Aoyama Gakuin University (Japanese: 青山学院大学, Hepburn: Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku, AGU) is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as part of Aoyama Gakuin. Aoyama Gakuin University had its 140th anniversary in 2014 and is one of Japan's oldest higher education facilities.
Private university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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Robert Samuel Maclay (first president of Aoyama Gakuin)
The university's undergraduate and graduate programs include courses on literature, law, economics, business, international politics, economics, communication, science, engineering and cultural studies. The university graduate programs include international management, law and professional accounting.
Aoyama Gakuin University has participated in Hakone Ekiden, an annual university relay race between Tokyo and Hakone in Japan. Recently they won the races in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022.
General information
The main campus, located in Omotesando in central Tokyo, is complemented by the Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture. The latter houses the College of Science and Sports. The university has graduated around 180,000 students and employs over 1,600 full and part-time faculty members. Aoyama Gakuin University is accredited by the British University Association and is a member of the British Association of Private College and Universities.
The university maintains a number of active international exchange programs for students and faculty. Many of the students and faculty have attended universities and research institutes abroad, while the institution itself has attracted numerous outstanding scholars and students from around the world to its campuses.[according to whom?]
Organization
Undergraduate programs
College of Literature
College of Education, Psychology and Human Studies
College of Economics
Faculty of Law
School of Business
School of International Politics, Economics and Communication (SIPEC)
School of Cultural and Creative Studies
College of Science and Engineering
School of Social Informatics
School of Global Studies and Collaboration
College of Community Studies (started in 2019)
The Aoyama Standard University-Wide Universal Education System
Graduate programs
Graduate School of Literature
Graduate School of Education, Psychology and Human Studies
Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of International Politics, Economics and Communication
The school ranks 11th in the country in the number of alumni elected to the National Diet,[2] and 13th in the number of alumni holding executive-level positions in the country with listed companies.[3] Its graduates rank eighth in Japan in the number of successful passings of the national CPA exam.[4]
The university is also one of the five most popular universities in Tokyo.[according to whom?] The main campus is located in the Shibuya area, and its students are generally viewed as having come from more affluent backgrounds and are regarded as sophisticated.[according to whom?] The school has been lauded for its undergraduate focus on the humanities and business education.[according to whom?]
In the 2020–2021 University Brand Image Survey conducted by Nikkei BP Consulting, Aoyama Gakuin University ranked 5th overall in the Greater Tokyo Area and 4th out of the private universities after Waseda, Keio, and Sophia Universities.
QS World university rankings 201: 701+
Modern Languages 201: 151–200
QS Asian university rankings 201: 201–250
Professors
Robert March (International business)
Kumiko Haba (Political science, International Relations)
Karl-Friedrich Lenz (German law, EU Law)
Masami Sumiyoshi (Philosophy of law)
Noritada Matsuda (Politics, Political science)
Yoshikazu Miki (Tax law, president of the university)
Akira Ishii (Criminology)
Junichi Kikuchi (Intellectual property law)
Munehide Nishizawa (Civil procedure, French law)
Shin Hae Bong (International law)
Yasunori Osono (Internal medicine)
Notable graduates
Politicians
Renhō (member of the house of councilors, consumer affairs minister)
Tsuyoshi Takagi (member of the house of representatives, Minister for Reconstruction)
Kenko Matsuki (member of the house of representatives)
Shunichi Yamaguchi (member of the house of representatives, Minister of state for science and technology policy)
Haruko Arimura (member of the House of councilors, Minister in charge of women's activities)
Renhō (member of the house of councilors, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, consumer affairs minister)
Hiroya Ebina (the mayor of kushiro city)
Hiroshi Nakada (the former mayor of Yokohama, member of the House of Councillors)
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