Bukkyo University

{{Short description|Private University in Japan}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Bukkyo University

| native_name = 佛教大学

| native_name_lang = jp

| image = Bukkyo University140524NI1.JPG

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| caption = Main Campus

| logo = ダウンロード.png

| type = Private

| established = 1912{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/about/history.html|title= History|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| religious_affiliation = Jōdo-shū{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/about/|title= About|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| president = Masahiro Ito{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/about/|title= About|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| students = 11,585{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/about/uploads/data_zaisekigakusei.pdf|title= 在籍学生数|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| undergrad = 11,311{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/about/uploads/data_zaisekigakusei.pdf|title= 在籍学生数|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| postgrad = 274{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/about/uploads/data_zaisekigakusei.pdf|title= 在籍学生数|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| city = Kyoto{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/access/|title= Campus & Access|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

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| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|35|2|36|N|135|44|13.9|E|region:JP_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| campus_type = Urban{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/access/|title= Campus & Access|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/}}

| pushpin_map = Japan Kyoto Prefecture

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kyoto

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{{nihongo|Bukkyo University|佛教大学|Bukkyō daigaku}} is a private university in Kita-ku, Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The university began as an organization within the Chion-in Temple for the lecturing and study of Buddhism in 1868. The school's official predecessor was founded in 1912, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1949.{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/about/history.html|title= History|accessdate=2023-09-08}} Bukkyo means Buddhism in Japanese, and the university's philosophy is based on Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) Buddhism.{{Cite web |url= https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/about/|title= About|accessdate=2023-09-08}}{{Cite web |title=建学の理念 {{!}} 教学理念・ビジョン {{!}} 大学案内 |url=https://www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/about/philosophy/spirit/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=佛教大学 |language=ja}}