Kwassui Women's University
{{Short description|Higher education institution in Japan}}
{{nihongo|Kassui Women's University|活水女子大学|Kassui Joshi Daigaku}} is a private women's university in Nagasaki, Japan. It enrolls approximately 1,300 students and has exchange agreements with 28 universities in 8 countries.{{cite web | url = https://www.g-studyinjapan.jasso.go.jp/univ_search/index.php?r=visitor/university/view&id=718 | title = Kassui Women's University | publisher = Japan Student Services Organization | access-date = 2014-09-18}}
Schools and faculties
As of 2021, the university had a Graduate School (for English Literature and Language); a Faculty of International Cultural Studies (Departments of English and Japanese Culture); a Faculty of Music (Department of Music); a Faculty of Wellness Studies (Departments of Nutritional Health, Design and Science for Human Life, and Child Development and Education); and a Faculty of Nursing (Department of Nursing).{{cite web | url = http://kwassui-int.ac.jp/facultiesanddepartments/ | title = Kwassui Women's University | publisher = Kwassui Women's University | access-date = 2022-02-08}}
Administration
Kassui Women's University is operated by an education foundation, Kassui Gakuin, which also runs Kassui Junior High School and Kassui High School.
History
The university's predecessor, Kassui Girls' School, was founded by an American Methodist missionary, Elizabeth Russell, in 1879.{{cite book | last = Windolf | first = Paul |author2=Francisco Ramirze | year = 1989 | title = Expansion and Structural Change: Higher Education in Germany, the United States, and Japan, 1870-1990 | publisher = Contemporary Sociology | id =Vol. 27, No. 2}} It was recognized as Kassui Women's College in 1919.
In 1950, under the new education system, it became Kassui Women's Junior College. The university was established in 1981 and the graduate school in 1991. The name Kassui Women's College remained in use until September 2010.
Notable alumni
- Mitsuko Tottori, Chief Executive Officer of Japan Airlines
References
External links
- [http://kwassui-int.ac.jp Kwassui Women's University]
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Category:Private universities and colleges in Japan
Category:Universities and colleges established in 1879
Category:Women's universities and colleges in Japan
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Category:Universities and colleges in Nagasaki Prefecture