is a municipal university in 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...

. Its campus is located in Daigaku-cho, Shimonoseki City

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshū, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits....

, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, however, is Shimonoseki.- History :...

, Japan.

History

It was founded in 1956 as for the working youths who eagerly wanted to get higher education. In 1962 the college was developed into Shimonoseki City University (SCU).

SCU had at first only one department: the School of Economics (the Faculty of Economics). The departments have been added as follows:

• 1983: School of International Commerce
• 1990: Shimonoseki Institute for Research of Industry and Culture
• 2000: Graduate School (Master's courses)

Undergraduate Schools

• Faculty of Economics
  • School of Economics
  • School of International Commerce

Graduate Schools

• Studies in Economic Social Systems (Master's course only)
• Studies in International Business Communication (Master's course only)

Institutes

• Shimonoseki Institute for Research of Industry and Culture
• Institute for Collaborative Community Development
• International Exchange Center
• University Library
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