MARCH (Japanese universities)

MARCH (Japanese: マーチ, Hepburn: Māchi) is the collective name of 5 private universities located in Tokyo, Japan. The name comes from the initial letters of the Japanese Roman characters of each school:

• Meiji University (明治大学, Meiji Daigaku)
• Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学, Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku)
• Rikkyo University (立教大学, Rikkyō Daigaku)
• Chuo University (中央大学, Chūō Daigaku)
• Hosei University (法政大学, Hōsei Daigaku)