Hosei University Explained
| Hosei University |
| Native Name: | 法政大学 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Established: | 1880 |
| President: | Katsuya Hirose(Hirose Katsuya) |
| Undergrad: | 28,000[1] |
| Postgrad: | 2,007 |
| Faculty: | 746 |
| Campus: | Urban and suburban |
| Colors: | Orange and blue |
| Website: | hosei.ac.jp |
is a private research university in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Hosei University is one of the most prestigious and well known private university regarded as comparable with the Tokyo-area elite selective private universities collectively known as "MARCH". It has an entrance examination difficulty level that is in the top 10 for a private university in Japan.[2]
The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (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 (i.e. Tokyo French school), that had been founded three years earlier. It adopted the name Hosei University (Hōsei daigaku, i.e. university of law and politics) in 1903 and was recognized as a private university in 1920.
Other notable figures involved in its foundation include Dr. Masaaki Tomii, and Dr. Ume Kenjirō, "Father of the Japanese Civil Code".
In addition, Hosei University belongs to Tokyo Big6 Baseball League. The league is one of the most traditional college sports leagues in Japan. Hosei University is popular for high school students, ranking 2nd in the number of applicants among Japanese universities in 2017 and 2018 (122,499). Hosei University ranked 100 at Global Executives 2013 top 100 by The Times Higher Education.
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 has a city flavour but is still somewhat isolated from central Tokyo; it is located in the vicinity of 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.
Academics
Ichigaya
Undergraduate
- Faculty of Law (Hōgakubu)
- Faculty of Letters (Bungakubu)
- Faculty of Business Administration (Keieigakubu)
- Faculty of Intercultural Communication (Kokusai-bunka-gakubu)
- Faculty of Sustainability Studies (Ningen-kankyō-gakubu)
- Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies (Kyaria-dezain-gakubu)
- Faculty of Engineering and Design (Dezain-kōgakubu)
- Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies (GIS,, Gurōbaru-kyōyō-gakubu) (from 2008)
- Sports Science Institute (SSI,, Supōtsu-saiensu-insutityūto)
Graduate schools
- Graduate School of Humanities (Jinbun-kagaku-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Economics (Keizaigaku-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Law (Hōgaku-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Politics (Seijigaku-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Sociology (Shakaigaku-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Business Administration (Keieigaku-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Policy Sciences (Seisaku-kagaku-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Environmental Management (Kankyō-manejimento-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Intercultural Communication (Kokusai-bunka-kenkyūka)
- International Japan-Studies Institute (Kokusai-nihongaku-insutityūto)
- Law School (Hōka-daigakuin)
- Business School of Innovation Management (Inobēshon-manejimento-kenkyūka)
Tama
- Faculty of Economics (Keizaigakubu)
- Faculty of Social Sciences (Shakaigakubu)
- Faculty of Social Policy and Administration (Gendai-fukushi-gakubu)
- Graduate School of Social Well-Being Studies (Ningen-shakai-kenkyūka)
Koganei
- Faculty of Engineering (Kōgakubu) (being phased out)
- Faculty of Science and Engineering (Rikōgakubu) (from 2008)
- Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry (Seimeikagakubu) (from 2008)
- Faculty of Computer and Information Science (Jōhōkagakubu)
- Graduate School of Engineering (Kōgaku-kenkyūka)
- Graduate School of Computer and Information Science (Jōhōkagaku-kenkyūka)
Notable Alumni
Academia
Politics
- Yoshihide Suga, the 99th Prime Minister of Japan
- Kazunori Tanaka, Diet representative, Minister of Reconstruction (2019-2020)
- Kosuke Ito, Diet representative[4]
- Hideo Jinpu, Diet representative[5]
- Yukio Jitsukawa, Diet representative[6]
- Emi Kaneko, Diet representative[7]
- Taku Yamamoto, Diet representative
- Yoshio Yatsu, Diet representative
- Shinpei Matsushita, Member of the House of Councillors[8]
Athletes
Arts and Entertainment
- Mizuhito Akiyama, author[12]
- Chiho Aoshima, artist[13]
- Mew Azama, model and actress[14]
- Satoshi Dezaki, anime director
- Shu Fujisawa, author[15]
- Tomoko Hoshino, actress[16]
- Norihiro Inoue, actor
- Mitsuaki Iwagō, photographer[17]
- Hiroh Kikai, photographer[18]
- Shin Kishida, actor*
- Hiroto Kōmoto, singer*
- Aki Maeda, actress
- Masao Maruyama, film producer
- Michiko Matsumoto, photographer[19]
- Katsuhito Nakazato, photographer[20]
- Kinoko Nasu, author
- Kouhei Kadono, author[21]
- Midori Sawato, film narrator
- Haruka Takachiho, author
- Yōsuke Yamahata, photographer*[22]
- Shuichi Yoshida, novelist
- Yasumi Matsuno, video game creator*
- Shōgo Yano, voice actor
Other
* dropped out before graduation
Notable Faculty
Sports
The university's baseball team plays as one of the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League.
