is a small, all-women's university located in Nada Ward

Nada-ku, Kobe

is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 31.4 km², and a population of 129,095 .A leading national university in Japan, Kobe University, is located in this ward, as is the city's Oji Zoo....

 of Kobe

Kobe

, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

. It was founded by missionaries in 1892 and maintains an affiliation with Nippon Sei Ko Kai

Nippon Sei Ko Kai

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 (the Anglican Communion

Anglican Communion

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 in Japan), although students may be of any religion. At present, the university features a two-year (enrollment about 930) and four-year college (enrollment about 2,410).

Campus

The university's main campus (located in the northeast part of Kobe, near Mount Rokko

Mount Rokko

is a name of a group of mountains in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of Hyōgo 50 mountains, Kinki 100 mountains, and also one of the 300 famous mountains in Japan.- Outline :...

) features several outdoor tennis courts, a historic chapel equipped with a pipe organ imported from France in 1983, and "English Island" where students can practice their English skills with foreign staff and visitors. There is no on-campus housing. A separate building (located to the south near JR's

West Japan Railway Company

, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

 Rokkōmichi Station

Rokkomichi Station

is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company Tōkaidō Main Line in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:The elevated station has two island platforms; one is for Osaka-bound trains and the other is for Kobe-bound trains....

) known in English as the Japan Study Center and in Japanese as the Conference Center (会館; kaikan) hosts meetings, foreign students, and a small English-language library on separate floors.

Four-year

• English
  English language
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• Japanese Literature
  Japanese literature
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• Literary Arts
• Psychology
  Psychology
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Study abroad

The university maintains study abroad

Study abroad

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 relationships with the following institutions:

• Beijing Foreign Studies University
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• Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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• Technical and Further Education
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   International, Western Australia
• University of Adelaide
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• University of Chichester
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• University of London
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• University of New Hampshire
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• University of Wyoming
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Unlike members of its own matriculated student body, foreign students studying in programs hosted by Kobe Shoin Women's University may be either male or female and are housed off-campus in a dormitory specifically for foreign students.