Sōka University
, abbreviated typically as or , is a Soka Gakkai-affiliated private university in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. In 2014, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) designated Soka University as one of the 20 universities in Japan that "are leading the globalization of Japanese society". According to uniRank, Soka University was ranked 112th in Japan and 2437th in the World in 2024. The university has 8 Faculty (division), faculties with a total of around 7,000 students, 400 of whom are international students. History Soka University opened on April 2, 1971, with its graduate school opening in April 1975. Since the school's founding, more than 50,000 students have graduated from Soka University. Soka University of America is a related school founded in 2001, located in Aliso Viejo, California, which offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees. Educational philosophy Soka University's educational philosophy was established by Tsunesabur� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Literature
Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electronic literature, digital writing. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed.; see also Homer. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment. It can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role. Literary criticism is one of the oldest academic disciplines, and is concerned with the literary merit or intellectual significance of specific texts. The study of books and other texts as artifacts or traditions is instead encompassed by textual criticism or the history of the book. "Literature", as an art form, is sometimes used synonymously with literary fiction, fiction written with the goal of artistic merit, but ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Private Universities And Colleges In Japan
Private or privates may refer to: Music * "In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorded by Ringo Sheena * "Private" (Vera Blue song), from the 2017 album ''Perennial'' Literature * ''Private'' (novel), 2010 novel by James Patterson * ''Private'' (novel series), young-adult book series launched in 2006 Film and television * ''Private'' (film), 2004 Italian film * ''Private'' (web series), 2009 web series based on the novel series * ''Privates'' (TV series), 2013 BBC One TV series * Private, a penguin character in ''Madagascar'' Other uses * Private (rank), a military rank * ''Privates'' (video game), 2010 video game * Private (rocket), American multistage rocket * Private Media Group, Swedish adult entertainment production and distribution company * ''Private (magazine)'', flagship magazine of the Private Media Group ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Super Global Universities
is a funding project by the Japanese government that began in 2014. The project aims to enhance the globalization of the country's public and private universities so that graduates can "walk into positions of global leadership". The project is sometimes referred to as 'TGUP'; it has also been (mis)translated directly in English as "Super Global Universities", and therefore referred to on some university websites as 'SGU' or 'SGUP'. History The Top Global Universities Project was launched in 2014, as the latest in a series of education ministry-led project initiatives to internationalize higher education in Japan and increase student mobility. An early, major project in this series started in 2009, when the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) began a program to encourage foreign students to study at Japanese universities. The program was called Global 30. Thirteen universities participated by creating and offering English-only undergradu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sōka University
, abbreviated typically as or , is a Soka Gakkai-affiliated private university in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. In 2014, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) designated Soka University as one of the 20 universities in Japan that "are leading the globalization of Japanese society". According to uniRank, Soka University was ranked 112th in Japan and 2437th in the World in 2024. The university has 8 Faculty (division), faculties with a total of around 7,000 students, 400 of whom are international students. History Soka University opened on April 2, 1971, with its graduate school opening in April 1975. Since the school's founding, more than 50,000 students have graduated from Soka University. Soka University of America is a related school founded in 2001, located in Aliso Viejo, California, which offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees. Educational philosophy Soka University's educational philosophy was established by Tsunesabur� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Junior Colleges In Japan
This is the comprehensive list of junior colleges in Japan that exist today or existed in the past. For the purpose of the list, a junior college is defined to be a two-year or three-year college. The list does not include so-called ''Daigaku-bu'', or junior colleges that are part of four-year colleges. Current *♀Aichi Bunkyo Women's College, Inazawa, Aichi *Aichi Kiwami College of Nursing, Ichinomiya, Aichi *Aichi Konan College, Konan, Aichi *Aikoku Gakuen Junior College, Edogawa, Tokyo *Aino University, Ibaraki, Osaka *Akikusa Gakuen Junior College, Tokorozawa, Saitama *Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts, Akita, Akita *Aomori Akenohoshi Junior College, Aomori, Aomori *Aomori Chuo Junior College, Aomori, Aomori *♀Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College, Shibuya, Tokyo *Ashikaga Junior College, Ashikaga, Tochigi *Ashiya College, Ashiya, Hyogo *Beppu Mizobe Gakuen College, Beppu, Oita *Bunkyo Gakuin College, Bunkyo, Tokyo *♀Caritas Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Universities In Tokyo
