Bunka_Gakuen_University Knowpia

Bunka Gakuen University (文化学園大学, Bunka gakuen daigaku) is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school, a women's vocational school, was founded 1923. In 1952 it was chartered as a junior women's college. In 1964 it became a four-year college and it was named Bunka Women's University (文化女子大学, Bunka joshi daigaku). In 2011 it changed its name "Bunka Gakuen University".

History edit

The shared entrance to both the university and the Bunka Fashion College

Bunka Gakuen University is a part of a large conglomerate of institutions including the Bunka Fashion College within the same campus in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Bunka Fashion College is regularly ranked within the top 10 in the world.^[1] In 2012 Bunka Gakuen University and Bunka Fashion College opened a Masters level course in Fashion Studies aimed at foreign students. This course is called the Global Fashion Concentration and is taught completely in English.^[2]

Main campus edit

The university's main campus is in the western part of Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood. The main building is 21 stories tall, and includes facilities such as a library, costume museum, and a resource center. The main campus is about an 8-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station and about a 3-minute walk from the #6 exit of the Toei Shinjuku subway station.

The campus is shared with 4 colleges and universities from Bunka Gakuen. The other 3 institutions are Bunka Fashion College, Bunka Fashion Graduate University, and Bunka Institute of Language.

Affiliated Primary and Secondary Schools edit

The entrance to Bunka Suginami Canadian International School and Bunka Gakuen Junior and Senior High Schools

Bunka Gakuen University Suginami Junior and Senior High School (renamed in 2011)
Bunka Suginami Canadian International School (BSCIS)
Bunka Gakuen Nagano Junior and Senior High School (The name of the school was changed from Bunka Women's University Nagano High School to Bunka Gakuen Nagano High School in 2011, and the junior high school opened on April 1, 2014)
Bunka Gakuen Nagano Senmon Gakko
Bunka Gakuen University Violet Kindergarten
Bunka Gakuen University Kindergarten

References edit

^ Ireland, Sophie (26 March 2022). "Best Fashion Schools In The World For 2022". CEOWORLD magazine. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Master's Program in Clothing Science Studies". Bunka Gakuen University. Archived from the original on 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2014-06-27.