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Encyclopedia > Meiji Gakuin University

Meiji Gakuin University (明治学院大学 meiji gakuin dai gaku) is one of the Christian universities in Tokyo and Yokohama which was established in 1863. The Reverend Dr James Curtis Hepburn was a member of founders and the first president. Shimazaki Toson garuduated this college and wrote lyrics of its college song. As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... View of Tokyos Shibuya district Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ... Japans tallest building, the Landmark Tower, is in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama. ... James Curtis Hepburn (13 March 1815 - 11 June 1911) was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. ... Shimazaki Toson (島崎 藤村, 1872-1943) is a Japanese author of the Meiji and early Showa Eras. ...

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List of undergraduate schools and departments

  • Faculty of Law

The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian. ... French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ... Art (or the creative arts) commonly refers to the act and process of making material works (or artworks) which, from concept to creation, hold a fidelity to the creative impulse. ... Economics (from the Greek οίκος [oikos], house, and νομος [nomos], rule, hence household management) is a social science that studies the production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Social Work is a helping profession focused on social change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being (IASSW & IFSW 2001). ... Political science is a social science discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... International relations (IR) is an academic and public policy field, a branch of political science, dealing with the foreign policy of states within the international system, including the roles of international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ... Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos/-ology = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of mind and behavior. ...

List of graduate schools

  • Graduate School of Literature
  • Graduate School of Economics
  • Graduate School of Sociology and Social Work
  • Graduate School of International Studies
  • Graduate School of Psychology
  • Graduate Law School

List of research institutes

  • Institute of Christian Research
  • International Peace Research Institute
  • Institute of Language and Culture
  • Research Institute of Industry and Economy
  • Institute of Sociology and Social Work
  • Law Research Institute
  • Institute of the Faculty of International Studies
  • Institute of Center for Liberal Art
  • Institute of the Faculty of Psychology

List of affiliated schools

  • Meiji Gakuin High School
  • Meiji Gakuin Higashi Murayama High School
  • Meiji Gakuin Junior High School
  • Tennessee Meiji gakuin High School (Tennessee, the United States)

State nickname: Volunteer State Official languages English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Governor Phil Bredesen (D) Senators Bill Frist (R) Lamar Alexander (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 36th 109,247 km² 2. ...

External links

  • Meiji Gakuin - official website

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Long Island University - Japan - Meiji Gakuin University - Introduction (827 words)
Meiji Gakuin University, which had a long-standing sister relationship with Long Island University, is widely acknowledged as one of the oldest Christian schools in Japan.
The name Meiji Gakuin was first used in 1886 when Union Theological School and Union College, joint projects of the Presbyterian and Reformed Church Missions of the United States, united with a Japanese-English Preparatory School and settled on the present campus site at Shirokanedai.
Today Meiji Gakuin University has a Faculty of General Education, a Faculty of Literature with departments of English Literature and French Literature, a Faculty of Economics with departments of Economics and Commerce, a Faculty of Sociology with departments of Sociology and Social Work, and a Faculty of Law.
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A number of universities, both public and private, are offering new courses of study based on the Western academic calendar--from September or October to May or June--rather than the traditional Japanese academic calendar, in which the school year begins in April.
Hiroshima University, one of the leading national universities in Japan, is located near the city of Hiroshima, known as the International Peace City.
Meiji Gakuin University, a private institution first established by Protestant missionaries in 1877, with campuses in Tokyo and Yokohama, is continuing a long tradition of welcoming overseas students that began before World War II.
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