was a private university in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan.
History The school was founded in 1937 as Kobe Dressmaker Jogakuin (; jogakuin means "women's academy").History , retrieved on 18 August 2012. In 1967 the school foundation established Akashi Women's Junior College, which became coeducational in 1969 and was renamed Akashi Junior College (After the Michiyo Okabe nude murder case,Michiyo Okabe (岡部 三千代 Okabe Michiyo) was an 18-year-old Akashi Junior College girl who was denuded, raped, and murdered in 1989.明石短大生殺人事件 it was renamed Kobe College of Liberal Arts in 1990). In 2005 a part of the junior college was reorganized into Kobe University of Fashion and Design. In 2010 the university announced that it stopped admitting students and that it would be closed in March 2013.
Organization Undergraduate schools Faculty of Fashion and Design
Affiliated schools Kobe College of Fashion and Design (a junior college, formerly Kobe College of Liberal Arts) Kobe Fashion Institute (a technical college in Chūō-ku, Kobe)
References
External links Official website