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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suzaku_Campus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Suzaku Campus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Suzaku_Campus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Biwako-Kusatsu_Campus_(BKC)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Biwako-Kusatsu_Campus_(BKC)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Biwako-Kusatsu_Campus_(BKC)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Osaka-Ibaraki_Campus_(OIC)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Osaka-Ibaraki_Campus_(OIC)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Osaka-Ibaraki_Campus_(OIC)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Osaka-Umeda_Campus[9]" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Osaka-Umeda_Campus[9]"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Osaka-Umeda Campus<sup><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></sup></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Osaka-Umeda_Campus[9]-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tokyo_Campus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tokyo_Campus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Tokyo Campus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tokyo_Campus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ritsumeikan_Asia_Pacific_University" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ritsumeikan_Asia_Pacific_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ritsumeikan_Asia_Pacific_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Athletics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Athletics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Athletics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Athletics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Athletics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Athletics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-American_Football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_Football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>American Football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_Football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Academics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Academics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Academics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Academics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Academics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Academics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Institutes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Institutes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Institutes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Institutes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Facilities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Facilities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Facilities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Facilities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Research_Center_for_Disaster_Mitigation_Systems" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Research_Center_for_Disaster_Mitigation_Systems"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Research Center for Disaster Mitigation Systems</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Research_Center_for_Disaster_Mitigation_Systems-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Art_Research_Center" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Art_Research_Center"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.2</span> <span>Art Research Center</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Art_Research_Center-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Museums" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Museums"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.3</span> <span>Museums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-SR_center" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#SR_center"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.4</span> <span>SR center</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-SR_center-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>International education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Academic_rankings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Academic_rankings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Academic rankings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Academic_rankings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people_associated_with_Ritsumeikan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people_associated_with_Ritsumeikan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notable people associated with Ritsumeikan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people_associated_with_Ritsumeikan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Unions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86" title="جامعة ريتسوميكان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جامعة ريتسوميكان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan_T%C4%81i-ha%CC%8Dk" title="Ritsumeikan Tāi-ha̍k – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ritsumeikan Tāi-ha̍k" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan-universitetet" title="Ritsumeikan-universitetet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ritsumeikan-universitetet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan-Universit%C3%A4t" title="Ritsumeikan-Universität – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ritsumeikan-Universität" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Ritsumeikan" title="Universidad de Ritsumeikan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Universidad de Ritsumeikan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universitato_de_Ricumejkan" title="Universitato de Ricumejkan – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Universitato de Ricumejkan" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan_Unibertsitatea" title="Ritsumeikan Unibertsitatea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ritsumeikan Unibertsitatea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_de_Ritsumeikan" title="Université de Ritsumeikan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Université de Ritsumeikan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan_Universiteit" title="Ritsumeikan Universiteit – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Ritsumeikan Universiteit" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%93%B0%EB%A9%94%EC%9D%B4%EC%B9%B8_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%99" title="리쓰메이칸 대학 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리쓰메이칸 대학" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universitas_Ritsumeikan" title="Universitas Ritsumeikan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Universitas Ritsumeikan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universitas_Ritsumeikan" title="Universitas Ritsumeikan – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Universitas Ritsumeikan" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A0" title="रित्सुमेइकन विद्यापीठ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रित्सुमेइकन