Soka University
| 創価大学,创价大学 | |
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| Motto | Discover Your Potential |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1971 |
| President | Yoshihisa Baba |
| Students | 8,143 (3 May 2015) |
| Address | 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachiōji-shi, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Blue White |
| Mascot | Roaring Lion |
| Affiliations | ASAIHL |
| Website | www |
| 創価女子短期大学 | |
| Type | Private women's junior college |
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| Established | 1985 |
| Location | Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan |
| Website | www |
Soka University (創価大学 Sōka Daigaku?), abbreviated as Sodai (創大?) is a private university in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. In 2014, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) designated Soka University as one of Japan's Super Global Universities. The university has 8 faculties with a total of around 8,000 students, 400 of whom are international students.
Soka University opened to undergraduate students in 1971, with its graduate school opening in 1975. Since the school's founding, more than 50,000 students have graduated from Soka University.
Soka University of America is a related school founded in 2001, located in Aliso Viejo, California, which offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees.
Soka University's educational philosophy was established by Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, the first president of the Soka Gakkai (then called the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, or Value-creating Education Society), who had worked as the principal of an elementary school in Japan. Makiguchi published the book "The System of Value-Creating Pedagogy" based on his belief that the purpose of education is the students' happiness, and emphasized humanistic education. This educational philosophy was shared by his successor, Jōsei Toda, who had served as an elementary school teacher. Toda's successor, Daisaku Ikeda, describes his goal as carrying out the dreams of Makiguchi and Toda.
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