is a private university in the Kichijà Âji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its campus is noted for its rows of zelkova trees, which is listed as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.
The university was established as a university in 1949 under the . Its predecessor dates back to 1906 and was supported by Koyata Iwasaki, the fourth head of the Mitsubishi zaibatsu. Before World War II, the institution was financially supported by donations from Mitsubishi Group. After World War II, it became independent from Mitsubishi Group after dissolution of the zaibatsu. However, Seikei University still has close connections with the Mitsubishi Group. This university has many graduates from families of noble or business backgrounds.
Even now, the chairman and other members of the board of directors are executives from various Mitsubishi Groupcompanies, and the Mitsubishi Group is deeply involved in the university's management.
The university is one of the Tokyo Four Universities (Seikei, Musashi, Seijo, Gakushuin), the grouping of universities that evolved from pre-war high schools.
In the spring of 2013, Seikei University launched the Marunouchi Business Training (MBT) program for third-year students and first-year graduate students, with the main setting being Marunouchi, the business center of Tokyo.
This is a seven-month, cross-disciplinary, industry-academia collaboration human resource development program that aims to build the foundation for the skills needed in society through thorough practical experience.
After "on-campus preparatory training" to hone logical thinking skills and "Marunouchi training" where students work on assigned tasks under the guidance of company representatives, students participate in "internship training" at a company. Finally, they present the results of their assignments and internship to company representatives at the "Marunouchi Results Presentation."
The cooperating companies are mainly from the Mitsubishi Group, which has close ties with Seikei University. 21 companies participated in the program in 2013, and 23 in 2014. They come from a wide range of industries, including finance, trading, real estate, heavy industry, steel, non-ferrous metals, and automobiles, and are all major companies.https://www.seikei.ac.jp/university/job/for_student/mbt/
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ÃÂcole des Mines de Paris ranks Seikei University as 89th in the world in 2009 (89th in 2008) in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies. (The university is also ranked 9th in Japan.)
The university and its attached schools are jointly managed by the .