विद्यापीठ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%80%86%E1%80%BD%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%B2%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AD%E1%80%81%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%80%E1%80%B9%E1%80%80%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BA" title="ရိဆွတ်မဲအိခန်တက္ကသိုလ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ရိဆွတ်မဲအိခန်တက္ကသိုလ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%8B%E5%91%BD%E9%A4%A8%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6" title="立命館大学 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="立命館大学" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan-universitetet" title="Ritsumeikan-universitetet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ritsumeikan-universitetet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan_universiteti" title="Ritsumeikan universiteti – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ritsumeikan universiteti" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidade_Ritsumeikan" title="Universidade Ritsumeikan – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Universidade Ritsumeikan" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universitatea_Ritsumeikan" title="Universitatea Ritsumeikan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Universitatea Ritsumeikan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan-Universit%C3%A4t" title="Ritsumeikan-Universität – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Ritsumeikan-Universität" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan_University" title="Ritsumeikan University – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ritsumeikan University" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan-yliopisto" title="Ritsumeikan-yliopisto – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ritsumeikan-yliopisto" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikanuniversitetet" title="Ritsumeikanuniversitetet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ritsumeikanuniversitetet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamantasang_Ritsumeikan" title="Pamantasang Ritsumeikan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Pamantasang Ritsumeikan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan_%C3%9Cniversitesi" title="Ritsumeikan Üniversitesi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ritsumeikan Üniversitesi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Університет Ріцумейкан – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Університет Ріцумейкан" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_h%E1%BB%8Dc_Ritsumeikan" title="Đại học Ritsumeikan – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Đại học Ritsumeikan" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%8B%E5%91%BD%E9%A4%A8%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8" title="立命館大學 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="立命館大學" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%8B%E5%91%BD%E9%A6%86%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6" title="立命馆大学 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="立命馆大学" data-language-autonym="吴语" 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style="display:none">Private university in Kyoto, Japan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Ritsumeikan_Asia_Pacific_University" title="Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University">Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media 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colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="nickname">立命館大学</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ritsumeikan_University_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ritsumeikan_University_logo.svg/100px-Ritsumeikan_University_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ritsumeikan_University_logo.svg/150px-Ritsumeikan_University_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ritsumeikan_University_logo.svg/200px-Ritsumeikan_University_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="59" data-file-height="121" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Kyoto Hosei School</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><div lang="ja">自由と清新</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Motto in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Freedom and Innovation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1900<span class="noprint">; 125 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1900</span>)</span> (chartered in 1922)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Kojuro Nakagawa<br /> <a href="/wiki/Saionji_Kinmochi" title="Saionji Kinmochi">Saionji Kinmochi</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Professional_Schools_of_International_Affairs" title="Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs">APSIA</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Network_of_Universities" title="International Network of Universities">INU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Global_Universities" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Global Universities">Global 30</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansai_Big_Six_Baseball_League" title="Kansai Big Six Baseball League">Kansai Big 6</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yoshio Nakatani</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,395</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">36,825</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">33,094</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,731</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto</a>), <a href="/wiki/Kusatsu,_Shiga" title="Kusatsu, Shiga">Kusatsu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shiga" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiga">Shiga</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki,_Osaka" title="Ibaraki, Osaka">Ibaraki</a> (<a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka</a>), <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> (<a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka</a>), <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>)</div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">Japan</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colours</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#981e32; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> Crimson and white</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ritsumeikan_Panthers_football" title="Ritsumeikan Panthers football">Ritsumeikan Panthers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leopard" title="Leopard">Panthera pardus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.ritsumei.ac.jp">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ritsumeikan_University_logo_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="コミュニケーションマーク"><img alt="コミュニケーションマーク" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ritsumeikan_University_logo_mark.svg/210px-Ritsumeikan_University_logo_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="210" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ritsumeikan_University_logo_mark.svg/315px-Ritsumeikan_University_logo_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Ritsumeikan_University_logo_mark.svg/420px-Ritsumeikan_University_logo_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="159" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">As of May 2022<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ritsumeikan University</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">立命館大学</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><i>Ritsumeikan