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      • Kanagawa University (神奈川大学, Kanagawa Daigaku), abbreviated to Jindai (神大) is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.


      History


      The university was founded in 1928 by Yoshimori Yoneda (米田吉盛) as Yokohama Academy (横浜学院, Yokohama gakuin). It was an evening school for the working youth. In 1929 the school was renamed Yokohama College (横浜専門学校, Yokohama semmon gakkō), which had both day and evening schools (Day school: Department of Commerce / evening school: Departments of Commerce and Law). On 15 May 1930 the college moved to present-day Rokkakubashi Campus. In 1939 it added the technical departments (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Industrial Administration). In 1949 the college was developed into Kanagawa University, under Japan's new educational system.
      The university at first had three faculties: the Faculties of Commerce and Engineering and the evening school's Faculty of Commerce. The latter history of the university is as follows:

      1950: the Faculty of Commerce was renamed Faculty of Law and Economics.
      1965: the Faculty of Foreign Languages (English and Spanish) was established.
      the Faculty of Law and Economics was divided into two faculties.
      1967: the Graduate Schools of Law (master's/doctoral), Economics (master's/doctoral) and Engineering (master's courses only) were established.
      1989: Hiratsuka Campus was opened (Shonan Hiratsuka Campus today).
      the Faculties of Business Administration and Science were established.
      1990: the doctoral courses were added to the Graduate School of Engineering.
      1992: the Graduate School of Foreign Languages was established (master's courses only).
      1993: the Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Science and History & Folklore Studies were established (master's courses only).
      1995: the doctoral courses were added to the Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Science and History & Folklore Studies.
      2004: the School of Law was established.
      2006: the Faculty of Human Sciences was established.
      2019: the School of Law was closed
      2020: the Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies was opened.
      2021: Minato Mirai Campus was established.
      2022: the Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering was established.
      2023: Shonan Hiratsuka Campus was closed.
      2023: the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry was established.
      2023: the Faculty of Informatics was established.
      2024: the Graduated School of Foreign Language was renamed Graduate School of Humanities.


      Graduate schools



      Graduate School of Law
      Graduate School of Economics
      Graduate School of Business Administration
      Graduate School of Humanities
      Graduate School of Science
      Graduate School of Engineering
      Graduate School of History & Folklore Studies


      Undergraduate schools




      = At Yokohama Campus

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      Faculty of Law
      Department of Law
      Department of Local Government
      Faculty of Economics
      Department of Economics
      Contemporary Economics Major
      Economic Analysis Major
      Department of Contemporary Business
      Faculty of Human Sciences
      Department of Human Sciences
      Psychology and Human Development Course
      Sports and Health Course
      Human Society Course
      Faculty of Science
      Department of Science
      Mathematics Course
      Physics Course
      Chemistry Course
      Biology Course
      Global Environmental Science Course
      Comprehensive Science Course
      Faculty of Engineering
      Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Department of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineer
      Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
      Department of Applied Physics
      Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering
      Architecture and Building Engineering Course
      Urban Life Design Course
      Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry
      Department of Applied Chemistry
      Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
      Faculty of Informatics
      Department of Computer Science
      Department of Applied Systems Mathematics
      Advanced Informatics Program


      = Minato Mirai Campus

      =
      Faculty of Business Administration
      Department of International Business Administration
      Faculty of Foreign Languages
      Department of English
      Department of Spanish
      Department of Chinese
      Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies
      Department of Cross-Cultural Studies
      Department of Japanese Cultures
      Department of History and Folklore Studies


      Institutes


      Library
      Institute for Legal Studies
      Institute of Economics and Foreign Trade
      Institute of International Business and Management
      Institute for Humanities Research
      Center for Language Studies
      Center for Clinical Psychology
      Research Institute for Integrated Science
      Institute for Technological Research
      Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture
      Center for Asian Studies
      Institute for Architecture and Building Engineering
      Research Institute for Marine and Port Studies


      Athletics




      = American football

      =
      The Kanagawa University American football team is the ATOMS.


      = Cheerleading

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      The Kanagawa University Cheerleading Club is the WILDCATS or WINGS of Kanagawa University.


      = Baseball

      =
      The Kanagawa University baseball team is known for their long history of success in Kanagawa Univ. Baseball League.


      = Football

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      The Kanagawa University football team participated in the Emperor's Cup, in 1997,2006,2016.


      = Rugby

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      The Kanagawa University Rugby Football Club


      = Kendo

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      The Kanagawa University kendo club. Graduates of the Kendo club include Hiroyasu Koga, Yukio Mishima Harakiri(Seppuku) supported ("Mishima Incident"1970).


      = Ekiden

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      The Kanagawa university ekiden team won the Hakone Ekiden, in 1997, 1998.


      Alumni


      Kanagawa University students have become businessmen, leading politicians, writers, architects, athletes, actors, musicians, scientists, engineer, and video game developers. Among the notable alumni are:

      Hideo Kamio, vice-president of Toyota
      Takeo Masuda, vice-president of ITOCHU
      Lynn Okamoto, Mangaka of Gokukoku no Brynhildr, Elfen Lied
      Yuuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture
      Nobuo Uematsu, video game composer of Final Fantasy series by Square Enix


      References




      External links


      Media related to Kanagawa University at Wikimedia Commons
      Official website

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