is a

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. The predecessor of the school, a women's vocational school, was founded 1923. In 1952 it was chartered as a junior women's college. In 1964 it became a four-year college and it was named . In 2011 it changed its name "Bunka Gakuen University".

History

Bunka Gakuen University is a part of a large conglomerate of institutions including the

Bunka Fashion College is a Japanese vocational school specializing in fashion design and related disciplines. It is headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and has more than 70 branches throughout Japan. History The college was founded in 1919 by Isaburō Namiki as a sma ...

within the same campus in

. Bunka Fashion College is regularly ranked within the top 10 in the world. In 2012 Bunka Gakuen University and

opened a Masters level course in Fashion Studies aimed at foreign students. This course is called the Global Fashion Concentration and is taught completely in English.

Main campus

The university's main campus is in the western part of Tokyo's

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

neighborhood. The main building is 21 stories tall, and includes facilities such as a library, costume museum, and a resource center. The main campus is about an 8-minute walk from JR

Shinjuku Station is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts. It is the world's busiest rai ...

and about a 3-minute walk from the #6 exit of the Toei

subway station. The campus is shared with 4 colleges and universities from Bunka Gakuen. The other 3 institutions are

Bunka Fashion Graduate University was a after ''Kyōwa'' and before ''Bunsei''. The period spanned the years from January 1804 to April 1818. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * February 11, 1804 (): The new era name of ''Bunka'' ( meaning "Culture" or "Civiliza ...

, and

Bunka Institute of Language Bunka Institute of Language is a language school for Japanese learning, located in Tokyo, Japan. It also offers courses for Japanese teaching and translation. The school is founded in 1980, and it is a part of Bunka Gakuen, which holds the fashion ...

Affiliated Primary and Secondary Schools

Bunka Gakuen University Suginami JHS and HS

* Bunka Gakuen University Suginami Junior and Senior High School (renamed in 2011)
Bunka Suginami Canadian International School
(BSCIS) * Bunka Gakuen Nagano Junior and Senior High School (The name of the school was changed from Bunka Women's University Nagano High School to Bunka Gakuen Nagano High School in 2011, and the junior high school opened on April 1, 2014) * Bunka Gakuen Nagano Senmon Gakko * Bunka Gakuen University Violet Kindergarten * Bunka Gakuen University Kindergarten

References

External links

Official website

Official website

Bunka Suginami Canadian International School official website
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