Daigaku</i></i></span>, abbreviated to <b>Rits</b> and 立命 <i>Ritsumei</i>)</span> is a <a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">private university</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. In addition to its main campus in Kyoto, the university also has satellite campuses in <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki,_Osaka" title="Ibaraki, Osaka">Ibaraki, Osaka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kusatsu,_Shiga" title="Kusatsu, Shiga">Kusatsu, Shiga</a>. </p><p>Today, Ritsumeikan University is known as one of Western Japan's most prestigious universities, part of the "Kan-Kan-Do-Rits" <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%96%A2%E9%96%A2%E5%90%8C%E7%AB%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:関関同立">関関同立</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kwansei_Gakuin_University" title="Kwansei Gakuin University">Kwansei Gakuin University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansai_University" title="Kansai University">Kansai University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doshisha_University" title="Doshisha University">Doshisha University</a>, and Ritsumeikan University) abbreviation that refers to the four leading private universities in the <a href="/wiki/Keihanshin" title="Keihanshin">Keihanshin</a> region. </p><p>Ritsumeikan University is known for its Social Sciences, particularly International Relations (IR), as well as its Science & Engineering departments, with the Graduate School of International Relations being the only Japanese member of the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Professional_Schools_of_International_Affairs" title="Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs">Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wooden_Plaque_%22RITSUMEIKAN%22_by_Prince_Saionji.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Wooden_Plaque_%22RITSUMEIKAN%22_by_Prince_Saionji.JPG/200px-Wooden_Plaque_%22RITSUMEIKAN%22_by_Prince_Saionji.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Wooden_Plaque_%22RITSUMEIKAN%22_by_Prince_Saionji.JPG/301px-Wooden_Plaque_%22RITSUMEIKAN%22_by_Prince_Saionji.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Wooden_Plaque_%22RITSUMEIKAN%22_by_Prince_Saionji.JPG/400px-Wooden_Plaque_%22RITSUMEIKAN%22_by_Prince_Saionji.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="3600" /></a><figcaption>Bust of Kojuro Nakagawa</figcaption></figure> <p>Ritsumeikan was first founded as a private academy in 1869 by Prince <a href="/wiki/Saionji_Kinmochi" title="Saionji Kinmochi">Saionji Kinmochi</a>. In 1900, Kojuro Nakagawa (the former secretary of Prince Saionji) established the Kyoto Hosei School, a law school that eventually adopted the Ritsumeikan name (with the prince's permission) and was awarded full university status in 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, the school was seen as a liberal alternative to the state-run <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_University" title="Kyoto University">Kyoto University</a>. </p><p>The name "Ritsumeikan" comes from a <a href="/wiki/Mencius" title="Mencius">Mencius</a> quotation: </p> <blockquote><p> Some die young, as some live long lives. This is decided by fate. Therefore, one's duty consists of cultivating one's mind during this mortal span and thereby "establishing one's destiny". (in Japanese, 立命, <i>ritsumei</i>)</p></blockquote> <p>The "kan" in addition to "ritsumei" signifies a building. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colleges_and_graduate_schools_(by_campus)_[4]"><span id="Colleges_and_graduate_schools_.28by_campus.29_.5B4.5D"></span>Colleges and graduate schools (by campus) <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Colleges and graduate schools (by campus) [4]"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kinugasa_Campus_(KIC)"><span id="Kinugasa_Campus_.28KIC.29"></span>Kinugasa Campus (KIC)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Kinugasa Campus (KIC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zonshinkan_Hall_at_Ritsumeikan_Univ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Zonshinkan_Hall_at_Ritsumeikan_Univ.jpg/250px-Zonshinkan_Hall_at_Ritsumeikan_Univ.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Zonshinkan_Hall_at_Ritsumeikan_Univ.jpg/375px-Zonshinkan_Hall_at_Ritsumeikan_Univ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Zonshinkan_Hall_at_Ritsumeikan_Univ.jpg/500px-Zonshinkan_Hall_at_Ritsumeikan_Univ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2764" /></a><figcaption>Zonshinkan is a building on the Kinugasa Campus.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ritsumeikan_Charter_at_Kinugasa_Campus_2_(Ritsumeikan_University,_Kyoto,_Japan).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ritsumeikan_Charter_at_Kinugasa_Campus_2_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/200px-Ritsumeikan_Charter_at_Kinugasa_Campus_2_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ritsumeikan_Charter_at_Kinugasa_Campus_2_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/300px-Ritsumeikan_Charter_at_Kinugasa_Campus_2_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ritsumeikan_Charter_at_Kinugasa_Campus_2_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/400px-Ritsumeikan_Charter_at_Kinugasa_Campus_2_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>The Ritsumeikan Charter</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ritsumeikan-Univ-Suzaku-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ritsumeikan-Univ-Suzaku-01.jpg/200px-Ritsumeikan-Univ-Suzaku-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ritsumeikan-Univ-Suzaku-01.jpg/300px-Ritsumeikan-Univ-Suzaku-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ritsumeikan-Univ-Suzaku-01.jpg/400px-Ritsumeikan-Univ-Suzaku-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2810" data-file-height="1873" /></a><figcaption>Nakagawa Kaikan building on the Suzaku Campus</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ritsumeikan-Univ-BKC-03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Ritsumeikan-Univ-BKC-03.jpg/200px-Ritsumeikan-Univ-BKC-03.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Ritsumeikan-Univ-BKC-03.jpg/300px-Ritsumeikan-Univ-BKC-03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Ritsumeikan-Univ-BKC-03.jpg/400px-Ritsumeikan-Univ-BKC-03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Rohm Plaza of Biwako Kusatsu Campus</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saionji_Memorial_Hall_(Ritsumeikan_University,_Kyoto,_Japan).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Saionji_Memorial_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/200px-Saionji_Memorial_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Saionji_Memorial_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/300px-Saionji_Memorial_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Saionji_Memorial_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/400px-Saionji_Memorial_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3995" data-file-height="2888" /></a><figcaption>Saionji Memorial Hall (Kinugasa Campus, Kyoto, Japan)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zonshinkan_Hall_(Ritsumeikan_University,_Kyoto,_Japan).