Partner universities
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- Baylor University
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, San Diego
- Michigan State University
- California State University, East Bay
- Truman State University
- University of Nevada, Reno
- Boise State University
- San Jose State University
- Fontbonne University
- San Diego State University
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
- University of Illinois
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Medaille College
- Portland State University
- Westfield State University
- University of Utah
- George Mason University
- School of Government, Peking University
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
- School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Wuhan University
- Xiamen University
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing Normal University
- Capital Normal University
- Shanghai International Studies University
- Northeastern University (China)
- State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
- Chongqing Normal University
- China Foreign Affairs University
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Beijing Jiaotong University
- Beijing Foreign Studies University
- Minzu University of China
- Beijing Center for Japanese Studies
- Shandong University of Finance and Economics
- Dalian Nationalities University
- Sichuan International Studies University
- Liaoning University, College of International Relations
- Fuzhou University
- Dalian University of Foreign Languages
- Software College of Jilin University
- Xidian University
- Huazhong University of Science & Technology
- School of Software, Central South University
- Bogor Agricultural University
- Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember
- Duksung Women's University
- Sungkonghoe University
- Seoul National University
- Gachon University
- Korea University
- University of Seoul
- Ewha Womans University
- Inha University
- Sungshin Women's University
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Chung-Ang University
- Konkuk University
- Kyonggi University
- Busan University of Foreign Studies
- Hoseo University
- Chulalongkorn University
- Moscow State University
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Petersburg State Transport University
- National Research University – Higher School of Economics
- Penza State University
References
- Rounded to the nearest hundred from information given on this page of the university website, which gives information for May 1, 2008. Accessed 2008-11-16.
- Web site: 法政大学の偏差値・難易度 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211021052040/https://hensachi.org/hosei-univ . 2021-10-21 . 2022-02-06.
- Hyōronka jinmei-jiten / Japanese critics and commentators: A biographical dictionary (Tokyo: Nichigai Associates, 1990;).
- http://i-kousuke.com/profile.html Profile
- http://www.jinpu.ne.jp/html/profile.html Profile
- http://www.nctv.co.jp/~yukio-j/profile.html Profile
- http://kaneko-emi.com/profile/index.html Profile
- http://www.shinnpei.com/new_frame.php?page=profile Profile
- http://www.hosei.ac.jp/gakusei/club/taiikukai/006/559.html Page about Honda
- http://www.horipro.co.jp/hojokairi/ Hojo's profile
- Web site: 西田 寛基 サントリーサンバーズ .
- Mizuhito Kanehara, "Watakushi to toshokan (?)," Haru dayori 44 April 2004. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- http://www.kaikaikiki.co.jp/artists/profile_aoshima/ Profile at Kaikai Kiki
- https://archive.today/20120801103316/http://www.hosei.ac.jp/hosei/orangenet/news/shosai/news_1358.html Event announcement
- http://mainichi.jp/enta/book/interview/news/20100430org00m040028000c.html Interview with Fujisawa
- http://www.duncan.co.jp/web/profile/hoshino_tomoko.html Profile of Hoshino
- http://www.tepco.co.jp/custom/illume/data/illume_i/iwago-j.html Potted biography
- http://fotonoma.jp/photographer/2007_02kikai/index.html Profile
- http://www.tokinowasuremono.com/artist-d57-matsumoto/index.html Page about Matsumoto
- http://www.zokei.ac.jp/professor/ph04.html Nakazato's profile
- http://www.sf-fantasy.com/magazine/interview/011001.shtml Kadono Kouhei's Interview(Japanese Page)
- http://www.jps.gr.jp/jps60/ichimai.html Profile
- http://www.hosei.ac.jp/hosei/koho/pickup/professor/2009/03.html Profile
External links
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