is a private university in Sōka, Saitama, Japan, which is a liberal, co-educational institution noted for its language education programs and international exchanges. The university was founded in 1964, its roots can be traced back as early as 1881. Undergraduate admissions are selective, with an admission rate ranging from 30–40%.
History The name "Dokkyo" is the Japanese-style dual kanji-based abbreviation of Verein für deutsche Wissenschaften, or . What was to become today's Dokkyo University was founded on 18 September 1881 by various people, among them scholars Nishi Amane and Katō Hiroyuki, diplomats Inoue Kaoru and Aoki Shūzō and statesmen Shinagawa Yajirō and Katsura Tarō as Verein für deutsche Wissenschaften, or The first chancellor was Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa.
It developed into Schule des Vereins für deutsche Wissenschaften, or in 1883, which opened its doors exclusively to boys in line with the custom at the time. They also founded a highly prestigious law school to study Japan's first constitution The Constitution of the Great Empire of Japan, modeled after the Prussian one with criminal codes also modeled after the German ones, but the elite law division was absorbed by the Imperial University of Tokyo Faculty of Law in 1895.
The school went through a minor negative campaign due to World War I, when Japan sided with the British Empire against the German Empire from August 1914 to November 1918, but the majority of the Japanese public was either pro-German or neutral despite Japan's position in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The 1920s saw its heyday when the school sent the highest number of boys into the nation's top ("High School No.1") in Tokyo, popularly known as "Ichikō", which is today's Liberal Arts campus of the University of Tokyo. The collapse of the two great empires of Germany and Japan in 1945, however, rendered the elite school into a mere boys' high school of middle rank.
During the early 1960s Dokkyo School's graduate and former Education Minister was invited to found the University with money from the school and local governments. They started their first lectures on a higher education level in April 1964. +Overview of the university's historyYearEvent1883Doitsu-gaku Kyokai (German Association) founded1884Specialized subject courses (Law & Politics) established1948Dokkyo Junior and Senior High Schools launched under new school system1964Dokkyo University founded in Soka City Saitama Faculty of Foreign Languages (Department of German & English) and Faculty of Economics (Department of Economics) established
Amano Teiyu assumed the position of first President.1966Department of Management Science added to Faculty of Economics1967Faculty and Department of Law established Department of French added to Faculty of Foreign Languages1977Graduate School of Law, Postgraduate program established1981Foreign Language Educational Research Center established INformation Center established1983100th Anniversary of Dokkyo Gakuen (Dokkyo Educational Foundation)198420th Anniversary of Dokkyo University / International Center1986Graduate School of Foreign Languages Postgraduate Program established (German & English)1989Doctoral Program at Graduate School of Law added1990Master's Program at Graduate School of Foreign Language added (German & English) Doctoral Program at Graduate School of Foreign Language added (German & English)
Postgradual Program at Graduate School of Economics established1992Doctoral Program at Graduate School of Economics added1994Doctoral Program at Graduate School of Foreign Language added (French)1999Department of Languages and Culture added to Faculty of Foreign Languages Department of International Legal Studies added to Faculty of Law
Completion of 35th Anniversary Centre 2003120th Anniversary of Dokkyo Gakuen Graduate School of Foreign Languages One-year Master's Program in English (Focus: English Teaching) at the Graduate School of Economics established
One-year Master's Program in Economics and Management Science (Focus: Information) established 200440th Anniversary of Dokkyo University Dokkyo Law School (Graduate School of Law) established 2005One-year Postgraduate Program in Japanese Teaching at the Graduate School of Foreign Languages added2007Faculty of International Liberal Arts established Institute of Regional Research established
Institute of Human and Environmental Symbiosis Research established
Legal Service Centre for Children and Local Community established2008Department of Policy Studies established at the Faculty of Law2009Department of Tourism and Transnational Studies added to Faculty of Foreign Languages2013Department of Economics and Sustainability added to Faculty of Economics
Facilities The university is located in Sōka, Saitama, around 30 minutes from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. The facilities are arranged on a campus-styled property and include the Central, East and West buildings, a Student Center, Library and Research Center, a University Sports Ground and various gardens and additional buildings.
The campus is situated next to the Denu river and can be accessed via the East, West, South or Ground Gate.
