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Keio University
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private university in Tokyo, Japan
Key facts
- Motto
- ペンは剣よりも強し , Calamus Gladio Fortior
- Motto in english
- ' The pen is mightier than the sword '
- Type
- Private ; research university
- Established
- 23 April 1858 ; 168 years ago ( 23 April 1858 )
- Founder
- Fukuzawa Yukichi
- Affiliation
- AACSB , APRU , CEMS – The Global Alliance in Management Education , COBS , ASAIHL
- President
- Kohei Itoh
- Academic staff
- 2,791 full-time (As of May 1, 2022)
- Administrative staff
- 3,252 full-time (As of May 1, 2022)
- Students
- 33,437 (As of May 1, 2022)
- Undergraduates
- 28,641 (As of May 1, 2022)
- Postgraduates
- 6,222 (As of May 1, 2022)
- Campus
- Urban
- Colors
- Gold, Navy Blue, and Red
- Mascot
- Keio Unicorn
- Athletics
- 43 Varsity Teams
- Website
- keio.ac.jp
- Kanji
- 慶應義塾大学
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1858
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Keiō Gijuku Daigaku
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.26091.3c · ISNI 0000 0004 1936 9959
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- juku
- Official name
- 慶應義塾大学
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Tokyo
- Founded by
- Fukuzawa Yukichi
- Headquarters
- Mita
- Subsidiary
- professional degree
- Official website
- www.keio.ac.jp/ko
- Image
- Old Keio University Library 3.jpg
- Students count
- 33518
- Motto
- 独立自尊
Show 16 more facts
- hashtag
- 慶應義塾大学
- native label
- 慶應義塾大学
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Keio University alumni
- inception
- 1858-10-00
- Commons category
- Keio University
- topic's main category
- Category:Keio University
- short name
- 慶應
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of Keio University
- API endpoint URL
- gakunin1.keio.ac.jp/idp/shibboleth
- language used
- Japanese
- official color
- red
- category of associated people
- Category:People associated with Keio University
- ranking
- 197
- catchphrase
- ペンは剣よりも強し
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Keio University (Japanese: 慶應義塾大学, Hepburn: Keiō Gijuku Daigaku), abbreviated as Keio (慶應) or Keidai (慶大), is a private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally established as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo. It was granted university status in 1920, becoming one of the first private universities in the country.
Keio University is also one of the member universities of RU11 and APRU, and it is one of two Japanese universities (alongside the University of Tokyo) to be a member of the World Economic Forum's Global University Leaders Forum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Keio University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.