List of junior colleges in Japan

This is the comprehensive list of junior colleges in Japan that exist today or existed in the past. For the purpose of the list, a junior college is defined to be a two-year or three-year college. The list does not include so-called "Daigaku-bu", or junior colleges that are part of four-year colleges.

Current:
*†Aichi Bunkyo Women's College, Inazawa, Aichi
*Aichi Kiwami College of Nursing, Ichinomiya, Aichi
*Aichi Konan College, Konan, Aichi
*Aikoku Gakuen Junior College, Edogawa, Tokyo
*Aino University, Ibaraki, Osaka
*Akikusa Gakuen Junior College, Tokorozawa, Saitama
*Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts, Akita, Akita
*Aomori Akenohoshi Junior College, Aomori, Aomori
*Aomori Chuo Junior College, Aomori, Aomori
*†Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College, Shibuya, Tokyo
*Ashikaga Junior College, Ashikaga, Tochigi
*Ashiya College, Ashiya, Hyogo
*Beppu Mizobe Gakuen College, Beppu, Oita
*Bunkyo Gakuin College, Bunkyo, Tokyo
*†Caritas Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa
*Chiba College of Health Science, Chiba, Chiba
*Chiba Keiai Junior College, Sakura, Chiba
*Chiba Meitoku College, Chiba, Chiba
*Chukyo Junior College, Mizunami, Gifu
*College of Industrial Technology, Amagasaki, Hyogo
*Daiichi Junior College for Kindergarten Teachers, Dazaifu, Fukuoka
*Daiichi Junior College of Infant Education, Kirishima, Kagoshima
*†Ehime Women's College, Uwajima, Ehime
*Fujita Health University College, Toyoake, Aichi
*Fukuoka College of Health Sciences, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
*†Fukuoka Women's Junior College, Dazaifu, Fukuoka
*†Fukuyama City Junior College for Women, Fukuyama, Hiroshima
*†Gifu City Women's College, Gifu, Gifu
*Gifu Junior College Of Health Science, Gifu, Gifu
*Gunma Shorei Junior College of Welfare, Ota, Gunma
*Hachinohe Junior College, Hachinohe, Aomori
*Hakodate Otani College, Hakodate, Hokkaido
*†Hakuho Women's College, Ōji, Nara
*Higashi Chikushi Junior College, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
*Higashikyushu Junior College, Nakatsu, Oita
*Hirosaki Welfare Junior College, Hirosaki, Aomori
*Hiroshima Bunka Two-Year College, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
*†Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College
*Honan College, Tatsuno, Nagano
*Hosen Gakuen College, Nakano, Tokyo
*†Ibaraki Women's Junior college, Naka, Ibaraki
*†Ichinomiya Women's Junior College, Ichinomiya, Aichi
*†Iida Women's Junior College, Iida, Nagano
*Ikenobo College, Kyoto, Kyoto
*†IKUEI Junior College, Takasaki, Gunma
*Imabari Meitoku Junior College, Imabari, Kagawa
*Iwaki Junior College, Iwaki, Fukushima
*Iwakuni Junior College, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
*Iwate College of Nursing, Takizawa, Iwate
*Izumi Junior College, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
*Japan Christian Junior College, Chiba, Chiba
*†Jin-ai Women's College, Fukui, Fukui
*†Jissen Women's Junior College, Hino, Tokyo
*Josai University, Sakado, Saitama
*Junsei Junior College, Takahashi, Okayama
*Junshin Junior College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
*Kacho College, Kyoto, Kyoto
*Kagawa Junior College, Utazu, Kagawa
*†Kagoshima Women's Junior College, Kagoshima, Kagoshima
*Kagoshima Prefectual College, Kagoshima, Kagoshima
*Kanagawa Prefectural College of Foreign Studies, Yokohama, Kanagawa
*Kanazawa Gakuin College, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
*†Kansai Women's College, Kashiwara, Osaka
*Kanto Junior College, Tatebayashi, Gunma
*Kawaguchi Junior College, Kawaguchi, Saitama
*Kawasaki City College of Nursing, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
*Kawasaki College of Allied Health Professions, Kurashiki, Okayama
*†Kobe Women's Junior College, Kobe, Hyogo
*Kobe Yamate College, Kobe, Hyogo
*Kochi Gakuen College, Kochi, Kochi
*†Koen Gakuen Women's Junior College, Sapporo, Hokkaido
*Kokugakuin Junior College, Takikawa, Hokkaido
*Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College, Tochigi, Tochigi
*Kokusai Gakuin Saitama Junior College, Saitama, Saitama
*Kokusai Junior College, Nakano, Tokyo
*Komatsu College, Komatsu, Ishikawa
*†Komazawa Women's Junior College, Inagishi, Tokyo
*†Koran Women's Junior College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
