Kyoto Sangyo University

is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.

History

The university was established in 1965 by Toshima Araki (, 1897–1978), and Hideo Iwakuro (, Iwakuro Hideo, 10 October 1897 – 22 November 1970), the Japanese spy master who established the Nakano School during World War II.

The university was initially composed of two faculties: Economics and Science. Later it added faculties and the graduate schools (master's courses in 1969, doctoral courses in 1971).

Organization

Undergraduate schools

• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Business Administration
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Sociology
• Faculty of International Relations
• Faculty of Foreign Studies
• Faculty of Cultural Studies
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of information Science and Engineering
• Faculty of Life Sciences

Graduate schools

• Division of Economics
• Division of Management
• Division of Law
• Division of Sociology
• Division of Foreign Languages
• Division of Science
• Division of Frontier Informatics
• Division of Life Sciences
• Division of Kyoto Studies

Research institutes

• Institute of Japanese Culture
• Institute for World Affairs
• Institute of Advanced Technology
• Avian Influenza Research Centre
• Institute of Comprehensive Academic Research

Notable faculty

• Hideo Iwakuro – general
• Haruhiko Kindaichi – linguist
• Tsuneari Fukuda – Dramatist, translator, and literary critic
• Toshihide Maskawa – theoretical physicist; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
• Leiji Matsumoto – animator, manga artist
• Kiyoshi Oka – mathematician

Notable alumni

• Takao Horiuchi – pop and enka singer
• Yoshiyuki Matsuoka – judoka, Olympic medalist
• Fumiaki Tanaka – rugby player
• Kenjiro Todoroki – Olympic sailor, Olympic medalist
• Toshiki Yui – manga artist

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