Kwansei Gakuin University

Kwansei Gakuin University
関西学院大学
Motto奉仕のための練達 (Hōshi no Tame no Rentatsu)
Motto in English
Mastery for Service
TypePrivate
EstablishedSeptember 28, 1889; 135 years ago (1889-09-28)
Religious affiliation
United Church of Christ in Japan
Academic affiliations
ACUCA
Endowment¥196.9 billion (2022)[1]
(1.33 billion USD)
ChancellorMotoo Nakamichi[2]
PresidentYasutoshi Mori[3]
Chair of the Board of TrusteesIppei Murakami[4]
Academic staff
786 (2023)[5]
Administrative staff
523 (2023)[6]
Students25,679 (2023)
Undergraduates24,314 (2023)[7]
Postgraduates1,365 (2023)[8]
Other students
1,040 International Students (2023)[9]
Address
1-155 Uegahara Ichiban-cho
,
Nishinomiya
,
Hyōgo
,
662-8501
,
Japan

34°46′09″N 135°20′50″E / 34.7692°N 135.3472°E / 34.7692; 135.3472
CampusUrban, 148 acres (60 ha)
ColorsBlue, White, and Yellow
     
NicknameFighters
Sporting affiliations
Kansai Big Six
MascotSoraran[10]
Websiteglobal.kwansei.ac.jp

Kwansei Gakuin University (関西学院大学, Kansei Gakuin Daigaku), colloquially known as Kangaku (関学), is a private, non-denominational Christian coeducational university in Japan. The university offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees to around 25,000 students in almost 40 different disciplines across 11 undergraduate and 14 graduate programs. Kwansei Gakuin's main campus is the Nishinomiya Uegahara Campus, the university's other campuses consist of the Kobe Sanda, Nishinomiya Seiwa, Nishinomiya Kitaguchi, Osaka Umeda, and Tokyo Marunouchi campuses. Kwansei Gakuin University has been selected for inclusion in the Japanese government's Top Global University Project as a Type B (Global Traction) university.[11] The university is often referred to as one of the four leading private universities in the greater Kansai region.[12]

  1. ^ "事業報告書及び財務状況".
  2. ^ "Greetings from the President".
  3. ^ "学長 メッセージ".
  4. ^ "Greetings from the President".
  5. ^ "KGUOverview2023.pdf" (PDF).
  6. ^ "KGUOverview2023.pdf" (PDF).
  7. ^ "KGUOverview2023.pdf" (PDF).
  8. ^ "KGUOverview2023.pdf" (PDF).
  9. ^ "KGUOverview2023.pdf" (PDF).
  10. ^ "@kg_soraran" (ソララン@関西学院大学学生連盟 公式) on Twitter
  11. ^ "Top Global University Project | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science". www.jsps.go.jp. Retrieved Dec 5, 2020.
  12. ^ "Waseda and Kansai Remain the Top University Choices for Japanese Students". nippon.com. 2023-08-08. Retrieved 2023-09-15.