*Koshien Junior College, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
*Kurashiki City College, Kurashiki, Okayama
*†Kurume SHIN-AI Women's College, Kurume, Fukuoka
*Kushiro Junior College, Kushiro, Hokkaido
*Kyoei Gakuen Junior College, Kasukabe, Saitama
*†Kyoritsu Women's Junior College, Chiyoda, Tokyo
*Kyoto Bunkyo Junior College, Uji, Kyoto
*Kyoto College of Economics, Kyoto, Kyoto
*Kyoto College of Medical Technology, Sonobe, Kyoto
*Kyoto Junior College, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto
*Kyoto Municipal Junior College of Nursing, Kyoto, Kyoto
*Kyoto Seizan College, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto
*Kyushu Ryukoku Junior College, Tosu, Saga
*†Kyushu Women's Junior College, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
*Kyushu Zokei Art College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
*Kyushuotani Junior College, Chikugo, Fukuoka
*Matsumoto Junior College, Matsumoto, Nagano
*Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College, Matsuyama, Ehime
*Meirin College, Niigata, Niigata
*Meiwa Gakuen Junior College, Maebashi, Gunma
*Minami Kyushu Junior College, Miyazaki, Miyazaki
*Minatogawa College, Sanda, Hyogo
*Misono Gakuen Junior College, Akita, Akita
*Mito Junior College, Mito, Ibaraki
*Miyagi Seishin Junior College, Furukawa, Miyagi
*Miyazaki Gakuen Junior College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki
*Musashigaoka College, Yoshimi, Saitama
*†Musashino Junior College, Sayama, Saitama
*NAGASAKI GYOKUSEI Junior College, Nagasaki, Nagasaki
*†Narabunka Women's College, Yamatotakada, Nara
*Nagano College of Economics, Nagano, Nagano
*†Nagano Women's Junior College, Nagano, Nagano
*Nagasaki College of Foreign Languages, Nagasaki, Nagasaki
*Nagasaki Junior College, Sasebo, Nagasaki
*†Nagasaki Women's Junior College, Nagasaki, Nagasaki
*Nagoya College, Toyoake, Aichi
*Nagoya Management Junior College, Owariasa, Aichi
*Nagoya Ryujo College, Nagoya, Aichi
*Nakakyushu Junior College, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
*Nakanihon Automotive College, Sakahogi, Gifu
*Nanzan Junior College, Nagoya, Aichi
*Nara College of Art, Kashihara, Nara
*Nara Saho College, Nara, Nara
*Nayoro City College, Nayoro, Hokkaido
*Newton College
*Niigata Chuoh Junior College, Kamo, Niigata
*Niigata College of Technology, Niigata, Niigata
*†Niigata Woman's College, Niigata, Niigata
*Niijima Gakuen Junior College, Takasaki, Gunma
*Niimi College, Niimi, Okayam
*Nishi-nippon Junior College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
*Obihiro Otani Junior College, Otofuke, Hokkaido
*†Odawara Women's Junior College, Odawara, Kanagawa
*†Ogaki Women's College, Ogaki, Gifu
*Oita Junior College, Oita, Oita
*Oita Prefectual College of Arts and Culture, Oita, Oita
*Okayama College, Kurashiki, Okayama
*†Okazaki Women's Junior College, Okazaki, Aichi
*Okinawa Christian Junior College, Nishihara, Okinawa
*Okinawa Women's Junior College, Naha, Okinawa
*Orio Aishin Junior College, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
*Osaka Aoyama Junior College, Minoh, Osaka
*Osaka Chiyoda Junior College, Kawachinagano, Osaka
*Osaka Christian College, Osaka, Osaka
*Osaka Gakuin Junior College, Suita, Osaka
*†Osaka JONAN Women's Junior Collge, Osaka, Osaka
*†Osaka Jogakuin College, Osaka, Osaka
*Osaka Junior College of Social Health and Welfare [大阪健康福祉短期大学] , Sakai, Osaka
*†Osaka Kun-ei Women's College, Settsu, Osaka
*Osaka Ohtani College, Tondabayashi, Osaka
*Osaka Seikei College, Osaka, Osaka
*†Osaka Shin-Ai College, Osaka, Osaka
*†Osaka Women's Junior College, Fujiidera, Osaka
*Osaka Yuhigaoka Gakuen Junior College, Osaka, Osaka
*Otemae College, Itami, Hyogo
*SANNO COLLEGE, Jiyugaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo
*SHINSHU Junior College, Saku, Nagano
*Saga Junior College, Saga, Saga
*†Saga Women's Junior College, Saga, Saga
*†Saitama Junshin Junior College, Hanyū, Saitama
*†Saitama Women's Junior College, Hidaka, Saitama
*†Sakai Women's Junior College, Sakai, Osaka
*†Sakura no Seibo Junior College, Fukushima, Fukushima
*Sano College, Sano, Tochigi
*Sanyo Gakuen College, Okayama, Okayama
*†Sanyo Women's College, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
*Seibi Gakuen College, Kita, Tokyo
*†Seibo Jogakuin Junior College, Kyoto, Kyoto
*†Seika Women's Junior College, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
*†Seirei Women's Junior College, Akita, Akita
*†Seiryo Women's Junior College, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
*†Seisen Jogakuin College, Nagano, Nagano
*Seishin Ursula Gakuen Mission Junior College, Nobuoka, Miyazaki
*Seiwa Gakuen College, Sendai, Miyagi
*Senzoku Gakuen Junior College, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
*Setouchi Junior College, Takase, Kagawa
*Shiga Bunkyo Junior College, Nagahama, Shiga
*Shiga Junior College, Otsu, Shiga
*Shimonoseki Junior College, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
*Shiraume Gakuen Junior College, Kodaira, Tokyo
*Shoei Junior College, Kobe, Hyogo
*Shogen Junior College, Minokamo, Gifu
*†Shogin Higashi Joshi Tanki Daigaku, Higashiosaka, Osaka
*Shohoku College, Atsugi, Kanagawa
*Shonan Junior College, Yokosuka, Kanagawa
*Showagakuin Junior College, Ichikawa, Chiba
*Shuko Junior College, Ichinoseki, Iwate
*Shukugawa Gakuin College, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
*Shukutoku Junior College, Itabashi, Tokyo
*†Soka Women's College, Hachioji, Tokyo
*†St. Cecilia Women's Junior College, Yamato, Kanagawa
*St. Margaret's Junior College, Suginami, Tokyo
*†Suzugamine Women's College, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
*Suzuka Junior College, Suzuka, Mie
*Takada Junior College, Tsu, Mie
*Takamatsu Junior College, Takamatsu, Kagawa
*Takayama College of Car Technology, Takayama, Gifu
*Teikyo Heisei Nursing Junior College, Hara, Chiba
*Teikyo Junior College, Shibuya, Tokyo
*Teikyougakuen Junior College, Hokuto, Yamanashi
*The Nippon Dental University College at Niigata, Niigata, Niigata
*The Nippon Dental University College at Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo
*Toho College of Drama and Music, Chofu, Tokyo
*†Tohoku Women's Junior College, Hirosaki, Aomori
*†Toita Women's College, Minato, Tokyo
*Tokai University Junior College of Nursing and Medical Technology, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
*Tokiwa Junior College, Mito, Ibaraki
*Tokiwakai College, Osaka, Osaka
*Tokoha Gakuen Junior College, Shizuoka, Shizuoka
*Tokushima College of Technology, Itano, Tokushima
*Tokyo Bunka Junior College, Nakano, Tokyo
*Tokyo College of Transport Studies, Toshima, Tokyo
*†Tokyo Kasei-Gakuin Junior College, Chiyoda, Tokyo
*Tokyo Management College, Chiba, Chiba
*Tokyo Rissho Junior College, Suginami, Tokyo
*Tokyo Seitoku College, Kita, Tokyo
*†Tokyo Women's Junior College of Physical Education, Kunitachi, Tokyo
*Tottori College, Kurayoshi, Tottori
*Toyama College of Welfare Science, Kosugi, Toyama
*Toyama College, Toyama, Toyama
*Toyo College of Food Technology [東洋食品工業短期大学] , Kawanishi, Hyogo
*†Toyoko Gakuen Women's College, Setagaya, Tokyo
*Tsukuba International Junior College, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
*Tsuruga College, Tsuruga, Fukui
*Tsurukawa Jr. College, Machida, Tokyo
*†Ueda Women's Junior College, Ueda, Nagano
*Uekusa Gakuen Junior College, Chiba, Chiba
*Utsunomiya BUNSEI Junior College, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
*Utsunomiya Junior College, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
*Uyo Gakuen College, Tendo, Yamagata
*†Wakayama Shin-Ai Women's Junior College, Wakayama, Wakayama
*Yamagata Junior College, Yamagata, Yamagata
*Yamaguchi College of Arts, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi
*Yamaguchi Junior College, Bofu, Yamaguchi
*Yamamura Gakuen College, Hatoyama, Saitama
*Yamano College of Aesthetics, Hachioji, Tokyo
*Yamawaki Gakuen Junior College, Minato, Tokyo
*Yamazaki College of Animal Health Technology, Hachioji, Tokyo
*Yokohama College of Art and Design, Yokohama, Kanagawa
*Yokohama Soei Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa
*†Yokohama Women's Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa
*†Yonezawa Women's Junior College, Yonezawa, Yamagata

Historical:
*†Kanto Gakuin Women's Junior College, Yokohama, Kanagawa† indicates a women's college.

See also

*List of universities in Japan

References

*cite web |url=http://www.mext.go.jp/english/sites/juniorcolleges.htm |title=MEXT : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |date=October 2007 |accessdate=2008-07-31
*cite web |url=http://www.tandai.or.jp/index.php |title=.tandai | 短大ポータルサイト |publisher=日本私立短期大学協会 |accessdate=2008-07-05 |language=Japanese (partially outdated)