Hyogo University

Hyogo University is a private university in Japan. Its campus is located in Shinzaike, Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture. The university is one of the seven schools run by Mutsumi Gakuen, a school foundation with a Buddhist background.

History

;Mutsumi Gakuen

1921: Taishi Sunday School was started in memory of the 1300th anniversary of Shotoku Taishi's death.
1923: Suma Taishi Hall was opened in Suma-ku, Kobe, to which the Training Course of Sewing was attached.
1937: Suma Taishi Hall Foundation was incorporated. The foundation established Suma Mutsumi Girls' Vocational School.
1951: The school foundation was renamed Mutsumi Gakuen.
1955: The school foundation established Mutsumi Gakuen Women's Junior College.
1966: The junior college was renamed Hyogo Women's Junior College, moving from Suma-ku, Kobe to Kakogawa.

;Hyogo University

1995: Mutsumi Gakuen established Hyogo University.
*with one faculty: Faculty of Economics and Information Science
1998: The junior college was reorganized into the Junior College Department of Hyogo University.
1999: Graduate School of Economics and Information Science was established.
2001: The Faculty of Health Science was added.
*with Departments of Nutrition Management and Health System Management
2006: The Department of Nursing was added.