Shimonoseki City University

Infobox University
name = Shimonoseki City University
native_name = 下関市立大学


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established = Founded 1956
Chartered 1962
type = Public
president = Koji Sakamoto
city = Shimonoseki
state = Yamaguchi
country = Japan
faculty = 51 full-time [cite web|url=http://www.shimonoseki-cu.ac.jp/handbook/idea_history.html|title=Shimonoseki City University: The ideas and the history|accessdate=2007-12-13]
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students = 2,076 [cite web|url=http://www.shimonoseki-cu.ac.jp/handbook/idea_history.html|title=Shimonoseki City University: The ideas and the history|accessdate=2007-12-13]
undergrad = 2,058
postgrad = 18
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campus = Urban
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website = [http://www.shimonoseki-cu.ac.jp/ www.shimonoseki-cu.ac.jp]
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nihongo|Shimonoseki City University|下関市立大学|Shimonoseki shiritsu daigaku is a municipal university in Japan. Its campus is located in Daigaku-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

History

It was founded in 1956 as nihongo|Shimonoseki Commercial Junior College|下関商業短期大学|Shimonoseki shōgyō tanki daigaku for the working youths who eagerly wanted to get higher education. In 1962 the college was developed into Shimonoseki City University (SCU).

SCU had at first only one department: the School of Economics (the Faculty of Economics). The departments have been added as follows:
*1983: School of International Commerce
*1990: Shimonoseki Institute for Research of Industry and Culture
*2000: Graduate School (Master's courses)

Undergraduate Schools

*Faculty of Economics
**School of Economics
**School of International Commerce

Graduate Schools

*Studies in Economic Social Systems (Master's course only)
*Studies in International Business Communication (Master's course only)

Institutes

*Shimonoseki Institute for Research of Industry and Culture
*University Library

External links

* [http://www.shimonoseki-cu.ac.jp/ Official website] - Japanese

References