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is a
private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...
in Sōka, Saitama, Japan, which is a liberal, co-educational institution noted for its language education programs and international exchanges. The university was founded in 1964, its roots can be traced back as early as 1881. Undergraduate admissions are selective, with an admission rate ranging from 30–40%.


History

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Faculty of Law in 1895. The school went through a minor negative campaign due to
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, when Japan sided with the
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against the
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from August 1914 to November 1918, but the majority of the Japanese public was either pro-German or neutral despite Japan's position in the
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. The 1920s saw its heyday when the school sent the highest number of boys into the nation's top ("High School No.1") in Tokyo, popularly known as "Ichikō", which is today's Liberal Arts campus of the
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. The collapse of the two great empires of Germany and Japan in 1945, however, rendered the elite school into a mere boys' high school of middle rank. During the early 1960s Dokkyo School's graduate and former Education Minister was invited to found the University with money from the school and local governments. They started their first lectures on a higher education level in April 1964.


Facilities

The university is located in Sōka, Saitama, around 30 minutes from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. The facilities are arranged on a campus-styled property and include the Central, East and West buildings, a Student Center, Library and Research Center, a University Sports Ground and various gardens and additional buildings. The campus is situated next to the Denu river and can be accessed via the East, West, South or Ground Gate. The Teiyu Amano Memorial Stadium, home of the university's baseball team, is located off-campus in Koshigaya. *


Academics


Schools

*
Dokkyo Medical University is a private university in Mibu, Tochigi, Japan, established in 1973. Dokkyo University is located in the town of Mibu, in Tochigi Prefecture, about 1.5 hours north of Tokyo by train. History Dokkyo Medical University is a part of Dokkyo Group ...


Undergraduate

*Faculty of
Foreign language A foreign language is a language that is not an official language of, nor typically spoken in, a given country, and that native speakers from that country must usually acquire through conscious learning - be this through language lessons at schoo ...
s **Department of German **Department of English **Department of French *Faculty of International
Liberal Arts Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the ...
**Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, ec ...
*Faculty of Economics **Department of Economics **Department of
Management science Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities. It is ...
*Faculty of Law **Department of Law **Department of International
Legal Studies Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of Reason#Logical rea ...
**Department of
Policy studies Policy studies is a subdisicipline of political science that includes the analysis of the process of policymaking (the policy process) and the contents of policy (policy analysis). Policy analysis includes substantive area research (such as health ...
(since 2008)


Postgraduate

*Graduate schools **Graduate School of Law **Graduate School of Foreign Languages **Graduate School of Economics * Dokkyo Law School


International exchanges

The university has an International Center, an overseas study program and various exchange agreements with universities worldwide. It also offers a Japanese Language and Culture Program for exchange students.


Exchange agreements

The university maintains student and academic exchange programs with various national and international universities. *


Rankings

In 2018 Dokkyo University was ranked among the top 100 universities in Japan (86th) by Times Higher Education (THE).


Student life


Athletics

Dokkyo offers a variety of athletic programs. The university's baseball team has been competing in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area University Baseball League since 1967.


People


Alumni

Notable alumni from Dokkyo university include: * Jun Enomoto, Japanese
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* Rie Furuse, Japanese singer *
Katsuko Nishimoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Early life and education NIshimoto was born April 1, 1950, and grew up in Takaoka District, Kōchi. ...
, Japanese politician * Atsuko Okamoto, Japanese actress * Koichiro Okuma, Japanese
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Tomorowo Taguchi is a Japanese actor, film director and musician. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he ma ...
, Japanese actor * Sōichirō Takashima, Japanese politician * Toru Toida, Japanese politician *
Yumi Yoshiyuki is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the ''pink film'' genre. Early life and education Yoshiyuki studied economics at Dokkyo University. Career During her studies at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki deve ...
, Japanese film director


See also

* Dokkyodaigakumae Station *
Dokkyo Medical University is a private university in Mibu, Tochigi, Japan, established in 1973. Dokkyo University is located in the town of Mibu, in Tochigi Prefecture, about 1.5 hours north of Tokyo by train. History Dokkyo Medical University is a part of Dokkyo Group ...
* Himeji Dokkyo University


External links

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References

{{authority control Private universities and colleges in Japan Educational institutions established in 1964 Universities and colleges in Saitama Prefecture 1964 establishments in Japan