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Zonshinkan_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/200px-Zonshinkan_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Zonshinkan_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/300px-Zonshinkan_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Zonshinkan_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG/400px-Zonshinkan_Hall_%28Ritsumeikan_University%2C_Kyoto%2C_Japan%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3733" data-file-height="2850" /></a><figcaption>Zonshinkan Hall (Kinugasa Campus, Kyoto, Japan)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ritsumeikan_Univ_Library(Kyoto_Japan).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Ritsumeikan_Univ_Library%28Kyoto_Japan%29.jpg/200px-Ritsumeikan_Univ_Library%28Kyoto_Japan%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Ritsumeikan_Univ_Library%28Kyoto_Japan%29.jpg/300px-Ritsumeikan_Univ_Library%28Kyoto_Japan%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Ritsumeikan_Univ_Library%28Kyoto_Japan%29.jpg/400px-Ritsumeikan_Univ_Library%28Kyoto_Japan%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3898" data-file-height="2924" /></a><figcaption>Hirai Kaichiro Memorial Library</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Kita-ku,_Kyoto" title="Kita-ku, Kyoto">Kita-ku</a>, Kyoto, this liberal arts-oriented campus is a roughly five-minute walk from <a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dan-ji" title="Ryōan-ji">Ryōan-ji</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kinkaku-ji" title="Kinkaku-ji">Kinkaku-ji</a> temples. The campus has eight graduate schools, 17,000 undergraduate and 1,100 graduate students.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ovarall design of the Kinugasa Campus was designed by <a href="/wiki/Hiroyasu_Tomiie" title="Hiroyasu Tomiie">Hiroyasu Tomiie</a>, who was a leading Japanese modernist architect. </p> <ul><li>Colleges (学部) <ul><li>College of Law (法学部)</li> <li>College of Social Sciences (産業社会学部)</li> <li>College of International Relations (国際関係学部)</li> <li>College of Letters (文学部)</li> <li>College of Image Arts and Sciences (映像学部)</li></ul></li> <li>Graduate Schools (大学院) <ul><li>Graduate School of Law (法学研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Sociology (社会学研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of International Relations (国際関係研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Letters (文学研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science (言語教育情報研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of CoreEthics and Frontier Sciences (先端総合学術研究科)</li></ul></li> <li>Institute at Kinugasa Campus (インスティテュート) <ul><li>Inter-faculty Institute for International Studies (国際インスティテュート) <ul><li>International Law & Business Program (国際法務プログラム)</li> <li>International Civil Service Program (国際公共プログラム)</li> <li>International Community Program(国際社会プログラム)</li> <li>International Welfare Program (国際福祉プログラム)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suzaku_Campus">Suzaku Campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Suzaku Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Nakagy%C5%8D-ku,_Kyoto" title="Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto">Nakagyō-ku</a>, Kyoto. This campus houses the School of Law, Graduate School of Management, and Graduate School of Public Policy, in addition to the Ritsumeikan Academy headquarters. </p> <ul><li>Graduate Schools (大学院) <ul><li>Graduate School of Public Policy (公務研究科)</li></ul></li> <li>Schools (専門職大学院) <ul><li>School of Law<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (法務研究科)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biwako-Kusatsu_Campus_(BKC)"><span id="Biwako-Kusatsu_Campus_.28BKC.29"></span>Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Biwako-Kusatsu Campus is in Kusatsu, Shiga. This technology-oriented campus is southeast of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a>, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, and is a 30-minute train ride from <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dto_Station" title="Kyōto Station">Kyōto Station</a>. The campus has four undergraduate colleges, four graduate schools, 16,000 undergraduates and 1,600 graduate students. </p> <ul><li>Colleges (学部) <ul><li>College of Economics<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (経済学部) The College of Economics offers three programs pertaining to Economic Strategy, Economic Cooperation and International Economics, and Human Welfare and Economic Conditions. The curriculum integrates theory, history, and knowledge of the current state of affairs in a structured approach on a domestic and foreign scale.</li> <li>College of Science and Engineering (理工学部)</li> <li>College of Information Science & Engineering (情報理工学部)</li> <li>Integrated Institute of Arts & Science (文理総合インスティテュート)</li> <li>College of Life Sciences (生命科学部)</li> <li>College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (薬学部)</li></ul></li> <li>Graduate Schools (大学院) <ul><li>Graduate School of Economics<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (経済学研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Science and Engineering (理工学研究科)</li></ul></li> <li>Institute at BKC (インスティテュート) <ul><li>Integrated Institute for Arts and Science <ul><li>Environment & Design Institute (環境・デザインインスティテュート)</li> <li>Finance Institute (ファイナンス・情報インスティテュート)</li> <li>Service Management Institute (サービス・マネジメントインスティテュート)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Osaka-Ibaraki_Campus_(OIC)"><span id="Osaka-Ibaraki_Campus_.28OIC.29"></span>Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Colleges (学部) <ul><li>College of Business Administration (経営学部)</li> <li>College of Policy Science (政策科学部)</li> <li>College of Comprehensive Psychology (総合心理学部)</li> <li>College of Global Liberal Arts (国際教養学部)</li></ul></li> <li>Graduate Schools (大学院) <ul><li>Graduate School of Business Administration (経営学研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Policy Science (政策科学研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Technology Management (テクノロジー・マネジメント研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Management (経営管理研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Human Science (人間科学研究科)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Osaka-Umeda_Campus[9]"><span id="Osaka-Umeda_Campus.5B9.5D"></span>Osaka-Umeda Campus<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Osaka-Umeda Campus[9]"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Graduate Schools for working adults (社会人大学院) <ul><li>Graduate School of Management (経営管理研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Technology Management (テクノロジー・マネジメント研究科)</li> <li>Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science (言語教育情報研究科)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tokyo_Campus">Tokyo Campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tokyo Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This campus does not have a college or graduate school, but is used to support students' job searches and other activities.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ritsumeikan_Asia_Pacific_University">Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ritsumeikan_Asia_Pacific_University" title="Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University">Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University</a> (立命館アジア太平洋大学, Ritsumeikan Ajia Taiheiyō Daigaku) is a private institution inaugurated April 2000 in <a href="/wiki/Beppu" title="Beppu">Beppu</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cita_Prefecture" title="Ōita Prefecture">Ōita Prefecture</a>, Japan. