Seikei University

Infobox University
name = Seikei University
native_name = 成蹊大学
established = Founded 1906,
Chartered 1949
type = Private
head_label = President
head = Keisuke Kurita
city = Musashino
campus = Urban
colors = Prussian blue
state = Tokyo
country = Japan
website = [http://www.seikei.ac.jp/index-e.html Seikei University] (English)
[http://www.seikei.ac.jp/university/index.html Seikei University] (Japanese)nihongo|Seikei University|成蹊大学|-"daigaku" is private university in the Kichijōji neighborhood of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its campus is noted for its beautiful rows of zelkova trees. The university was established in 1949. Its predecessor dates back to 1906 and was supported by Koyata Iwasaki, the fourth head of the Mitsubishi "zaibatsu." The university still has close connections with the Mitsubishi Group.

Organization

Faculties

*Faculty of Economics
*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 Engineering
*Law School

Research Institutes

*Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

Famous alumni

*Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan, former President of Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
*Gou Kajitani, attorney at law, former President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations
*Natsuo Kirino, novelist (Naoki Prize winner)
*Mariko Koike, novelist (Naoki Prize winner)
*Ira Ishida, novelist (Naoki Prize winner)
*Haruhiko Yoshimeki, novelist (Akutagawa Prize winner)
*Kiichi Nakai, actor
*Hairi Katagiri, actress
*Hiroshi Kazato, racecar driver
*Takashi Kusama, President of Shinko Seculities
*Izumi Kobayashi, President of Merrill Lynch Japan
*Koichi Furukawa, President of Morinaga Milk Industry
*Yukiatsu Akizawa, Chairman of ampm Japan
*Toshio Mita, President of Chūbu Electric Power Company
*Yuji Hanabusa, President of TEAC
*Yoshitaka Hori, President of Horipro
*Masahiro Oga, President of Shogakukan

External links

* [http://www.seikei.ac.jp/index-e.html Seikei University] (English)
* [http://www.seikei.ac.jp/university/index.html Seikei University] (Japanese)