is a , or incorporated educational institution of Japan registered under the in 1951.

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

, which succeeded the original Gijuku under the , is also considered one of the oldest and best universities of Japan.

Overview

Keio Gijuku was founded in

Edo Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...

in 1858 by the Japanese educationist

Fukuzawa Yukichi was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper '' Jiji-Shinpō'', and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases. Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. His ...

as an Anglo-Dutch style , and was meant to spread Western knowledge for modern civilisation. Later it was renamed "Keiō Gijuku" and was relocated in 1868 ( Keiō 4). In 1890, the very first university faculties were established at the early modern Keio University, and the original curriculum was rebranded as . Today's Keio education system was formed under the Private Institutions Act of 1949 in the post-war era. Fukuzawa Yukichi

Attached school

Keio Gijuku currently operates:Affiliated Schools of Keio University
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