Kobe Shoin Women's University
Kobe Shoin Women's University (神戸松蔭女子学院大学 Kōbe Shōin Joshi Gakuin Daigaku) is a small, all-women's university located in Nada Ward of Kobe, in western Japan. It was founded by missionaries in 1892 and maintains an affiliation with Nippon Sei Ko Kai (the Anglican Communion in Japan), although students and staff may be of any religion. The university is a four-year university with annual enrollment of about 2,400 students. Additionally, the university has a graduate school.
Campus
The university's main campus is located in the northeast part of Kobe, near Hankyu Rokko station, at the foot of Mount Rokko. The university features several outdoor tennis courts, a historic chapel equipped with a pipe organ imported from France in 1983, and "English Island" where students can practice their English skills with foreign staff, at any time throughout the day, outside regular class time. A separate building (located to the south, near JR's Rokkōmichi Station), known in English as the Japan Study Center and in Japanese as the Conference Center (会館; kaikan) hosts meetings, foreign students, and a small English-language library on separate floors.
Departments
There are two overarching faculties, each containing multiple departments. The Faculty of Liberal Arts comprises the following departments: English Department (English Professional studies program and Global Communications program); Department of Japanese Language and Culture (Modern Japanese Language program and Japanese Culture program); and the Department of Liberal Arts. The Faculty of Human Science consists of: Psychology Department; Department of Lifestyle Studies (Urban Life Studies course, and Nutrition course); Department of Child Development; and Department of Fashion and Housing Design. The Graduate school offers research degree courses, leading to the qualification of doctorate, in the subject areas of language and linguistics, and psychology. Specifically, there is the Linguistics Science Program, the English Linguistics Program, the Japanese Language and Literature Program, and the Psychology program.
Study abroad programs
The university maintains study abroad relationships with the following institutions:
- Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
- University of Adelaide, Australia
- University of Chichester, UK
- University of Delaware, US
- University of York St. John, UK
- University of London, UK
- University of Auckland, NZ
Unlike members of its own matriculated student body, foreign students studying in programs hosted by Kobe Shoin Women's University may be either male or female, and are housed off-campus in a dormitory specifically for foreign students.
Access
The university is near Hankyu Rokko railway station, which connects Osaka and Kobe cities, called the Hankyu Kobe line. Regular buses go to the university from Hankyu Rokko station, or the university is a 10-minute walk up the hill. This is a Google map of the area
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
Other Images
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Main campus, seen from the Japan Study Center
Coordinates: 34°43′38.4″N 135°13′46.5″E / 34.727333°N 135.229583°E