring Japan.[11] Keio's baseball team plays in the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League (six prominent universities in the Tokyo area).

Organisation

Faculties

It has nine faculties, which cover a wide range of academic fields, with each operating independently and offering a broad spectrum of creative and unique educational and research activities. The faculties are:

Graduate Schools

Media Centers

Keio’s Media Centers, with combined holdings of over 3.7 million books and publications, are considered to be one of the foremost academic information storehouses in the country.

Information Technology Centers

Affiliated Schools

Elementary Education

Secondary Education

Language Education

Others

Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

Keio University Hospital is one of the largest and best known general hospitals in Japan and is also a prestigious teaching hospital. Established in 1920, it has over 1,000 beds, a cutting-edge laboratory, and research and medical information divisions. [2]

Campuses

It has eleven campuses.

Professors

Current professors

Former professors

Academic Ranking

Keio University, a member of the Rokudai, is considered one of the premier universities in Japan.[13] The university ranks 1st in Japan in the number of alumni holding a post of executive in the listed companies of Japan.[14] The university was ranked 142nd in the world by Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2009).[15] In its Asian University Ranking (2010), Times Higher Education also ranked Keio as 23rd in Asia.[16] The Academic Ranking of World Universities (2010), which is compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ranks Keio 201-301 in the world and 23-42 in Asia. [17] École des Mines de Paris ranks Keio University as 11st in the world in 2009. [18][19]

The 4ICU ranking, which evaluates universities by web popularity instead of quality of education, classifies Keio as 1st in Japan, 2nd in Asia and 14th in the world. [20][21][22] Webometrics (2008) also ranks Keio University as 3rd in Japan, 11th in Asia, and 208th in the world for quantity and quality of web presence and link visibility.[23]

Keio’s Business School is ranked No. 1 in Japan by the Nikkei Shimbun.[24] It is the first institute, and only one of two, in Japan to receive certification from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).[25] In 2009, Keio University was selected as a "Global 30" university, a government program "which is aimed at elevating... international competitiveness among the world's top universities and at creating an attractive environment for overseas students, while fostering students and researchers capable of playing active international roles."[26]

Alumni

Some of the prominent Keio alumni include: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2001-2006), Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998), and Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi. Dozens of other alumni have been cabinet members and governors in the post-war period.[27]

Politicians

Finance

Media

Other business people

Entertainment

Art

Thailand

Others

See also

References

  1. ↑ Okun, Stanley. "For Japanese in U.S., School, Japanese Style," New York Times. February 1, 1988.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.ogi.keio.ac.jp/english/Keio-University-pamphlet.pdf
  3. ↑ http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091212f1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
  4. ↑ http://www.brown.edu/Administration/OIP/programs/japan/
  5. ↑ http://www.ensmp.fr/Actualites/PR/EMP-ranking.html
  6. ↑ [1]
  7. ↑ http://ic.sfc.keio.ac.jp/about-sfc/about-keio/
  8. ↑ http://www.keio.ac.jp/english/keio_in_depth/keio_view/001.html
  9. ↑ http://keio150.jp/english/ceremony/img/05.pdf
  10. ↑ McGraw, John J. "Americans Defeat Great Jap Pitcher; Sugase, Idolized at Keio University, Easy for Giants and White Sox," New York Times. December 8, 1913.
  11. ↑ "Michigan Nine, Touring Japan, Loses to Keio University, 2-1," New York Times. September 11, 1932.
  12. ↑ "Edits Japanese Law Data; Prof. Wigmore Completing Work on Records of 1600-1860," New York Times. June 23, 1935.
  13. ↑ http://worldranking.blogspot.com/2009/06/mba-universities-in-japan.html
  14. ↑ "出身大学別上場企業役員数ランキング" (in Japanese). 大学ranking.net. http://daigaku-ranking.net/syuusyoku/%E5%87%BA%E8%BA%AB%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%88%A5%E4%B8%8A%E5%A0%B4%E4%BC%81%E6%A5%AD%E5%BD%B9%E5%93%A1%E6%95%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%EF%BC%882009%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%89/. 
  15. ↑ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=438
  16. ↑ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/overall
  17. ↑ http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2009_3.jsp
  18. ↑ [2]
  19. ↑ [3]
  20. ↑ [4]
  21. ↑ [5]
  22. ↑ [6]
  23. ↑ [7]
  24. ↑ http://www.ics.hit-u.ac.jp/community/inthenews.html
  25. ↑ https://www.aacsb.net/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=AACSB&WebKey=00E50DA9-8BB0-4A32-B7F7-0A92E98DF5C6
  26. ↑ http://www.g30.keio.ac.jp/about_g30.html
  27. ↑ [8]
  28. ↑ Ozaki, Yukio. (2001). The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan, pp. 21-26; Encyclopedia Britannica: Ozaki Yukio.
  29. ↑ Korea Communications Commission: OECD, Katsuaki Watanabe.
  30. ↑ "Yoji Yamamoto," Womens Wear Daily (New York).

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