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list of current and historical women's universities and colleges A women's college is an institution of higher education where enrollment is all-female. In the United States, almost all women's colleges are private undergraduate institutions, with many offering coeducational graduate programs. In other countrie ...
in Japan. A
women's college Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Some women's colleges admit male stud ...
is an institution of higher education where enrollment is all-female. Most of these are
private universities 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 grants. Depe ...
; a few are funded by the prefectural governments; the only two funded by the national government are
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and Ochanomizu. Where institutions have become coeducational, this is noted, along with the year the enrollment policy was changed. Current (as of 2007) women's colleges are listed in bold text. Colleges that are closing or transitioning to coeducation are listed in ''italics''. {{TOC right


Aichi

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Aichi Prefectural University is a public university located in the city of Nagakute, Aichi, Japan. There is a campus in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya which is for the nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, an ...
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Nagakute is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,503 in 24,352 households, and a population density of 2,854 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Nagakute is a member of the World Health Organ ...
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Aichi Gakusen University is a private university with campuses in Okazaki, Aichi and Toyota, Aichi , formerly known as Koromo, is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 426,162 and a population density of 464 people per km2. The to ...
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Chukyo Women's University is a private university in Ōbu, Aichi, Japan. Until the school renamed itself to Shigakkan in 2010, the school was known as Chukyo Women's University. The school was founded in 1905. Despite that the name contained the word "women," the sc ...
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Kinjo Gakuin University is a private women's university in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya is one of the wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the ward has an estimated population of 176,298 and a population density of . The total area ...
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Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...
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Nagoya Women's University is a private university, private Women's colleges, women's university in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan with campus at Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Mizuho-ku.The campus at Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Tempaku-ku was closed in 2015 and integrated into the campus at Mizuho-ku, ...
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Ohkagakuen University is a women's private university headquartered in Toyoake, Aichi, Japan, with its so-called Nagoya Campus there. There is another campus in Toyota, Aichi , formerly known as Koromo, is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estim ...
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Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
* Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya


Ehime

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Matsuyama Shinonome College is a private women's college in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by ...
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Matsuyama 270px, Matsuyama City Hall 270px, Ehime Prefectural Capital Building is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan and also Shikoku's largest city. , the city had an estimated population of 505,948 in 243541 househo ...


Fukushima

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Koriyama Women's University is a private college, located in the city of Kōriyama, Japan. History The Koriyama Women's University was established in 1966 as a women's college specializing in home economics Home economics, also called domestic science or family and cons ...
Koriyama, Fukushima


Fukuoka

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Chikushi Jogakuen University , abbreviated as ''Chikujo'' (筑女, ''Chikujo'') is a private women's college in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan. Overview The university is owned by Chikushi Jogakuen Educational Corporation (学校法人筑紫女学園, ''Gakkō Hōjin Chikushi Jog ...
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Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University is a private women's college in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the S ...
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Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...
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Fukuoka Women's University is a public university in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1923, it was chartered as a university in 1950. Alongside Gunma Prefectural Women's University is a public university in Tamamura, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Es ...
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Kyushu Women's University is a private university in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of J ...
, Kitakyushu * Seinan Jo Gakuin University, Kitakyushu


Gifu

* Gifu Women's University, Gifu * Tokai Women's University,
Kakamigahara is a city located in southern Gifu Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 148,225, and a population density of 1700 persons per km2, in 59,736 households. The total area of the city was . Situated in the northern part o ...


Gunma

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Gunma Prefectural Women's University is a public university in Tamamura, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1980, it is one of the two public women's universities in Japan, alongside Fukuoka Women's University. History The school was established in 1980 in the city of Ma ...
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Hiroshima

* Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University, Asaminami *
Hiroshima Jogakuin University is a private women's college in Asaminami, Hiroshima, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the ...
, Asakita *Hiroshima Campus,
Prefectural University of Hiroshima is a public university in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, established in 2005. It has three campuses, located in these cities: * Hiroshima (in the Wards of Japan, Ward of Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Minami) * Shōbara * Mihara, Hiroshima, Mihara Externa ...
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Yasuda Women's University is a private women's college Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Some ...
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Kure University is a private university in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan ...
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Kure is a port and major shipbuilding city situated on the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japan ...


