University of the Sacred Heart (Japan)
- University of the Sacred Heart (Japan)
Infobox University
name = University of the Sacred Heart (聖心女子大学)
motto = Ubi caritas, ibi Deus
established = 1916/1948
type = Private
head = Kiyo Yamagata
city = Shibuya
state = Tokyo
country = Japan
undergrad = 2,000
postgrad = 100
postgrad_label = graduate
faculty = 67
campus = Urban
free_label = Affiliation
free = Society of the Sacred Heart
homepage = [http://www.u-sacred-heart.ac.jp/ www.u-sacred-heart.ac.jp] The nihongo|University of the Sacred Heart|聖心女子大学|Seishin Joshi Daigaku is a Japanese private women's university located in Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo.
It was established in 1916 as a special school ("senmon gakkō") by the Society of the Sacred Heart. It became a university in 1948 and is one of the oldest women's universities in Japan.
The University has one faculty of Liberal Arts, with the following departments:
*Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
*Department of Japanese Language and Literature
*Department of History
*Department of Philosophy
*Department of Education
It also has a graduate school of arts offering master's degrees and doctorates in these subjects
Famous alumnae
*Empress Michiko
*Shio Chino - TV announcer
*Charmine Koda - journalist
*Akemi Kumagai - TV announcer
*Sadako Ogata - scholar, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
*Mariko Ohara - author
*Miri Okada - author, TV personality
*Ayako Sono - author
*Makiko Fujino - politician
External links
* [http://www.u-sacred-heart.ac.jp/english/index.html University of the Sacred Heart]
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