Komazawa University

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Komazawa University (駒澤大學)
Motto:	Truth, Sincerity, Respect, and Love (信誠敬愛)
Established:	1592
Type:	Private
President:	Ikeda Rentarō
Staff:	1,100
Undergraduates:	19,000
Postgraduates:	400
Location:	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Campus:	Urban
Member of:	Setagaya 6 Universities consortium
Colors:	bluish-purple
Website:	www.komazawa-u.ac.jp

Komazawa University (駒澤大學, Komazawa Daigaku,abbreviated as 駒大 Komadai) is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Soto sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist traditions in Japan.

The university in Tokyo campus comprises eight faculties and 22 departments with total of around 16,000 students. Also for students who wish to pursue advanced studies, each department has a graduate school except Department of Radiological Sciences and Department of Global Media. It has also seven research institutes and a Museum of Zen Buddhist Culture.

Contents 1 Education and research 2 History 2.1 In brief 2.2 Chronology 3 Basic Information 3.1 Location 4 Education and Research 4.1 Departments 4.2 Graduate Programs 4.2.1 Professional Graduate Programs 4.3 Affiliated Facilities 4.3.1 Institute 5 Facilities 5.1 Campuses 5.1.1 Museum 6 People and organizations related to Komazawa 6.1 Presidents 6.2 Notable faculty 7 External Relations 7.1 Agreements with other universities 7.2 Sister Schools 8 Affiliated Schools 9 External links

[edit] Education and research

[edit] History

[edit] In brief

[edit] Chronology

[edit] Basic Information

[edit] Location

• Komazawa campus: Komazawa 1-23-1, Setagaya-ku, To-kyo-to (東京都世田谷区駒沢1-23-1)

  This campus is near the stadium of the Tokyo Olympics.

• Futakotamagawa campus: Unane 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, To-kyo-to (東京都世田谷区宇奈根1-1-1)
• Fukazawa campus: Fukazawa 6-8-18, Setagaya-ku, To-kyo-to (東京都世田谷区深沢6-8-18)

[edit] Education and Research

[edit] Departments

• Buddhist Studies
  • Zen Buddhist Studies
  • Buddhist Studies
• Literature
  • Japanese Literature
  • English and American Literature
  • Geography
    • Area and Culture Studies
    • Environmental Science
  • History
    • Japanese History
    • Foreign History
    • Archaeology
  • Philosophy
  • Sociology
    • Sociology
    • Social Welfare
• Economics
  • Economics
  • Commerce
  • Applied Economics
• Law
  • Law
  • Political Science
• Business Administration
  • Business Administration
  • Marketing Management
• Health Sciences
  • Radiological Sciences
• Global Media Studies
  • Global Media

[edit] Graduate Programs

• Arts and Sciences
  • Buddhist Studies
  • Japanese literature
  • English and American Literature
  • Geography
  • History
    • Japanese History
    • European History
    • History of East Asia
    • Archaeology
  • Sociology
  • Psychology
    • Psychology
    • Certified Clinical Psychology
• Economics
• Commerce
• Law
  • Public Law
  • Private Law
• Business Administration
• Health Sciences
  • Radiological Sciences

[edit] Professional Graduate Programs

• Judicial Studies (Law school)

[edit] Affiliated Facilities

[edit] Institute

• Zen Institute
• Institute for Comparative Buddhist Literature
• Institute of Zen Buddhism and Economics
• Research Institute for Applied Geography
• Institute of Legal Research
• Research Institute for Accounting
• Institute of Mass Communication

[edit] Facilities

[edit] Campuses

• Komazawa campus
  • 246 Kaikan
  • Community Care Center
• Futakotamagawa campus
• Fukazawa campus

[edit] Museum

• Museum of Zen Culture

[edit] People and organizations related to Komazawa

[edit] Presidents

• Yamada Reirin
• Ui Hakujyu
• Mizuno Kogen

[edit] Notable faculty

• Kodo Sawaki

• and see;List of Komazawa related people from Japanese Wikipedia

[edit] External Relations

[edit] Agreements with other universities

• Participant in the Setagaya 6 Universities

[edit] Sister Schools

• Tohoku Fukushi University
• Aichi Gakuin University
• Tsurumi University
• Komazawa Womens University

There were also established by Soto sect.

[edit] Affiliated Schools

• Tomakomai Komazawa University
• Komazawa Junior College
• Komazawa Senior High School
• Komazawa Iwamizawa Senior High School
• Komazawa Tomakomai Senior High School

[edit] External links

• Komazawa University - English, Official website
• Tomakomai Komazawa University - Tomakomai, Hokkaidō