学習院大学 | |
Former names | Gakushūjo (学習所); pre-war English translation: Peers School |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1847 in Kyoto and moved to Tokyo in 1877; reformed in 1949 as a private university |
President | Ichiro Arakawa |
Administrative staff | 279 (full time only)[1] |
Students | approx. 8,600 |
Undergraduates | approx. 8,000 |
Postgraduates | under 600 |
Other students | international students: about 120 |
Location | , , |
Website | www |
Gakushūin University (学習院大学, Gakushūin Daigaku) is a private university in Mejiro, Toshima, Tokyo.
The Gakushūin (or "Peers School") was established during the Meiji period to educate the children of the Japanese nobility, but back then the institution had only the primary and secondary education departments. The university was established after World War II as tertiary component of the reorganised and privatised Gakushūin School Corporation.
The university is still noted for its royal connections, with most of the members of the present Imperial Family among its alumni.[2]