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University was made possible through the collaboration of three parties from the public and private sectors: Oita Prefecture, Beppu City and the Ritsumeikan University. APU has an enrollment of just under 6,000 students. Approximately half of the students and faculty members come from overseas, and it has 3 colleges: </p> <ul><li>College of Asia Pacific Studies.</li> <li>College of International Management.</li> <li>College of Sustainability and Tourism (from Academic Year 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Football">American Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: American Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ritsumeikan_Panthers_football" title="Ritsumeikan Panthers football">Ritsumeikan Panthers football</a></div> <p>The university has supported an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> rules team since 1953. The team has won three national championships, seven collegiate championships, and nine conference championships. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Institutes">Institutes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Institutes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ritsumeikan University has 4 research organizations and research institutes in many fields.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization <ul><li>Asia-Japan Research Institute</li></ul></li> <li>Kinugasa Research Organization <ul><li>Institute of Humanities, Human and Social Sciences</li> <li>Institute of International Relations and Area Studies</li> <li>International Institute of Language and Culture Studies</li> <li>Institute of Human Sciences</li> <li>Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage</li> <li>The Shirakawa Shizuka Institute of East Asian Characters and Culture</li> <li>Institute of Ars Vivendi</li></ul></li> <li>BKC Research Organization of Social Sciences <ul><li>Institute of Social Systems</li></ul></li> <li>Research Organization of Science and Technology <ul><li>Institute of Science and Engineering</li></ul></li> <li>Research Organization of Open Innovation and Collaboration <ul><li>The Research and Development Institute of Regional Information</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Facilities">Facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Art_Research_Center(Ritsumeikan_Univ_Kyoto).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Art_Research_Center%28Ritsumeikan_Univ_Kyoto%29.jpg/220px-Art_Research_Center%28Ritsumeikan_Univ_Kyoto%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Art_Research_Center%28Ritsumeikan_Univ_Kyoto%29.jpg/330px-Art_Research_Center%28Ritsumeikan_Univ_Kyoto%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Art_Research_Center%28Ritsumeikan_Univ_Kyoto%29.jpg/440px-Art_Research_Center%28Ritsumeikan_Univ_Kyoto%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Art Research Center (Kinugasa Campus)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Research_Center_for_Disaster_Mitigation_Systems">Research Center for Disaster Mitigation Systems</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Research Center for Disaster Mitigation Systems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Established in April 2005 on the Biwako-Kusatsu Campus, work at this center focuses on disaster mitigation using sensor systems and computer networks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Art_Research_Center">Art Research Center</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Art Research Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located at Kinugasa Campus, this center houses the Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures, which focuses on research on Japanese art and culture using digital archives, databases, and geographical information systems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Museums">Museums</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Museum_for_World_Peace" title="Kyoto Museum for World Peace">Kyoto Museum for World Peace</a> seeks to critically examine Japan's militaristic past and includes numerous exhibits ranging from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 to the Iraq War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="SR_center">SR center</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: SR center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located at BKC campus, this center is established for research using <a href="/wiki/Synchrotron_Radiation" class="mw-redirect" title="Synchrotron Radiation">Synchrotron Radiation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_education">International education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: International education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university is one of the universities making progress in internationalization efforts and has been designated as one of the <a href="/wiki/Top_Global_University_Project" title="Top Global University Project">top global universities</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education,_Culture,_Sports,_Science,_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology">Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology</a>. Ritsumeikan University has exchange programs with schools throughout the world, including the <a href="/wiki/The_University_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of British Columbia">University of British Columbia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a>, the <a href="/wiki/The_University_of_Sydney" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hong_Kong" title="University of Hong Kong">University of Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_London" title="King's College London">King's College London</a> and the <a href="/wiki/The_University_of_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a>. Ritsumeikan also currently offers a dual bachelor's degree program and dual master's degree program in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/American_University" title="American University">American University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearly 1,800 Ritsumeikan students study abroad, while Ristumeikan accepts nearly 2,500 international students every year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academic_rankings">Academic rankings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Academic rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2024 edition of the <a href="/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS World University Rankings</a>, it is ranked 631st-640th. Ranked 4th among private universities in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2023 edition QS Asia University Rankings, it was ranked 126th. Ranked 3rd among private universities in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2022 edition of the QS Graduate Employability Rankings, it ranked 201st-250th.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ranked 1st among private universities in Western Japan in the three rankings mentioned above. </p><p>In the 2023 edition of THE World University Rankings Japan, it is ranked 31st. Ranked 11th among Western Japan universities and 1st among Kinki private universities. In the same year edition of <a href="/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings">THE World University Rankings</a>, it ranked 1201st-1500th, and in THE Asia University Rankings ranked 401st-500th.