Bunkyo Gakuin University

nihongo|Bunkyo Gakuin University|文京学院大学|Bunkyō Gakuin Daigaku is a coeducational university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Bunkyo Gakuin University was founded in April 1991 in Kamekubo, Ōimachi, Iruma, Saitama. In 2001, it opened the Faculty of Foreign Studies on what had been the Tokyo campus of Bunkyo Women's College (文京女子短期大学). There is another campus located northwest of Tokyo in Fujimino, Saitama. The university was originally called Bunkyo Women's University (文京女子大学). It was renamed Bunkyo Gakuin University in 2002 and became coeducational in 2005.

Faculties

Students may choose from these programs of study:

*foreign languages
*business management
*humanities
*health care management (new in 2006)

Study abroad

In 2003, Bunkyo Gakuin University began a study abroad exchange program with Saint John's University and the College of Saint Benedict in Minnesota (USA). The next year, the university welcomed students from Malaysia. Since 2006 students from Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Canada have been part of the exchange program. The school also sends students to China, Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia for study.

External links

* [http://www.u-bunkyo.ac.jp/en/index.html Bunkyo Gakuin University Website] en icon