Kogakkan University

Kogakkan University
皇學館大学 (Kogakkan Daigaku)

Type	Private
Established	1882
President	Kiyoshi Shimizu (清水潔)
Students	2,921
Undergraduates	2,839
Postgraduates	82
Location	Ise, Mie, Japan
Colors	Deep Purple
Website	kogakkan-u.ac.jp

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 Shinto priest.^[1]^[2] (The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.)

Education and Research

Departments

Literature
- Shinto
- Japanese Literature
- Japanese History
- Communication
Education
- Education
Contemporary Japanese society
- Contemporary Japanese society

Graduate programs

Literature
- Shinto specialization
- Japanese Literature specialization
- Japanese History specialization
Education
- Education specialization

Special Programs

Shinto Studies Graduate Program

References

↑ Kogakkan University Faculty of Letters: Kogakkan University official website
↑ S.D.B.Picken "Faith-based schools in Japan: Paradoxes and Pointers". In J.D. Chapman et al. (eds.) "International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools". New York: Springer. P. 523.

External links

Official website (Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°29′13″N 136°43′36″E / 34.48694°N 136.72667°E / 34.48694; 136.72667

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 143785463 LCCN: n81066136 ISNI: 0000 0000 9068 1161 GND: 5035201-5 NDL: 00288043

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