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2023 edition of CWUR World University Rankings, it is ranked 1024th, in the top 5% of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people_associated_with_Ritsumeikan">Notable people associated with Ritsumeikan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritsumeikan_University&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notable people associated with Ritsumeikan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Ritsumeikan_University" title="Special:EditPage/Ritsumeikan University">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2011</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Notable people affiliated with Ritsumeikan University, including graduates, former students, and professors: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Momofuku_Ando" title="Momofuku Ando">Momofuku Ando</a> (1934 College of Economics), founder of <a href="/wiki/Nissin_Foods" title="Nissin Foods">Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.</a> who invented the world's first <a href="/wiki/Instant_noodles" title="Instant noodles">instant noodles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cup_noodles" class="mw-redirect" title="Cup noodles">cup noodles</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Watanabe" title="Shinzo Watanabe">Shinzo Watanabe</a> mathematics professor, the fundamental contributor to the field of probability theory, and stochastic analysis.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenichirou_Satou&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenichirou Satou (page does not exist)">Kenichirou Satou</a> CEO of <a href="/wiki/Rohm" title="Rohm">Rohm</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Den_Kawakatsu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Den Kawakatsu (page does not exist)">Den Kawakatsu</a> former CEO of <a href="/wiki/Nankai_Electric_Railway" title="Nankai Electric Railway">Nankai Electric Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takashi_Haga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takashi Haga (page does not exist)">Takashi Haga</a> former chairman and executive director of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marudai_Food&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marudai Food (page does not exist)">Marudai Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinichiro_Furumoto" title="Shinichiro Furumoto">Shinichiro Furumoto</a> (1987 College of Law), a member of the House of Representatives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenta_Izumi" title="Kenta Izumi">Kenta Izumi</a> (1998 College of Law), a member of the House of Representatives and leader of <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan">CDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadayoshi_Ichida" title="Tadayoshi Ichida">Tadayoshi Ichida</a> (1967 College of Law), a member of the House of Councillors</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Okada" title="Hiroshi Okada">Hiroshi Okada</a> (1969 College of Social Sciences), a member of the House of Councillors</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Atsuya Furuta</a> (1988 College of Business Administration), <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> player (<a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Tokyo Yakult Swallows</a>)</li> <li>Cico (College of International Relations), singer and half of <a href="/wiki/Bennie_K" title="Bennie K">Bennie K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigetoshi_Hasegawa" title="Shigetoshi Hasegawa">Shigetoshi Hasegawa</a> (1990 College of Social Sciences), <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masafumi_Kawaguchi" title="Masafumi Kawaguchi">Masafumi Kawaguchi</a> (1996 College of International Relations), <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noriaki_Kinoshita" title="Noriaki Kinoshita">Noriaki Kinoshita</a> (College of Business Administration), American football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiyori_Kon" title="Hiyori Kon">Hiyori Kon</a>, female sumo wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikiya_Koyama" title="Rikiya Koyama">Rikiya Koyama</a> (College of Law), <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Matsui" title="Daisuke Matsui">Daisuke Matsui</a> (College of Business Administration), soccer player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Minakami" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsutomu Minakami">Tsutomu Minakami</a>, novelist, <a href="/wiki/Naoki_Prize" title="Naoki Prize">Naoki Prize</a> winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masayuki_Nagare" title="Masayuki Nagare">Masayuki Nagare</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nagato" title="Hiroyuki Nagato">Hiroyuki Nagato</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gor%C5%8D_Naya" title="Gorō Naya">Gorō Naya</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokuro_Naya" class="mw-redirect" title="Rokuro Naya">Rokuro Naya</a> (College of Law), actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isin_Nisio" class="mw-redirect" title="Isin Nisio">Isin Nisio</a>, novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomokazu_Ohka" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomokazu Ohka">Tomokazu Ohka</a> (College of Business Administration), MLB player</li> <li><a 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Kennedy School of Government</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/School_of_Advanced_International_Studies" title="School of Advanced International Studies">School of Advanced International Studies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_University" title="Pennsylvania State University">Pennsylvania State University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_School_of_International_Affairs" title="Penn State School of International Affairs">Penn State School of International Affairs</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princeton_School_of_Public_and_International_Affairs" title="Princeton School of Public and International Affairs">Princeton School of Public and International Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freeman_Spogli_Institute_for_International_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies">Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_School_of_Citizenship_and_Public_Affairs" title="Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs">Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Bush_School_of_Government_and_Public_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bush School of Government and Public Service">The Bush School of Government and Public Service</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Fletcher_School_of_Law_and_Diplomacy" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy">The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Diego" title="University of California, San Diego">University of California, San Diego</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UC_San_Diego_School_of_Global_Policy_and_Strategy" title="UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy">UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Denver" title="University of Denver">University of Denver</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Korbel_School_of_International_Studies" title="Josef Korbel School of International Studies">Josef Korbel School of International Studies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park">University