is a private university

Private university

Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...

 in Hachioji, Tokyo

Hachioji, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo, Japan, about 40 kilometers west of the center of the special wards of Tokyo.As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 551,901 and a population density of 2,962.27/km². The total area is 186.31 km². It is the eighth largest city in the...

, Japan

Japan

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, founded in 1966 by Japanese female art educator, fashion designer and design journalist, Yoko Kuwasawa (1910-1977). It is a four-year art college offering both bachelor's and master's degrees in studio arts.

Departments and Majors

The university consists of two schools, Design and Fine Arts. The School of Fine Arts offers bachelor's degree in two majors, Painting and Sculpture, while the School of Design offers bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Photography, Film, Animation, Media Design, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Textile Design and Sustainable Project majors.

Master's degree is also offered in two research areas, Design and Fine Arts.

International Exchange

Tokyo Zokei University has been promoting more active education and research through international exchange programs with prestigious academic institutions abroad.
Current partner universities/colleges are as follows:

• Accademia di Bella Arti di Carrara
• Konstfack University College of Arts Crafts and Design
• School of Photography, Goteborg University
• The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna
• Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague/KABK
• Willem de Kooning Academy of Hogeschool Rotterdam
• UWE Bristol,School of Art,Media and Design
• Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton

Faculty

• Yasuhiro Ishimoto
  Yasuhiro Ishimoto
  Ishimoto was born on 14 June 1921 in San Francisco, California, where his parents were farmers. In 1924, the family left the United States and returned to his parents' hometown within present-day Tosa, in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan...
  
  , photographer
• Katsuhito Nakazato
  Katsuhito Nakazato
  is a Japanese photographer of the man-made environment, particularly sheds, alleys and night scenes.-Life and career:Nakazato was born in Taki, Mie Prefecture, Japan. When young he enjoyed painting, and he joined a painting club in Hosei University , from which he graduated in Geography...
  
  , photographer
• Nobuhiro Suwa
  Nobuhiro Suwa
  is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University.-Biography:...
  
  , film director
• Yutaka Takanashi
  Yutaka Takanashi
  is a Japanese photographer who has photographed fashion, urban design, and city life, and is best known for his depiction of Tokyo.-Life and career:...
  
  , photographer

Alumni

• Kunio Ōkawara
  Kunio Okawara
  is a mechanical designer in the Japanese anime industry. A mechanical designer is similar to a character designer, but the design is for robots, ships, and other mechanical items found in a particular show. Okawara was the first in the industry to be specifically credited as a mechanical designer...
  
  , anime designer
• Nobuhiro Suwa
  Nobuhiro Suwa
  is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University.-Biography:...
  
  , film director
• Kōji Yamamura
  Koji Yamamura
  is a Japanese independent animator who, since leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, currently directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many commissions such as music...
  
  , animation director

External links

• Tokyo Zokei University