Hosei University

Infobox University
name = Hosei University
native_name = Hōsei daigaku (nihongo2|法政大学)

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established = 1880
type = Private
head = Chimaki Hirabayashi
city = Chiyoda, Koganei, Hachiōji
state = Tokyo
country = Japan
undergrad = 26,320dubious
postgrad = 1,862dubious
faculty = 662dubious
campus = Urban and suburban
colors = Purple and orange
affiliations =
website = [http://www.hosei.ac.jp/english/index.html www.hosei.ac.jp]

nihongo|Hosei University|法政大学|Hōsei daigaku is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan. Its baseball team plays as one of the Tokyo Big Six league. Hosei is among the Tokyo universities sometimes collectively referred to as "MARCH" (Meiji, Aoyama Gakuin, Rikkyo, Chuo, and Hosei).

It developed from a school of law established in 1880 and merged with a school of French studies in 1889. It adopted the name Hosei University in 1903 and was recognized as a private university in 1920.

Notable figures involved in its foundation include Dr. Gustave Emile Boissonade, Dr. Masaaki Tomii, and Dr. Ume Kenjirō, "Father of the Japanese Civil Code".

Hosei has three main campuses, which it calls Ichigaya, Koganei, and Tama. The Ichigaya campus is halfway between Ichigaya and Iidabashi stations in central Tokyo; its 26-story Boissonade Tower, completed in 2000, can be seen from either station. The campus has a city flavour but is still somewhat isolated from central Tokyo; the nearby presence of Yasukuni Shrine also contributes.

Sciences are studied at the Koganei campus to the west of Tokyo, and other subjects are split between Tama, which is near Hachiōji, and Ichigaya.

chools (by campus)

Ichigaya

* Faculty of Law (法学部)
* Faculty of Letters (文学部)
* Faculty of Business Administration (経営学部)
* Faculty of Intercultural Communication (国際文化学部)
* Faculty of Humanity and Environment (人間環境学部)
* Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies (キャリアデザイン学部)
* Faculty of Engineering and Design (デザイン工学部)
* Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies (GIS, グローバル教養学部) (from 2008)
* Institute of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies (IGIS, グローバル学際研究インスティテュート)
* Sports Science Institute (SSI, スポーツサイエンスインスティテュート)
* Graduate School of Humanities (人文科学研究科)
* Graduate School of Economics (経済学研究科)
* Graduate School of Law (法学研究科)
* Graduate School of Politics (政治学研究科)
* Graduate School of Sociology (社会学研究科)
* Graduate School of Business Administration (経営学研究科)
* Graduate School of Policy Sciences (政策科学研究科)
* Graduate School of Environmental Management (環境マネジメント研究科)
* Graduate School of Intercultural Communication (国際文化研究科)
* International Japan-Studies Institute (国際日本学インスティテュート)
* Law School (法科大学院)
* Business School of Innovation Management (イノベーション・マネジメント研究科)

Tama

* Faculty of Economics (経済学部)
* Faculty of Social Sciences (社会学部)
* Faculty of Social Policy and Administration (現代福祉学部)
* Graduate School of Social Well-Being Studies (人間社会研究科)

Koganei

* Faculty of Engineering (工学部) (being phased out)
* Faculty of Science and Engineering (理工学部) (from 2008)
* Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry (生命科学部) (from 2008)
* Faculty of Computer and Information Science (情報科学部)
* Graduate School of Engineering (工学研究科)
* Graduate School of Computer and Information Science (情報科学研究科)

Alumni

*Mizuhito Akiyama, author
*Chiho Aoshima, artist
*Satoshi Dezaki, anime director
*Shu Fujisawa, author
*Sadayoshi Fukuda, philosopher and critic
*Takuya Honda, football player
*Tomoko Hoshino, actress
*Norihiro Inoue, actor
*Kosuke Ito, politician
*Mitsuaki Iwagō, photographer
*Hideo Jinpu, politician
*Yukio Jitsukawa, politician
*Emi Kaneko, politician
*Hiroh Kikai, photographer
*Shin Kishida, actor*
*Hiroto Kōmoto, singer*
*Masao Maruyama, film producer
*Shinpei Matsushita, politician
*Takayuki Mikami, karate player
*Kyohei Morita, rugby player
*Yuka Sato, figure skater
*Midori Sawato, film narrator
*Yoshihide Suga, politician
*Haruka Takachiho, author
*Kazunori Tanaka, politician
*Tadashi Wakabayashi, baseball player
*Yōsuke Yamahata, photographer*
*Taku Yamamoto, politician
*Yoshio Yatsu, politician
*Shuichi Yoshida, novelist

* dropped out before graduation

Teachers

*Sadateru Arikawa, aikido
*Faubion Bowers
*Fujisawa Shu
*Sadayoshi Fukuda, philosophy
*Ishimoda Shō, history
*Kojin Karatani
*Shunji Karube, sports
*Kiyozō Kazama, philology
*Ōmi Komaki
*Taro Kono
*Ryokichi Minobe
*Mitsukuri Rinsho
*Morita Sōhei, English literature
*Shūmei Ōkawa
*Jūji Tanabe, English literature
*Hyakken Uchida, German
*Ume Kenjirō
*Tetsuro Watsuji, philosophy

External links

* [http://www.hosei.ac.jp/ Official site]
* [http://www.hosei.ac.jp/english/outline/index.html Official site]
* [http://www.hosei.ac.jp/english/outline/index3.html History of Hosei University]