The Teiyu Amano Memorial Stadium, home of the university's baseball team, is located off-campus in Koshigaya.
Academics
Schools Dokkyo Medical University
Undergraduate
Faculty of Foreign languages Department of German Department of English Department of French Faculty of International Liberal Arts Department of Interdisciplinary Studies Faculty of Economics Department of Economics Department of Management science Faculty of Law Department of Law Department of International Legal Studies Department of Policy studies (since 2008)
Postgraduate
Graduate schools Graduate School of Law Graduate School of Foreign Languages Graduate School of Economics Dokkyo Law School
International exchanges The university has an International Center, an overseas study program and various exchange agreements with universities worldwide. It also offers a Japanese Language and Culture Program for exchange students.
Exchange agreements The university maintains student and academic exchange programs with various national and international universities. +Overview of exchange agreementsPartnerPartnership sinceAutonomous University of BarcelonaCardiff University 1999Catholic University of Daegu2003Fudan University1999Hochschule Bremen (University of Applied Sciences Bremen)2006Inha University2006Institut d'études politiques de Lyon2006Konkuk UniversityKyung Hee UniversityOxford Brookes UniversityPhilipps-Universität Marburg University of MarburgUniversity of Alabama1992University of BaselUniversité de Bourgogne (University of Burgundy)1985Université Catholique de l'Ouest1997Universität Duisburg-Essen (University of Duisburg-Essen)1984University of Essex1983University of the Fraser Valley2009Universidad de Guadalajara2012University of Illinois1998University of MalagaUniversity of the Sunshine Coast2004University of Wollongong1996University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison2002Universität Wien (University of Vienna)2003Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (University of Münster)2004York University1998
+Overview of affiliated universitiesCountryUniversityStudent exchange programAcademic exchange programAustraliaSouthern Cross University✓✓University of the Sunshine Coast✓✓University of Wollongong✓✓AustriaUniversität Wien✓✓ChinaAnyang University✗✓Beijing Normal University✓✓Chinese Academy of Social Sciences✗✓Dalian University of Technology✓✓East China Normal University✓✓Fudan University✗✓CanadaUniversity of the Fraser Valley✓✓York University✓✓CzechMasaryk University✓✓FranceEtudes Politiques de Lyon associé à l'Institut d'Asie Orientale✓(accept only)✓Université Catholique de l'Ouest✓✓Université de Bourgogne✓(short period only)✓Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne✓✗GermanyFreie Universität Berlin✓✓Hochschule Bremen✓✓Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg✓✓Philipps Universität Marburg✓✓Stiftung Universität Hildesheim✓✓Universität Duisburg-Essen✓✓Universität Heidelberg✓✓Universität Regensburg✓✓Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster✓✓JamaicaThe University of the West Indies✓✓KoreaCatholic University of Daegu✓✓Inha University✓✓Konkuk University✓✓Kyung Hee University✓✓Sungshin University✓✓Yonsei University✓✓MexicoUniversidad de Guadalajara✓✓SpainUniversidad de Málaga✓✓Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona✓✓SwitzerlandUniversität Basel✓✓TaiwanSoochow University✓✓TurkeyBoğaziçi University✓✓United KingdomCardiff University✓✓Newcastle University✓✓The University of Manchester✓✓University of Essex✓✓University of Leicester✓✓United States of AmericaCalifornia State University, Monterey Bay✓✓San Francisco State University✓✗The University of Alabama✓✓University of California, Davis✓✗University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign✗✓University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point✓✓
Rankings
In 2018 Dokkyo University was ranked among the top 100 universities in Japan (86th) by Times Higher Education (THE).
Student life Athletics
Dokkyo offers a variety of athletic programs. The university's baseball team has been competing in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area University Baseball League since 1967.
People
Alumni Notable alumni from Dokkyo university include:
Jun Enomoto, Japanese football player Hiroki Kamemoto, Japanese musician Rie Furuse, Japanese singer Katsuko Nishimoto, Japanese politician Atsuko Okamoto, Japanese actress Koichiro Okuma, Japanese martial artist Tomorowo Taguchi, Japanese actor Sōichirō Takashima, Japanese politician Toru Toida, Japanese politician Yumi Yoshiyuki, Japanese film director
See also Dokkyodaigakumae Station Dokkyo Medical University Himeji Dokkyo University
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