Doshisha University (同志社大学, Dōshisha daigaku^?), or Dodai (同大, Dōdai^?) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. It has 24,000 students on three campuses, in faculties of theology, letters, law, commerce, economics, policy, and engineering. It also has graduate programs in American studies and policy and management. Tuition and fees average ¥850,000 ($7,000) a year for liberal arts majors, and are higher for science and engineering majors. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... This page is about the city Kyoto. ... The Iwashimizu Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in Yawata. ... An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. ... A mascot, originally a fetish-like term for any person, animal, or thing supposed to bring luck, is now something—typically an animal or human character—used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team (the name often corresponds with the mascot... Astro Boy is the American title for the Japanese animated series Tetsuwan Atom , which roughly translates to Mighty Atom and literally to Iron-arm Atom) first broadcast on Japanese television from 1963 to 1966. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... A private university is a university that is run without the control of any government entity. ... This article is about the city Kyoto. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογια, logia, words, sayings, or discourse) is reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Equality and the balancing of interests under law is symbolised by a blindfold and weighing scales For other senses of this word, see Law (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ...

It was founded by an ex-samurai named Niijima Jou. Niijima sneaked out of Japan in 1864, at the age of twenty-one, and found his way to Boston, Massachusetts, where he attended Phillips Academy, Amherst College, and Andover Theological Seminary under the name Joseph Hardy Neeshima. After he returned to a Westernizing Japan in 1875, he founded Doshisha English School (同志社英学校, Dōshisha eigakkō^?) in Kyoto, which eventually incorporated a law school, normal school, and women's college. Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ... Joseph Hardy Neesima (新島 襄, Nījima Jō) (February 12, 1843 - January 23, 1890) is the founder of Doshisha University in Japan. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City 232. ... Phillips Academy (also known as Andover, Phillips Andover, or simply P.A.) is a co-educational University preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. ... ... Andover Theological Seminary, now part of Andover Newton Theological School, is the oldest graduate school of theology in the United States. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

By 1920, Doshisha was a full-fledged university in the Anglo-American tradition. During World War II, its buildings were given Japanese names and its curriculum was stripped of its pro-Western elements, but the pre-war conditions were restored after Japan's surrender. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict...

Amherst College has maintained close ties with Doshisha since its founding. Amherst and Doshisha are considered sister schools and have had a long running student and faculty exchange program that was interrupted only by the Second World War. Additionally, Doshisha collaborates with a consortium of prestigious American liberal arts colleges (including Amherst) to host the Associated Kyoto Program, an 8-month long study abroad program offered every year to students at American colleges.

University Presidents

• Joseph Hardy Neesima (1875-1890)
• Kakuma Yamamoto (1890-1892) Samurai, Hamagurigomon no Hen, Boshin War, Captain in the artillery
• Hiromichi Kosaki (1892-1897)
• Tokio Yokoi (1897-1899) Deputy prime minister of Ministry of Communication, House of Representatives member.
• Seito Saibara (1899-1902) Establishment of the U.S. Gulf Coast rice industry in Texas., Japanese politician.
• Kenkichi Kataoka (1902-1904) Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Lower House Speaker.
• Kotaro Shimomura (1904-1907) Chemical engineer, President of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd, Formation of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
• Harada Tasuku (1907-1920) The University of Hawaii pioneered the study of Japan in the U.S. starting with the appointment of Dr. Tasuku Harada as the first professor of Japanese Studies, Establishment of Institute of Pacific Relations, Yale Divinity School BD 1891, University of Hawaii LLD, University of Edinburgh LLD, Amherst College DD.
• Danjō Ebina (1920-1929)
• Gintaro Daikobara (1929-1935) Agricultural scientist, President of Kyushu University.
• Hachiro Yuasa (1935-1941) Entomologist, President of International Christian University.
• Toraji Makino (1941-1947)
• Hachiro Yuasa (1947-1950)
• Setsuji Ōtsuka (1950-1963)
• Sumiya Etsuji (1963-1985) Kyoto Newspaper Chief Executive, Meeting with Zhou Enlai, Teacher of Japanese economic history in Italy's Padova University.
• Naozō Ueno (1975-1985)
• Yoshinori Matsuyama (1985-2001)
• Minoru Ōya (2001-)

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Famous faculty

• Sidney Gulick: Educator, Author, and Missionary.
• J. D. Davis: Missionary, Colonel of American Civil War.
• J. Martin Holman: Litterateur.
• JFritz Machlup: Academic economist.

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Famous alumni

• Yuji Ijiri: Academic expert in accounting, President of the American Accounting Association, Carnegie Mellon University Professor.
• Choichiro Yatani: Psychologist, The State University of New York Professor.
• Yun Dongju:Korean poet.
• David Zoppetti: Writer.
• Jeffrey L Bergland: Talent, Professor of Tezukayama Gakuin University.
• Chuck Wilson: Fitness coordinator.
• Hatsuo Ishida: Macromolecular Scientist, Professor of Case Western Reserve University, Visiting Professor, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Mainz, Germany.
• Nagayoshi Nakano: Vice president and director in Gartner's Research organization, Associate editor for the Journal of Electronics and Engineering.
• Nobukatsu Abe: President, ITP Strategic.
• Hiroaki Sato: President, the Haiku Society of America, Professor of Japanese Letters from 1985 to 1991, Visiting Faculty in Literature since 1992, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina. Adjunct Faculty since October 1998, the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
• Toshu Fukami: Conductor, He has honorary doctorates from Edith Cowan University and Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia and is a tenured visiting professor of Japanese studies at China's Zhujiang University.
• Toshu Fukami: President, Piqua Technologies, Inc.
• Abe Iso: Christian socialist in Japan, Chairman of Shakaitaishuto.
• Glenn Horiuchi:The Japanese American pianist and shamisen player.
• Senei Ikenobo:President, Japan Ikebana Art Association.
• Harukiyo Hasegawa: Japanese business studies, the Director of the University of Sheffield's Centre for Japanese Studies.
• Hiromitsu Kaneda: Economist, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis.
• Shingai Tanaka: President of Sho International,Honorary vice-president of Kyoto Calligraphers Association,President of Bokushin Calligraphy School,A member of Kyoto City Art & Culture Foundation,An honorary member of Art & Culture promoting Committee of Shimogyo-ward, Kyoto City,Special instructor of Kyoto Saga Art College.
• Paul Miwa: Chancellor of the UH-Hilo campus, Vice president for academic affairs of the State University of New York at Albany.
• Shannon Gilligan: Author of interactive fiction and computer games.
• Yoshi Sano:President and Founder of Pacific Alliance Group, an investment banking firm specializing in assisting clients in cross border mergers.
• Akihiko Izukura: CEO of Hinaya. inc.
• Naojiro Murakami: Chief of Literature department of National Taiwan University and President of Sophia University .
• Shinichi Sakata: Economist, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia.
• Virginia Ariga : Linguistics professor of McMaster University.
• Tsuneyasu Miyamoto: Professional footballer with Gamba Osaka and captain of the Japan national football team
• Masaki Sumitani:Television performer.
• Gunpei Yokoi: Famed Nintendo employee responsible for Metroid, Kid Icarus and the Game Boy, among other creations.

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Details

Addresses of campuses

• • Imadegawa-Shinmachi Campus
  • Karasuma-Higashiiru Imadegawa-Dori Kamigyo Ward Kyoto City
  • Kyotanabe Campus Tsudani Tatara Kyotanabe City,Kyoto-Fu Prefecture

External links

• http://www.doshisha.ac.jp
• http://www.associatedkyotoprogram.org
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