is a private Christian university in

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 ...

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, Japan. Established in 1989, it is part of the

Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin is a private girls academy founded on November 6, 1884, in Azabu, Minato, Tokyo by Martha J. Cartmell, a Methodist missionary from Canada.SeHistory of Tōyō Eiwa Jogakuin, page 1. Accessed June 15, 2006] Toyo Eiwa Women's University, establishe ...

founded in 1884 by Canadian missionary Martha J. Cartmell.

Academics

Toyo Eiwa has two faculties: Human Sciences and Social Sciences. In the former are the departments of Human Sciences and of Human Welfare. The latter has two departments: Social Sciences and International Communication. Features of Toyo Eiwa's curriculum include the freshman seminar and interdisciplinary lectures, open to all students. The university offers instruction in foreign languages, including English, and requires information-science courses. Overseas study is facilitated by agreements with

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and

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in the

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and summer English programs at

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in Canada and

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in the United States. In addition, Toyo Eiwa admits Japanese students who are returning or have returned from overseas, and students of other nationalities. Toyo Eiwa has a graduate school, tailored to working men and women.

Grade school

, affiliated with Toyo Eiwa Women's University, educates from the elementary school to the university level. It is in Roppongi in Tokyo from the elementary school to the high school.

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* Toyo Eiwa University, Christian universities and colleges in Japan Private universities and colleges in Japan Women's universities and colleges in Japan Educational institutions established in 1989 Western Metropolitan Area University Association 1989 establishments in Japan {{kanagawa-university-stub