Rikkyo University

Rikkyo University
立教大学
MottoPro Deo et Patria[1]
Motto in English
For God and Country
TypePrivate
Established1874
Religious affiliation
Anglican Church
EndowmentUS$435.1 million
(JP¥50.3 billion)
PresidentRenta Nishihara[2]
Academic staff
608 full-time,
1,674 part-time[3]
Undergraduates19,481[3]
Postgraduates1,231[3]
Location, ,
CampusUrban
Member ofTokyo 6 Universities
AffiliationsAALAU
MascotNone
Websitewww.rikkyo.ac.jp
Rikkyo University, Tokyo

Rikkyo University (立教大学, Rikkyō daigaku), also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is one of the five MARCH universities, the group of elite private universities in the Kanto region, together with Meiji, Aoyama Gakuin, Chuo, and Hosei.

University rankings
QS Asia
(Asia version)[4]
General 213
QS World[5] General 1201-1400

Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of Tokyo, Keio University, Waseda University, Meiji University, and Hosei University).

A leading liberal arts teaching and research institution, the university is the largest Anglican Christian affiliated university in Japan.

The university is internationally oriented and involved in numerous international programmes and projects. Rikkyo maintains contact with more than 140 educational institutions abroad for the purpose of exchanging lecturers, students and projects. With more than 700 students from outside Japan, the institution has 20,000 students, and 2,700 teachers and staff members.

Rikkyo University's deviation value is in the top 10 in the ranking of private universities in Japan.[6]

  1. ^ "Message from the Dean". Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ Kwak, Yangchoon. "総長紹介 立教大学について". Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Rikkyo Data". Rikkyo University Data. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. ^ "QS Asian University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  6. ^ 立教大学の偏差値