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Meiji Gakuin University

Private university · Tokyo

UniversityFounded 1863
Meiji Gakuin University campus
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About

Meiji Gakuin University (明治学院大学, Meiji gakuin daigaku) is a private, Christian university with the main campus in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and a satellite campus in Yokohama, Kanagawa. It was established in 1863. The Rev. Dr. James Curtis Hepburn was one of its founders and served as the first president. The novelist and poet Shimazaki Toson graduated from this university and wrote the lyrics of its college song.

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Key facts

Type
Private university
Founded
1863
Students
12,176
Also known as
Meiji Gakuin