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Takushoku University

Private university · Tokyo

UniversityFounded 1900
Takushoku University campus
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About

Takushoku University (拓殖大学, Takushoku Daigaku), abbreviated as 拓大 (Takudai) is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Prince (title for a Duke at that time) Taro Katsura (1848–1913). It has two campuses: the main campus in the Bunkyō Ward and a satellite campus in Hachiōji. Takushoku University has five faculties: Commerce, Political Science and Economics, Foreign Languages, International Studies, and Engineering. Takushoku University is a university of security studies in Japan. A previous university chancellor, Satoshi Morimoto, was Japan's former Minister of Defense. Some past chancellors such as Taro Katsura and Yasuhiro Nakasone were previously Japanese prime ministers.

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Key facts

Type
Private university
Founded
1900
Also known as
Takudai