of Maryland, College Park</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_School_of_Public_Policy" title="University of Maryland School of Public Policy">University of Maryland School of Public Policy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ford_School_of_Public_Policy" title="Ford School of Public Policy">Ford School of Public Policy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_School_of_Public_Affairs" title="Humphrey School of Public Affairs">Humphrey School of Public Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">University of Pittsburgh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh_Graduate_School_of_Public_and_International_Affairs" title="University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs">University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> <ul><li>USC Master of Public Diplomacy program</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_University_of_Texas_at_Austin" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of Texas at Austin">The University of Texas at Austin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_School_of_Public_Affairs" title="Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs">Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Munk_School_of_Global_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Munk School of Global Affairs">Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington_Henry_M._Jackson_School_of_International_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Washington Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies">Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Institute_for_Global_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson Institute for Global Affairs">Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Graduate_Institute_of_International_and_Development_Studies" title="Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies">Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertie_School" title="Hertie School">Hertie School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockholm_School_of_Economics" title="Stockholm School of Economics">Stockholm School of Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Gallen" title="University of St. Gallen">University of St. Gallen</a> <ul><li>Master International Affairs and Governance program</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sciences_Po" title="Sciences Po">Sciences Po</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paris_School_of_International_Affairs" title="Paris School of International Affairs">Paris School of International Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IE_University" title="IE University">IE University</a> <ul><li>School of Politics, Economics, and Global Affairs</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moscow_State_Institute_of_International_Relations" title="Moscow State Institute of International Relations">Moscow State Institute of International Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_State_University" title="Saint Petersburg State University">Saint Petersburg State University</a> <ul><li>School of International Relations</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yonsei_University" title="Yonsei University">Yonsei University</a> <ul><li>Graduate School of International Studies</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seoul_National_University" title="Seoul National University">Seoul National University</a> <ul><li>Graduate School of International Studies</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea_University" title="Korea University">Korea University</a> <ul><li>Graduate School of International Studies</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Singapore" title="National University of Singapore">National University of Singapore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew_School_of_Public_Policy" title="Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy">Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ritsumeikan University</a> <ul><li>Graduate School of International Relations</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">South America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Queensland" title="University of Queensland">University of Queensland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#ddddff;"><div id="*_Affiliate_member_schools75"> <ul><li>Affiliate member schools</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">North America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thunderbird_School_of_Global_Management" title="Thunderbird School of Global Management">Thunderbird School of Global Management</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balsillie_School_of_International_Affairs" title="Balsillie School of International Affairs">Balsille School of International Affairs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Waterloo" title="University of Waterloo">University of Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier_University" title="Wilfrid Laurier University">Wilfrid Laurier University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_for_International_Governance_Innovation" title="Centre for International Governance Innovation">Centre for International Governance Innovation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baruch_College" title="Baruch College">Baruch College</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marxe_School_of_Public_and_International_Affairs" title="Marxe School of Public and International Affairs">Marxe School of Public and International Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandeis_University" title="Brandeis University">Brandeis University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Heller_School_for_Social_Policy_and_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="The Heller School for Social Policy and Management">The Heller School for Social Policy and Management</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a> <ul><li>Institute for Politics and Strategy</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DePaul_University" title="DePaul University">DePaul University</a> <ul><li>International Studies Program</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fordham_University" title="Fordham University">Fordham University</a> <ul><li>Graduate Program in International Political Economy and Development</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mason_University" title="George Mason University">George Mason University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schar_School_of_Policy_and_Government" title="Schar School of Policy and Government">Schar School of Policy and Government</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wagner_Graduate_School_of_Public_Service" title="Wagner Graduate School of Public Service">Wagner Graduate School of Public Service</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a> <ul><li>School of Public and International Affairs</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University" title="Pepperdine University">Pepperdine University</a> <ul><li>School of Public Policy</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University">San Francisco State University</a> <ul><li>Department of International Relations</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seton_Hall_University" title="Seton Hall University">Seton Hall University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/School_of_Diplomacy_and_International_Relations" title="School