Hyōgo

* Kobe College,
Nishinomiya 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of ...
* Kobe Kaisei College, Nada-ku * Kobe Shinwa Women's University, Kita-ku * Kobe Shoin Women's University, Nada-ku * Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada (co-ed since 1994) *
Kobe Women's University is a private women's college in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1940, and it was chartered as a university in 1966. It has three campuses: * in Sannomiya * on Port Island * in Suma (main campus) See also *Kob ...
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Suma Suma may refer to: Places * Suma, Azerbaijan, a village * Suma, East Azerbaijan, a village in Iran * Sowmaeh, Ardabil, also known as Şūmā, a village in Iran * Suma-ku, Kobe, one of nine wards of Kobe City in Japan ** Suma Station, a rai ...
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Kobe Yamate University is a private university in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The campuses are located in central part of Kobe. History *1999 - Founded as a women's college with a department (Department of Environment and Culture, Faculty of Humanities). *2002 - ...
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Konan Women's University is a private women's college in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west ...
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Mukogawa Women's University is a private university located near Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan, founded in 1939. It has an international branch campus in Spokane, Washington, USA: Mukogawa U.S. Campus. History * Feb 25, 1939 Educational Corporation Mukog ...
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Nishinomiya 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of ...
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Otemae University Otemae University ( ja, 大手前大学 Ōtemae Daigaku) is a liberal arts oriented school that began in 1946. It is in the Kansai region of Japan and has three campuses: one in Itami, one in Osaka, and a co-educational university in Nishinomi ...
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Seiwa College was a private university in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan which was consolidated with in 2009. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1880 as a Congregational Women's Seminary in Kōbe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōg ...
, Nishinomiya (co-ed since 1981) * Sonoda Gakuen Women's University,
Amagasaki 270px, Amagasaki Castle 270px, Aerial view of Amagasaki city center 270px, Amagasaki Station is an industrial city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 455,555 in 223812 households, and a population de ...


Kagoshima

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Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University is a private university, private women's university in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1933, and it was chartered as a junior university in 1961. In 1994, it became a four-year college and adopted the p ...
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Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern wor ...


Kanagawa

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Caritas Junior College is a private Roman Catholic women's junior college in Yokohama, Kanagawa is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefe ...
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Aoba-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 302,643 and a density of 8,610 persons per km². The total area was 35.14 km². Geography Aoba is located in ...
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Ferris University is a private women's college in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. It is a part of Ferris Jogakuin ( 学校法人フェリス女学院). The predecessor of the school was founded by American Presbyterian missionaries in 1870 with the assistance of Ja ...
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Izumi-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2010 the ward had an estimated population of 155,674 and a density of 6,620 persons per km². The total area was 23.51 km². Geography Izumi Ward is located i ...
* Kamakura Women's University, Kamakura * Odawara Women's Junior College,
Odawara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 188,482 and a population density of 1,700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Odawara lies in the Ashigara Plains, in the far western por ...
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Toyo Eiwa University is a private Christian university in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1989, it is part of the Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin founded in 1884 by Canadian missionary Martha J. Cartmell. Academics Toyo Eiwa has two faculties: Hum ...
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Midori-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 176,038 and a density of 6,900 persons per km². The total area was 25.42  km². Geography Midori Ward is loc ...
* Sagami Women's University,
Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...
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Shoin University is a private university in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded as a women's school in 1941, Shoin became coeducational in 2004. It is a member of the Western Metropolitan Area University Association. History The predecessor of the scho ...
, Atsugi (co-ed since 2004) * St. Cecilia Women's Junior College, Yamato


Kōchi

* Kochi Women's University, Kōchi (co-ed since April 2011)


Kumamoto

* Kumamoto Prefectural University,
Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a population of 1,461,000, ...
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Kyoto

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Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts is a private women's college in Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1876, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. History In 1875, Protestant educator Niijima Jō (Joseph Hardy Neesima) founded Doshi ...
, Kyōtanabe * Kyoto Koka Women's University, Ukyō * Kyoto Notre Dame University, Sakyō * Kyoto Tachibana University, Yamashina (co-ed since 2005) *
Kyoto Women's University is a private women's college in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms ...
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Kacho College is a private women's junior college in Kyoto, Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihansh ...
, Higashiyama


Nagano

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Nagano Prefectural College was a junior college in Nagano, Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the hi ...
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Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...
(co-ed since 2004) * Seisen Jogakuin College,
Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...


Nagasaki

* Kwassui Women's College,
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...


