is a

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in Atsugi,

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...

, 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 school, a women's school, was founded in 1941. It was chartered as a women's junior college in 1985 and became a four-year college in 2000. In 2004, it became coeducational, adopting the present name. The Graduate School was founded in 2006, building upon existing institutional structures.

Campuses

Shoin has four campuses. * Atsugi-Morinosato Main Campus **Shoin

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* Atsugi Station Campus * Shimokitazawa Campus *Kitazawa Station Campus

Faculties and Departments

Undergraduate program

*Faculty of Business Administration and Corporate Culture (経営文化学部) **Department of Business Management（ビジネス・マネージメント学科） **Department of Business and Law（経営法学科） *Faculty of Communication and Culture（コミュニケーション文化学部） **Department of Japanese Culture and Communication（日本文化コミュニケーション学科） **Department of Intercultural Communication（異文化コミュニケーション学科） **Department of Psychology for Everyday Life（生活心理学科） **Department of Child Welfare (こども学科） *Faculty of Tourism, Media, and Cultural Studies（観光文化メディア学部） **Department of Tourism and Cultural Studies（観光文化学科） **Department of Media and Information Studies（メディア情報文化学科） *Faculty of Nursing（看護学部） **Department of Nursing（看護学科）

Graduate program

*Graduate School of Business（経営管理研究科） *Graduate School of Nursing（看護学研究科）

Athletics

The Shoin women's basketball team is one of the most celebrated in the county. Shoin was the winner of

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tournament in 2005 and 2013. Shoin has participated in the

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Notable faculty

Hiroyuki Yoshiie is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He has also held a professorship at Shoin University. A native of Nagano Prefecture and graduate of Meiji Gaku ...

— member of the house of representatives

Notable alumni

Izumi Sakai , known professionally as , was a female Japanese pop singer, songwriter, and member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member who stayed in the group while others joined and left regularly, Zard and Sakai may be referred to interchangeably. ...

(

Zard were a Japanese pop rock group, originally with five members, with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as its only constant member. Zard's work was sold under the record label B-Gram Records, Inc. Their most popular and successful songs are , , and " M ...

) — singer and lyricist, the best-selling female recording artist of the 1990s *

Mio Shinozaki , is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women's Japan Basketball League. Before joining Fujitsu, she played for Shoin University is a private university in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Fou ...

— professional basketball player

Affiliated schools

*Shoin Preschool (松蔭幼稚園) * Shoin Junior High School (松蔭中学校) * Shoin Senior High School (松蔭高等学校)

References

External links

Official website

Flickr page
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