Nanzan University
南山大学 | ||
President Rev.Fr.Robert Kisala, SVD | | |
Academic staff | 348 | |
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Students | 9,199 | |
Undergraduates | 9,020 | |
Postgraduates | 179 | |
Location | , , 35.1481°N 136.963°E | |
Campus | Urban/Suburban | |
Affiliations | Nanzan Gakuen | |
Website | http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/English/index.htm |
Nanzan University (南山大学, Nanzan daigaku) is a
History
Nanzan is named after the forested mountains near Goken'ya-chō (五軒家町), known as Minamiyama (南山), which literally means "southern mountain". The
Located to the east of the campus is the Divine Word Seminary Chapel, constructed in 1962. This is a building that exploits the plastic capacity of concrete, with two intersecting shells forming a bell tower. These are punctured with vertical slots which allow light to radiate along the curved interior walls.[4]
Nanzan Junior College (南山短期大学, Nanzan Tanki Daigaku) opened in 1968 as a women's junior college affiliated with the university. In 2011 the junior college campus was closed and reorganized as a department on Nanzan University's Nagoya campus offering courses in English language.[5]
In 1995, Nagoya Seirei Junior College was subsumed by Nanzan when the two schools' organizations merged.[6] In 2008, Nanzan planned to open an elementary school, officially named Nanzan University Affiliated Elementary School.
In 1961, Czech architect
Organization
Nanzan University is part of Nanzan School Corporation (南山学園, Nanzan gakuen), an educational complex of four high schools, and the university itself. Among coeducational universities, Nanzan is the only Catholic missionary school in the Chūbu region.
Nanzan has an active study abroad program with over 100 partner universities around the world. The Center for Japanese Studies opened in 1974, and is now one of the most prestigious Japanese language programs in Japan, accepting over 300 students a year into its fall, spring and summer programs.
For many years, Nanzan has held an annual competition with its Catholic sister schools Sophia University (上智大学, Jōchi daigaku) primarily focusing on athletics. Combining the first two syllables in Japanese of the respective schools, the Nanzan-Sophia event is known as the Jōnan-sen (上南戦) .
The humanities department offers priest training courses through its Christian studies curriculum.
Campus
Nanzan's campus is in
Faculties and departments
- Humanities
- Christian Studies
- Human Culture
- Psychology and Human Relations
- Japanese Cultural Studies
- Foreign Studies
- British and American Studies
- Spanish and Latin-American Studies
- French Studies
- German Studies
- Asian Studies
- Economics
- Business Administration
- Law
- Public Policy
- Science and Technology
- Software Engineering
- Data Science
- Electronics and Communication Technology
- Mechanical Engineering and System Control
- Global Liberal Studies
Graduate schools and programs
- Humanities
- Christian Thought
- Religious Thought
- Anthropology
- Educational Facilitation
- Linguistic Science
- International Area Studies
- Economics
- Economics
- Management
- Policy Studies
- Law
- Sciences and Engineering
- Systems and Mathematical Sciences
- Software Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Data Science
- Nanzan School of Law
- Legal Practice
Notable alumni and students
- R&Bsinger.
- Masato Hayakawa, frontman of rock band Coldrain.
- Home Made Kazoku, hip hop trio.
- Sakon Yamamoto, racecar driver (currently enrolled).
- Kazuki Nakajima, racecar driver (currently enrolled).
Affiliations
Nanzan is a member of the ASEACCU (Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities), an organization of Catholic institutes of higher learning in the Philippines, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia and Japan. In addition to Nanzan, there are seven other Japanese members, including Sophia.
Sister schools
Associated schools
- Nanzan Elementary School
- Nanzan Boys' Junior and Senior High School
- Nanzan Girls' Junior and Senior High School
- Nanzan International Junior and Senior High School
- Seirei Girls' Junior and Senior High School
- Misono Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School
- Misono Kindergarten
- Misono Maria Kindergarten
See also
Close by to the main campus is the Showa Museum of Art.
References
- ^ http:// auabroad. american.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10515
- ^ "Nanzan University Founding Principles". Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ^ "Peking Catholic University Head in Tokyo - from the Catholic Herald A…". archive.catholicherald.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Helfrich & Whitaker (2006) p74
- ^ 南山短期大学の名称変更、キャンパス移転および定員変更について [Concerning Nanzan Junior College's name change, campus closing, and transfer of personnel] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-09-27.
- ^ "Nanzan University Children of the Light". Archived from the original on 2007-04-26. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
- ^ Japan Architect (2005), p124