Seikei University

{{Short description|Private university in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan}}

{{Infobox University |

name = Seikei University|

native_name = {{nihongo2|成蹊大学}}|

image_name = Seikei Gakuen Main Building.jpg|

image_size = 220px|

caption = Seikei University main building, 2018|

established = Founded 1906,
Chartered 1949|

type = Private |

head_label = President |

head = Yoichi Kamejima |

city = Musashino |

campus = Urban |

colors = Prussian blue|

state = Tokyo |

country = Japan |

website = {{ubl|{{URL|https://www.seikei.ac.jp/university/eng/|seikei.ac.jp}} {{in lang|en}}|{{URL|http://www.seikei.ac.jp/university/index.html|seikei.ac.jp}} {{in lang|ja}}}}

}}

{{nihongo|Seikei University|成蹊大学|Seikei daigaku}} is a private university in the Kichijōji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan.

Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian.{{citation needed|date=May 2011}} Its campus is noted for its rows of zelkova trees, which is listed as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/oto/ |title=100 Soundscapes of Japan |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=18 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608002719/http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/oto/ |archivedate=8 June 2012 }}

Overview

The university was established as a university in 1949 under the new School Education Law. Its predecessor dates back to 1906 and was supported by Koyata Iwasaki, the fourth head of the Mitsubishi zaibatsu.{{citation needed|date=May 2011}} Before World War II, the institution was financially supported by donations from Mitsubishi Group. After World War II, it became independent from Mitsubishi Group after dissolution of the zaibatsu. However, Seikei University still has close connections with the Mitsubishi Group. This university has many graduates from families of noble or business backgrounds.

The university is one of the Tokyo Four Universities (Seikei, Musashi, Seijo, Gakushuin), the grouping of universities that evolved from pre-war high schools.

Organization

File:Seikei_University_Zelkova_trees_1.jpg

File:Seikei_University_Building_No.1_No.2_No.10.jpg

File:Seikei_University_Ground_Seat.jpg

=Undergraduate Faculties=

Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Business
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Science and Technology

=Graduate schools=

Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of Law and Political Science
Graduate School of Humanities
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Law School

=Research institutes=

Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

Academic rankings

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=Alumni rankings=

École des Mines de Paris ranks Seikei University as 89th in the world in 2009 (89th in 2008) in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies. (The university is also ranked 9th in Japan.){{Cite web|url=http://www.mines-paristech.eu/About-us/Rankings/professional-ranking/#7|title = Highly-ranked French engineering school - MINES PARISTECH}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:パリ国立高等鉱業学校世界大学ランキング（2008年） |publisher=大学ranking.net |url=http://daigaku-ranking.net/world/%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA%E5%9B%BD%E7%AB%8B%E9%AB%98%E7%AD%89%E9%89%B1%E6%A5%AD%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1-%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%EF%BC%882008%E5%B9%B4/|language=Japanese}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:パリ国立高等鉱業学校世界大学ランキング（2009年） |publisher=大学ranking.net |url=http://daigaku-ranking.net/world/%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA%E5%9B%BD%E7%AB%8B%E9%AB%98%E7%AD%89%E9%89%B1%E6%A5%AD%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1-%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%EF%BC%882009%E5%B9%B4/|language=Japanese}}

File:Keiji Takezawa and Mr Albert J Oliver at Cowra High School 1970.jpg

Attached school

The university and its attached schools are jointly managed by the {{Nihongo|Seikei Gakuen School Corporation|学校法人成蹊学園}}.

;Seikei Senior High School

::Seikei high school has an exchange study program with St. Paul's School and Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and [https://cowra-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/ Cowra High School] (since 1970) in [https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/cowra-area/cowra Cowra, New South Wales], Australia.

::There is a study abroad program with Choate Rosemary Hall, Pembroke College, Cambridge and University of California, Davis.

;Seikei Junior High School

;Seikei Elementary School