法政大学 | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1880 |
| President | Katsuya Hirose(廣瀬 克哉, Hirose Katsuya) |
Academic staff | 746[1] |
| Undergraduates | 28,000[1] |
| Postgraduates | 2,007[1] |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban and suburban |
| Colors | Orange and blue |
| Website | hosei.ac.jp |
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Hosei University (法政大学, Hōsei Daigaku, lit. University of Law and Politics) is a private research university in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan. Hosei University and four other private universities in Tokyo are collectively known as "MARCH". The university is also a member of the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League, one of the most storied college sports leagues in Japan.
The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (東京法学社, i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (東京法学校, i.e. Tokyo school of law). This was from 1883 headed by Dr. Gustave Boissonade, and was heavily influenced by the French legal tradition. It merged in 1889 with a school of French studies, Tōkyō Futsugakkō (東京仏学校, i.e. Tokyo French school), that had been founded three years earlier. It adopted the name Hosei University (法政大学, Hōsei daigaku, i.e. university of law and politics) in 1903 and gained university status in 1920.
Hosei has three main campuses, which it calls Ichigaya, Koganei, and Tama. The Ichigaya campus is an urban campus halfway between Ichigaya and Iidabashi stations in central Tokyo; its 26-story Boissonade Tower, completed in 2000, can be seen from either station. The campus is located close to the Yasukuni Shrine. Natural sciences are studied at the Koganei campus to the west of Tokyo, and other subjects are split between Tama (located in Machida, which is near Hachiōji), and Ichigaya.