Kamakura Women's University | |
Native Name: | 鎌倉女子大学; Kamakura joshi daigaku |
Established: | 1943 |
Type: | Private |
Undergrad: | 500 |
Postgrad: | 10 |
Campus: | Ofuna, Yamanouchi, Nikaido (all in Kamakura) |
is a private women's college in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The school specializes in home economics and child care.
The Keihin Women's Housekeeping Science School was established in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama in 1943 as a vocational school. It was relocated to the Iwase neighborhood of Kamakura in 1946. In 1950, it was chartered as the Keihin Women's University, and became the four-year Keihin Women's University in 1959. The present name was adopted in 1989.