Doshisha University
| 同志社大学 | |
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| Motto | Latin: Veritas liberabit vos |
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Motto in English
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Truth shall make you free |
| Type | Private |
| Established | Founded 1875, Chartered 1920 |
| Endowment | €1 billion (JP¥169.6 billion) |
| President | Koji Murata |
| Vice-president | Nobuhiro Tabata, Yasuhiro Kuroki, Tsutao Katayama, Takashi Nishimura |
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Academic staff
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777 full-time, 1411 part-time |
| Undergraduates | 26,522 |
| Postgraduates | 2,377 |
| Location |
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 35°01′47″N 135°45′39″E / 35.029737°N 135.760725°ECoordinates: 35°01′47″N 135°45′39″E / 35.029737°N 135.760725°E |
| Campus |
Urban / Suburban, 530 acres (2.1 km²) |
| Colors | White and Purple |
| Athletics | 50 varsity teams |
| Nickname | Dodai (同大 Dōdai?) |
| Mascot | Astro Boy (unofficial and historical) |
| Website | www |
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| Toyo Keizai National | General | 18 |
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| National | Employment | 18 |
| NBP Kansai | Reputation | 3 (#1 private) |
| Shimano National | Selectivity | A1 |
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LAW |
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| BE Success National | Qualification | 11 |
| BE Pass rate National | Qualification | 23 |
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BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT |
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| CPA Success National | Qualification | 9 |
Doshisha University (同志社大学 Dōshisha daigaku?), also referred to as Dodai (同大 Dōdai?), is a private university in Kyoto City, Japan. Established in 1875, it is one of Japan's oldest private institutions of higher learning, and has approximately 30,000 students enrolled on four different campuses in Kyoto. It is one of the Japanese "Global 30" universities and one of the "," a group of the four leading private universities in western Japan's Kansai region.
Doshisha was founded by Joseph Hardy Neesima as "Doshisha English School", and in 1920 it was granted university status. The university now encompasses 14 faculties and 16 graduate schools with numerous affiliated institutions including Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts.
Doshisha University was founded in 1875 as Doshisha English School by Protestant educator Niijima Jō (also known as Joseph Hardy Neesima), as a school to advance Christian education in Japan. As a young man, Niijima left Japan for the United States in 1864, despite the ban on overseas travel then imposed on Japanese nationals. He studied at Phillips Academy and Amherst College, and returned to Japan in 1874. The next year, Niijima established the Doshisha School with the assistance of Canadian Methodist missionary G. G. Cochran. Niijima served as president of the university from 1875 to 1890. Other early university presidents included educator and author Yamamoto Kakuma (1890–1892), Seito Saibara (1899–1902) who was the first Christian member of the Japanese Diet, and prominent chemical engineer Kotaro Shimomura (1904-1907).
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