This is a list of universities in Tokyo, Japan. See also Education in Tokyo. National universities Public universities *Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology *Tokyo Metropolitan University Private universities Junior colleges {, , - , valign="top", *Aikoku Gakuen Junior College *Aobagakuen Junior College *Aoyama Women's Junior College *Asia University Junior College *Atomi Gakuen Women's Junior College *Bunka Women's Junior College *Bunkyo Gakuin Junior College *Gakushuin Women's Junior College *Hosen Gakuen Junior College *Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Junior College *Jissen Women's Junior College *Josai University Junior College *Joshibi Women's university art and design Junior College *Kaetsu University Junior college Division *Kagawa Nutrition University Junior College Division *Kawamura College *Keio Junior College of Nursing *Kogyokusha College of Technology *Kogakuin University Junior College *Kokusai Junior College *Komazawa University Junior College *Koma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 that still exist today and are classified as "schools" according to Article 1 of the School Education Law. (See Daigakkō for universities that are not considered "schools".) Also, each university or college is listed in the prefecture in which its headquarters is located, not the location of their satellite campuses, etc. or that of some of its departments or divisions. For the list of universities that existed in the past or merged into another school, see List of historical universities in Japan. By prefecture List is sourced from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's website. Aichi Akita Aomori Chiba Ehime Fukui Fukuoka Fukushima Gifu Gunma Hiroshima Hokkaido Hyogo Ibaraki Ishikawa Iwate Kagawa Kagoshima Kanagawa Kochi Kumamoto Kyot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Junior College
A junior college is a type of post-secondary institution that offers vocational and academic training that is designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations or support roles in professions such as engineering, accountancy, business administration, nursing, medicine, architecture, and criminology. Often times, those types of colleges offer two-year associate's degrees that are intended for students that want to later transfer to a college for a four-year bachelor's degree to finish their undergraduate education, pending adequate grades. Students typically attend those types of colleges for one to three years, which is also dependent on the country. By country Pakistan In Pakistan, after the completion of Secondary School Certificate, students who want to further pursue their education, the mst apply for the junior college, which is also called as intermediate college. They can choose either of the three groups out of science, arts (or humani ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mihail Sokolov
Mihail Eduardovich Sokolov (born 1959) is a Russian scientist and surgeon who is Deputy director of the Institute for Mathematical Studies of Complex Systems of Moscow State University, Adviser to the rector of Moscow State University. Biography Mihail Sokolov was born July 11, 1959, in Tula. He graduated from the Russian National Research Medical University. He defended (1996) the dissertation ''«System approach and control processes in obliterating diseases of limb arteries: An experimental clinical study»'' for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences. Received the title of Professor. Surgeon of the highest category. Medical Robot Developer. He has been working at Moscow State University since 1997: Associate professor, Professor at the MSU Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, Head of the department at the MSU Faculty of Public Administration, Vice Rector, Advisor to the Rector of Moscow State University, Director of the MSU Branch in Sevastopol (2012-2015). Scientific ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a One-party state, one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. Born in Birán, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic#Trujillo Era (1930–61), Dominican Republic and La Violencia, Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( , ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a Universal suffrage, fully representative democratic election. Presidency of Nelson Mandela, His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by fostering racial Conflict resolution, reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialism, socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. A Xhosa people, Xhosa, Mandela was born into the Thembu people, Thembu royal family in Mvezo, South Africa. He studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand before working as a lawyer in Johannesburg. There he became involved in anti-colonial and Afr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |