Ritsumeikan University
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ja:立命館大学 sv:Ritsumeikanuniversitetet
Ritsumeikan University (立命館大学 Ritsumeikan Daigaku; abbreviated to Rits and 立命 Ritsumei) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. With the Kinugasa Campus, she also has a satellite campus called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus(BKC) in Kusatsu city, Shiga prefecture, and an internationalized Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Beppu, Oita prefecture.
Ritsumeikan was founded by Prince Kinmochi Saionji in 1869, and was upgraded to full university status in 1922. Historically, the school was seen as a liberal alternative to the state-run Kyoto University. Today, Ritsumeikan is one of the most internationalized mainstream universities in Japan as her various exchange programs with hundreds of schools worldwide, include the dual degree programs with University of British Columbia of Canada and American University of the United States.
Its name literally means "place to establish one's destiny," and was adapted from a Mencius quotation.
Colleges and graduate schools (by Campus)
- Kinugasa Campus
- Colleges
- College of Law
- College of Social Sciences
- College of International Relations
- College of Policy Science
- College of Letters
- Graduate Schools
- Graduate school of Law
- Graduate school of Sociology
- Graduate school of International Relations
- Graduate school of Policy Science
- Graduate school of Letters
- Graduate school of Science for Human Services
- Graduate school of Language Education & Information Science
- Graduate school of CoreEthics and Frontier Sciences
- Colleges
- BKC Campus
- Colleges
- College of Economics (http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/cg/ec/): The College of Economics offers three programs pertaining to Economic Strategy, Economic Cooperation and International Economics, and Human Welfare and Economic Conditions. The curriculum integrates theory, history, and knowledge of the current state of affairs in a structured approach on a domestic and foreign scale.
- College of Business Administration (http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/cg/ba/index-j.html)
- College of Science and Engineering
- College of Information Science & Engineering
- Integrated Institute of Arts & Science
- Graduate schools
- Graduate School of Economics (http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/gr/gsec/)
- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Colleges
Ritsumeikan People
- Famous people affiliated with Ritsumeikan University, including graduates, former students, and professors:
- Ando Momofuku(1934 College of Economics) - Founder of Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.
- Hasegawa Shigetoshi(1990 College of Social Sciences) - MLB Player
- Michael Emmerich(Graduate School of Letters) - Translator
- Nagare Masayuki - Artist
- Naya Goro - Actor
- Ohka Tomokazu(College of Business Administration) - MLB Player
- SATOKO (1976 College of Letters) - Artist
External links
- Ritsumeikan University (http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eng)(English)
- Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University (http://www.apu.ac.jp)
- Profiles of Faculties (http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/records/cgi-bin/rcl.cgi?lng=E&cls=0)