Shimonoseki City University

Shimonoseki City University (下関市立大学, Shimonoseki shiritsu daigaku^?) is a municipal university in Japan. Its campus is located in Daigaku-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

History

It was founded in 1956 as Shimonoseki Commercial Junior College (下関商業短期大学, Shimonoseki shōgyō tanki daigaku^?) for the working youths who eagerly wanted to get higher education. In 1962 the college was developed into Shimonoseki City University (SCU).

SCU had at first only one department: the Department of Economics (the Faculty of Economics). The departments have been added as follows:

• 1983: Department of International Commerce
• 1990: Shimonoseki Institute for Research of Industry and Culture
• 2000: Graduate School (Master's courses)
• 2011: Department of Public Management

Undergraduate Schools

• Faculty of Economics
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of International Commerce
  • Department of Public Management

Graduate Schools

• Department of Socio-economic Systems (Master's course only)
• Department of International Business Communication (Master's course only)

Institutes

• Shimonoseki Institute for Research of Industry and Culture
• Institute for Collaborative Community Development
• International Exchange Center
• University Library
• Whale Library and Museum
• Pufferfish Library and Museum

External links

• Official website - Japanese

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Shimonoseki City University: The ideas and the history". http://www.shimonoseki-cu.ac.jp/handbook/idea_history.html. Retrieved 2007-12-13.