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.
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.
Nara Women's University was formerly called .
As of 2013, the university has three faculties:
As of 2013, the university has two graduate programs:
The following buildings on the university's campus are designated Important Cultural Properties: