Ryukoku University
Ryukoku University (龍谷大学, Ryūkoku Daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.
It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. The university's professors and students founded the literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three campuses: Fukakusa and Omiya in Kyoto; and Seta in Shiga prefecture. Its campuses are smoke-free. It is one university belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu"(産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area.
Faculties
Undergraduate Schools
- Faculty of Letters
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of International Studies
- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
- Faculty of Sociology
- Faculty of Policy Studies
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Psychology
Graduate Schools
- Graduate School of Letters
- Graduate School of Economics
- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Graduate School of Law
- Graduate School of Policy Science
- Graduate School of International Studies
- Graduate School of Science and Technology
- Graduate School of Sociology
- Graduate School of Practical Shin Buddhist Studies
- Graduate School of Agriculture
Notable alumni
- Yuji Fujii, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature)
- Ayano Tsuji, singer-songwriter.
- Takamaro Shigaraki, Buddhologist, later president of the university