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Kogakkan University

Private university · Mie

UniversityFounded 1882
Kogakkan University campus
Photo: Miyuki Meinaka · Public domain

About

Kogakkan University (皇學館大学, Kōgakkan daigaku) is a private university at Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940. Kogakkan University is one of only two universities in Japan to offer a Shinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a kannushi (Shinto priest). The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.

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Key facts

Type
Private university, Shinto university
Founded
1882