Ryukoku University

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| name = Ryukoku University

| native_name = 龍谷大学

| native_name_lang = Japanese

| image_name = 170128 Ryukoku University Omiya Campus Kyoto Japan01s3.jpg

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| caption = Omiya Campus in January 2017

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| motto = You, Unlimited{{Cite web |url= https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp|title= 龍谷大学|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| established = 1639{{Cite web |url=　https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/about/outline/history.html|title= 龍谷大学の歴史|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| type = Private

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| president = Takashi Irisawa{{Cite web |url= https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/english2/about/e_greeting.html|title= President’s Message|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

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| students = 21,358{{Cite web |url= https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/about/factbook/factbook.html#|title= 学生数・入学定員・入学者数・収容定員等|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| undergrad = 20,754{{Cite web |url= https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/about/factbook/factbook.html#|title= 学生数・入学定員・入学者数・収容定員等|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

| postgrad = 604{{Cite web |url= https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/about/factbook/factbook.html#|title= 学生数・入学定員・入学者数・収容定員等|accessdate=2023-09-08}}

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| city = Kyoto and Otsu, Shiga

| country = Japan

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| campus = Urban

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{{nihongo|Ryukoku University|龍谷大学|Ryūkoku Daigaku}} is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.

It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876.{{Cite web |url=　https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/about/outline/history.html|title= 龍谷大学の歴史|accessdate=2023-09-08}} The university's professors and students founded the literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three campuses: Fukakusa and Omiya in Kyoto; and Seta in Shiga prefecture.{{Cite web |url= https://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/english2/about/location.html|title= Location & Access|accessdate=2023-09-08}} Its campuses are smoke-free.Ryūkoku University [http://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/english2/about/mission.html Mission Statement] ryukoku.ac.jp It is one university belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu"(産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area.{{Cite web |url= https://dw.diamond.ne.jp/articles/-/29832|title= 難関私大に下克上なるか？　日東駒専・産近甲龍を大解剖|accessdate=2023-09-08}}