Kumamoto Gakuen University
Kumamoto Gakuen University called Gakuendai or Shōdai, is a private Japanese university in Kumamoto, Japan. It was established in 1942, at which time Eastern Language Vocational College was subsumed into it. It was renamed Kumamoto Language Vocational College in 1945, and was made into Kumamoto Commerce University in 1954. It acquired its current name, Kumamoto Gakuen University, in 1994. At present, the university has 4 faculties with 11 departments.
The university also has an affiliated senior high school, located immediately adjacent to the campus. While the high school is recognized as one of the best in the prefecture, the reputation of the university itself is as a second-rank institution.
Faculties and graduate schools
Faculties
*- *Commercial Science
- *Business
- *Hospitality Management
- *Commercial Science
- *Economics
- *International Economics
- *Legal Economics
- *English
- *East Asian Studies
- *Social Welfare
- *Social Work and Environmental Design
- *Child welfare environmental subject
- *Social Welfare
Graduate schools
*- *Commercial Science
- *Business Management
- *Economics
- *majoring International Culture
- *Social Welfare
- *Social Work and Environmental Design
Points of interest
: this center carries out research into Minamata disease. Masazumi Harada is the head of this center.Partner institutions
Partner InstitutionsKGU has signed agreements with 18 different partner institutions in the 9 countries listed below.
United States
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- The University of Montana
- Carroll College (Montana)
- University of the Incarnate Word
- University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
Republic of Korea
People's Republic of China
- Shenzhen University
- Renmin University of China
- Beijing International Studies University
- Guangxi Normal University
- Beijing Language and Culture University
Kingdom of Thailand
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Famous alumni
- Yoku Hata Japanese comedian
- Eiji Ezaki Japanese pro wrestler
- Mr. Gannosuke Japanese pro wrestler from Nagasaki, member of IWA.
- Hoseki Miyata Former president of the Miyazaki Taiyo bank
- Midori Asai Kumamoto TV announcer.
- Akihiro Tanaka Economist and president of Ushio Inc.
- Yasuo Matsuoka Economist and former president LAWSON. INC.