Sugiyama Jogakuen University

Sugiyama Jogakuen University
椙山女学園大学
Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Hoshigaoka Campus
TypePrivate
Women's college
Established1905 (1905)
Location,
35°09′33″N 136°59′14″E / 35.1592°N 136.9871°E / 35.1592; 136.9871
CampusUrban
Websitewww.sugiyama-u.ac.jp/ciep/english/

Sugiyama Jogakuen University (椙山女学園大学, Sugiyama jogakuen daigaku) is a private women's college in Hoshigaoka in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan, with a subsidiary campus in the city of Nisshin. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1905 as a sewing school, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.[1]

Locally, it is famous as one of the "SSK" schools of Nagoya: Aichi Shukutoku University, Kinjo Gakuin University, and this university. It is close to Hoshigaoka Station on the municipal subway's Higashiyama Line.

  1. ^ "Sugiyama Jogakuen University". Directory Database of Research and Development Activities. Japan Science and Technology Agency. 2005-01-21. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-10-10.