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

Keio University , abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally established as a school for Rangaku, Western studies in 1858 in Edo. It was granted university status in 1920, becomi ...

, which was authorised as a university under the , is the core component of today's Keio Gijuku.

Overview

Keio Gijuku was founded in

Edo Edo (), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the '' de facto'' capital of Japan from 1603 as the seat of the Tokugawa shogu ...

in 1858 by the Japanese educationist

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

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 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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