Dokkyo University
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Private university
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in Sōka, Saitama
Soka, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 243,111 and the density of 8,866.19 persons per km²...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, which is a fairly liberal, mixed (co-educational) institution noted for its language education programmes and international exchanges.
History
The name "Dokkyo" is the Japanese-style dual kanjiKanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
-based abbreviation of Verein für deutsche Wissenschaften, or . What was to become today's Dokkyo University was founded on 18 September 1881 by those scholars such as and , diplomats such as and Viscount and statesmen such as and as Verein für deutsche Wissenschaften, or , with its first chancellor being . It developed into Schule des Vereins für deutsche Wissenschaften, or in 1883, which opened its door exclusively to boys in line with the custom at the time. They also founded a highly prestigious law school to give teachings about Japan's first constitution ( modelled after the Prussian one and the criminal codes also modelled after the German ones, but the elite law division was absorbed by the Faculty of Law in 1895.
The school went through a minor negative campaign during the war against the German Empire
German Empire
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(Deutsches Reich
Deutsches Reich
Deutsches Reich was the official name for Germany from 1871 to 1945 in the German language.As the literal English translation "German Empire" denotes a monarchy, the term is used only in reference to Germany prior to the fall of the monarchies at the end of World War I in 1918...
) from August 1914 to November 1918, but the majority of the Japanese public was either pro-German or neutral despite Japan's role on the British side. The 1920s saw its heyday when the school sent the highest number of boys into the nation's top ("High School No.1") in Tokyo, or popularly known as "Ichikō", which is today's Liberal Arts campus of the . The collapse of the two great empires of Germany and Japan in 1945, however, rendered the elite school into a mere boys' high school of middle rank. During the early 1960s Dokkyo School's graduate and former Education Minister was invited to "found" the University with money from the school and local governments. They started their first ever lectures on a higher education level in April 1964.
Undergraduate
- Faculty of Foreign Languages (外国語学部)
- Department of German (ドイツ語学科)
- Department of English (英語学科)
- Department of French (フランス語学科)
- Faculty of International Liberal Arts (国際教養学部)
- Department of Interdisciplinary Studies (言語文化学科)
- Faculty of Economics (経済学部)
- Department of Economics (経済学科)
- Department of Management Science (経営学科)
- Faculty of Law (法学部)
- Department of Law (法律学科)
- Department of International Legal Studies (国際関係法学科)
- Department of Policy Studies (総合政策学科) (from 2008)
Postgraduate
- Graduate Schools (大学院)
- Graduate School of Law (法学研究科)
- Graduate School of Foreign Languages (外国語学研究科)
- Graduate School of Economics (経済学研究科)
- Dokkyo Law School (法科大学院)
Academic exchange agreements
- University of EssexUniversity of EssexThe University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
, England, UK (since 1983) - Universität Duisburg-Essen (University of Duisburg-EssenUniversity of Duisburg-EssenThe University Duisburg-Essen is a public university in Duisburg and Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a member of the new founded University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr....
), Germany (since 1984) - University of AlabamaUniversity of AlabamaThe University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
, USA (since 1992) - University of WollongongUniversity of WollongongThe University of Wollongong is a public university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney...
, Australia (since 1996) - Université Catholique de l'OuestUniversité Catholique de l'OuestThe Catholic University of the West is a university located in Angers, France.- History :Early in the 11th century this school became famous under the direction of Marbodus, later Bishop of Rennes, and of Ulger, later Bishop of Angers, both pupils of the renowned canonist, Fulbert de Chartres...
, France (since 1997) - York UniversityYork UniversityYork University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, Canada (since 1998) - University of the Fraser Valley,British Columbia, Canada (since 2009)
- Cardiff UniversityCardiff UniversityCardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...
(or Prifysgol Caerdydd), Wales, UK (since 1999) - Fudan UniversityFudan UniversityFudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
(復旦大学), China (since 1999) - University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
, USA (since 2002) - Catholic University of DaeguCatholic University of DaeguThe Catholic University of Daegu is the largest Catholic-affiliated university in South Korea. The main campus is located some distance outside Daegu in neighboring Gyeongsan City, with two smaller campuses within Daegu. The university enrolls about 17,000 students.-History:The St...
(大邱가톨릭大學校; 대구가톨릭대학교), Korea (since 2003) - Universität Wien (University of ViennaUniversity of ViennaThe University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
), Austria (since 2003) - University of the Sunshine CoastUniversity of the Sunshine CoastThe University of the Sunshine Coast is a public university based on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Having opened in 1996 as the Sunshine Coast University College with 524 students, the institution was renamed the University of the Sunshine Coast in 1999. In 2011, the student body was...
, Australia (since 2004) - Inha UniversityInha UniversityInha University is a private, co-educational university located in Incheon, South Korea. It is owned by Hanjin Group.Inha University was established by the first president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee. It is a Korean-American collaboration school, even in its name: the Morpheme "In" comes from the...
(仁荷大學校; 인하대학교), Korea (since 2006) - Institut d'études politiques de LyonInstitut d'études politiques de LyonThe Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon also known as Sciences Po Lyon, was established following an executive decree by General de Gaulle in 1946. This prestigious and highly selective institute is modeled on the former Paris "École Libre des Sciences Politiques"...
(Lyon Institute of Political Science), France (since 2006) - Hochschule Bremen (University of Applied Sciences Bremen), Germany (since 2006)
- Philipps-Universität Marburg (University of Marburg), Germany (since ????)
Exchange agreements
- Université de Bourgogne (University of BurgundyUniversity of BurgundyThe University of Burgundy is a university located in Dijon, France.The University of Burgundy is situated on a large campus called Campus Montmuzard, 15 minutes by bus from the City Centre...
), France (since 1985) - University of Illinois, USA (since 1998)
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (University of MünsterUniversity of MünsterThe University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
), Germany (since 2004)
External links
- Official website (in English)