Nara

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Nara Women's University is a national women's university located in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two national women's universities in the country, the other being Ochanomizu University.For more about the legal status of "national universities" in Japan, s ...
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Nara The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It ...
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Tezukayama University is a private university in Nara, Japan. Tezukayama University has two campuses—one in Gakuen-mae (学園前) in Nara city, and the other in eastern Ikoma (東生駒). Tezukayama University has many facilities in a historical setting. Hist ...
, Nara (co-ed since 1987)


Okayama

* Mimasaka University,
Tsuyama is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 102,294 and a population density of 200 persons per km². The total area was 185.73 km². The area increased in 2005 as the result of a merger with adjacent t ...
(co-ed since 2003) * Nortre Dame Seishin University, Okayama * Shujitsu University, Okayama (co-ed since 2003)


Osaka

* Baika Women University, Ibaraki * Heian Jogakuin (St. Agnes') University *
Kansai Medical University is a private university in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1928, and it was chartered as a women's medical college in 1947. In 1954 it became coeducational. Organization This university has following organi ...
, Moriguchi (co-ed since 1954) *Moriguchi Campus of Osaka International University, Moriguchi (co-ed since 2002) *
Osaka Jogakuin College is a private women's university in Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards ...
, Osaka *Daisen Campus, Osaka Prefecture University,
Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and inclu ...
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Osaka Shoin Women's University is a private women's college in Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the ...
, Higashiosaka * Osaka Ohtani University, Tondabayashi (co-ed since 2006) * Senri Kinran University,
Suita is a city located in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 378,322 and a population density of 9,880 persons per km². The total area is 36.11 km². The city was founded on April 1, ...
* Shitennoji International Buddhist University,
Habikino 270px, Habikino city office is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 109,479 in 50918 households and a population density of 4100 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is known ...
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Soai University is a private university in the city of Osaka, Japan. It was established in 1888, initially as a women's university. Famous people with ties to Soai include alumni Hideo Ishikawa is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Hyōgo Prefecture ...
, Osaka (co-ed since 1982) * Tezukayama Gakuin University, Sakai (co-ed since 2003)


Saitama

* Rissho Women's University (now Bunkyo University),
Koshigaya is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 345,353 in 158,022 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It is famous for producing daruma dolls ...
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Tokushima

* Shikoku University,
Tokushima is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Tokushima Prefecture has a population of 728,633 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,146 km2 (1,601 sq mi). Tokushima Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the nort ...
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Tokyo

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Keisen University is a private women's college in Tama, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1988. The university is linked to the Keisen School for Young Women, founded in 1929 by Michi Kawai, the National Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Associations of Japan. ...
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Japan Women's University is the oldest and largest of private Japanese women's universities. The university was established on 20 April 1901 by education reformist . The university has around 6000 students and 200 faculty. It has two campuses, named after the neighb ...
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Bunkyō is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sōseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived th ...
Ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
* Ochanomizu Women's University, Bunkyō * Showa Women's University, Setagaya * Tokyo Kasei University,
Itabashi is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. In English, it calls itself Itabashi City. Itabashi has sister-city relations with Burlington, Ontario, in Canada; Shijingshan District of Beijing in the People's Republic of China; and ...
* Tokyo Kasei-Gakuin University , Chiyoda * Tokyo Kaseigakuin—Tsukuba Women's University (now Tsukuba Gakuin University),
Tsukuba is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total ar ...
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Tokyo Woman's Christian University , often abbreviated to TWCU or , is an independent Protestant university in Tokyo, Japan. Founding TWCU was established by Nitobe Inazō (1862–1933), an author, diplomat and educator, who was appointed as the first president in 1918. The first ...
, Suginami * Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku *
Tsuda College is a private women's university based at Kodaira, Tokyo. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher educational institutions for women in Japan, contributing to the advancement of women in society for more than a century. History The u ...
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Kodaira is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 195,207 in 93,654 households, and a population density of 9500 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Kodaira ...


Yamaguchi

* Baiko Gakuin University,
Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. With a population of 265,684, it is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region. It is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu facing the Tsush ...
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Yamaguchi Prefectural University is a public university in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of ...
, Yamaguchi (co-ed since 1996)


See also

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List of universities in Japan The following is a comprehensive list of universities in Japan, categorized by prefecture. The list contains only universities or colleges, either four-year or two-year, that still exist today and are classified as "schools" according to Article ...
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