Nara Women's University

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Nara Women's University
奈良女子大学
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The NWU, Memorial Hall
Type Public (National)
Established 1908
President Kenji Kume
Undergraduates about 2,200
Postgraduates about 640
Location Nara , Nara Prefecture , Japan
Campus Urban
Website Nara Women's University
The NWU, main entrance Nara Women's University Nara Japan09n.jpg
The NWU, main entrance

Nara Women's University(奈良女子大学,Nara joshi daigaku) is a national women's university located in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two national women's universities in the country, the other being Ochanomizu University. [1]

National university generally a university created or managed by a government

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Nara, Nara Core city in Kansai, Japan

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Nara Prefecture Prefecture of Japan

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History

Nara Women's University was originally created in 1908 with the aim of training women teachers for ordinary schools, later to be reorganized and renamed with its current name in 1949. Until 1949 there were only two women's imperial quasi-universities in Japan, the Ochanomizu University and Nara Women's University.

Ochanomizu University Womens university in Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Ochanomizu University is a Women's university in Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Ochanomizu University is one of the top national universities in Japan.

Nara Women's University was formerly called Nara joshi kōtō shihan gakkō(奈良女子高等師範学校, Nara advanced teachers college for women) .

Faculties

As of 2013, the university has three faculties:

Graduate school

As of 2013, the university has two graduate programs:

Buildings

The following buildings on the university's campus are designated Important Cultural Properties:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ For more about the legal status of "national universities" in Japan, see also Japanese national universities as well as provided materials and links therein.

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