Kyoto Sangyo University

Kyoto Sangyo University
京都産業大学
Type	Private
Established	1965
President	Keiko Zaima
Academic staff	436 (May 2022)
Students	15,321 (May 2022)
Undergraduates	15,124
Postgraduates	197
Doctoral students	32
Location	Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan; 35°04′13″N 135°45′30″E / 35.07028°N 135.75833°E
Campus	Suburban, 36.38 acres (14.72 ha)
Website	www.kyoto-su.ac.jp

Kyoto Sangyo University (京都産業大学, Kyōto sangyō daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. It is one university that belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu" (産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area.

History

The university was established in 1965 by Toshima Araki (荒木俊馬, 1897–1978), and Hideo Iwakuro (岩畔豪雄, Iwakuro Hideo, 10 October 1897 – 22 November 1970), the Japanese spy master who established the Nakano School during World War II.^[2]^[3]

The university was initially composed of two faculties: Economics and Science. Later it added faculties and the graduate schools (master's courses in 1969, doctoral courses in 1971).

Organization

Undergraduate schools

Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Business Administration
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Sociology
Faculty of International Relations
Faculty of Foreign Studies
Faculty of Cultural Studies
Faculty of Science
Faculty of information Science and Engineering
Faculty of Life Sciences

Graduate schools

Division of Economics
Division of Management
Division of Law
Division of Sociology
Division of Foreign Languages
Division of Science
Division of Frontier Informatics
Division of Life Sciences
Division of Kyoto Studies

Research institutes

Institute of Japanese Culture
Institute for World Affairs
Institute of Advanced Technology
- Avian Influenza Research Centre
Institute of Comprehensive Academic Research

Notable faculty

Hideo Iwakuro – general
Haruhiko Kindaichi – linguist
Toshihide Maskawa – theoretical physicist; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
Leiji Matsumoto – animator, manga artist
Kiyoshi Oka – mathematician

Notable alumni

Takao Horiuchi – pop and enka singer
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka – judoka, Olympic medalist
Fumiaki Tanaka – rugby player
Kenjiro Todoroki – Olympic sailor, Olympic medalist
Toshiki Yui – manga artist

References

^ ^a ^b Kyoto Sangyo University (2022-05-01). "School Guide: University Statistics". Retrieved 2022-09-15.
^ Kyoto Sangyo University. "School Guide: President's Message". Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
^ Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). "JAPAN'S MODERN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: VII-6-(7) Students Movements". Archived from the original on 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2009-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Official website

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[stats-1] Kyoto Sangyo University (2022-05-01). "School Guide: University Statistics". Retrieved 2022-09-15.

[2] Kyoto Sangyo University. "School Guide: President's Message". Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-18.

[3] Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). "JAPAN'S MODERN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: VII-6-(7) Students Movements". Archived from the original on 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2009-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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