is a private university in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

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. The school's two campuses are in Hino

Hino, Tokyo

is a city located in central Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 182,092 and a population density of 6,610 persons per km². The total area was 27.53 km².-Geography:...

 (along with the headquarters) and Ōme

Ome, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 139,932 and a density of 1,355.14 persons per km². The total area is 103.26 km².The characters 青梅 literally mean blue ume, or Japanese apricot....

. It also offers correspondence courses

Distance education

Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...

 which it introduced in 1967.

History

The university developed from the Meisei Gakuen Institute, that had been founded in 1951 as a parent to several schools that had been founded since 1923. The university was 1964 with just one faculty, the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering. Further faculties were added:

• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1965.
• Department of Economics, 1966.
• Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1971.
• Graduate School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, 1972.
• Faculty of Japanese Culture, 1992.
• Faculty of Informatics, 1992.
• Graduate School of Informatics, 1998.

External links

• Official English Homepage