of Diplomacy and International Relations">School of Diplomacy and International Relations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia_School_of_Public_and_International_Affairs" title="University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs">University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">University of Miami</a> <ul><li>Master of Arts in International Administration program</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon">University of Oregon</a> <ul><li>Department of International Studies</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlebury_College" title="Middlebury College">Middlebury College</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Middlebury_Institute_of_International_Studies_at_Monterey" title="Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey">Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary" title="College of William & Mary">College of William & Mary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">South America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austral_University_(Argentina)" title="Austral University (Argentina)">Universidad Austral</a> <ul><li>Escuela de Política, Gobierno y Relaciones Internacionales</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universidad_Externado_de_Colombia" title="Universidad Externado de Colombia">Universidad Externado de Colombia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Trento" title="University of Trento">University of Trento</a> <ul><li>School of International Studies</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_Academy_of_Vienna" title="Diplomatic Academy of Vienna">Diplomatic Academy of Vienna</a> - Vienna School of International Studies</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prague_University_of_Economics_and_Business" title="Prague University of Economics and Business">Prague University of Economics and Business</a> <ul><li>Jan Masaryk Centre for International Studies</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institut_Barcelona_d%27Estudis_Internacionals" title="Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals">Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals</a> - IBEI <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barcelona_Centre_for_International_Affairs" title="Barcelona Centre for International Affairs">Barcelona Centre for International Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompeu_Fabra_University" title="Pompeu Fabra University">Pompeu Fabra University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Barcelona" title="University of Barcelona">University of Barcelona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_University_of_Barcelona" title="Autonomous University of Barcelona">Autonomous University of Barcelona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polytechnic_University_of_Catalonia" title="Polytechnic University of Catalonia">Polytechnic University of Catalonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_University_of_Catalonia" title="Open University of Catalonia">Open University of Catalonia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Geneva" title="University of Geneva">University of Geneva</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Akhawayn_University" title="Al Akhawayn University">Al Akhawayn University</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADA_University" title="ADA University">ADA University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADA_University#School_of_Public_and_International_Affairs" title="ADA University">School of Public and International Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waseda_University" title="Waseda University">Waseda University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Graduate_School_of_Asia-Pacific_Studies" title="Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies">Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utsunomiya_University" title="Utsunomiya University">Utsunomiya University</a> <ul><li>Graduate School of International Studies</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_University_of_Japan" title="International University of Japan">International University of Japan</a> <ul><li>Graduate School of International Relations</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanyang_Technological_University" title="Nanyang Technological University">Nanyang Technological University</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._Rajaratnam_School_of_International_Studies" title="S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies">S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Chengchi_University" title="National Chengchi University">National Chengchi University</a> <ul><li>College of International Affairs</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fudan_University" title="Fudan University">Fudan University</a> <ul><li>School of International Relations and Public Affairs</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_University_of_Japan" title="International University of Japan">International University of Japan</a> <ul><li>Graduate School of International Relations</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utsunomiya_University" title="Utsunomiya University">Utsunomiya University</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a> <ul><li>Master of International Relations program</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inta.gatech.edu/about/apsia">"Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"</a>. <i>inta.gatech.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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does not exist)">Paladins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryukoku_University" title="Ryukoku University">Ryukoku</a> <a href="/wiki/Ryukoku_Seahorse_football" title="Ryukoku Seahorse football">Seahorse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakayama_University" title="Wakayama University">Wakayama</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wakayama_Blind_Sharks_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wakayama Blind Sharks football (page does not exist)">Blind Sharks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#40E0D0; color:#000000;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture_University" title="Osaka Prefecture University">Osaka Prefecture</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Osaka_Prefecture_Shrikes_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osaka 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title="1953 Kansai Collegiate American Football League season (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Kansai_Collegiate_American_Football_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Kansai Collegiate American Football League season (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Kansai_Collegiate_American_Football_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Kansai Collegiate American Football League season (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Kansai_Collegiate_American_Football_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 Kansai Collegiate American Football League season (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Kansai_Collegiate_American_Football_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 Kansai Collegiate American Football League season (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a 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