Hyogo University



Hyogo University (兵庫大学) is a private university in Japan. Its campus is located in Shinzaike, Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture. The university is one of the seven schools run by Mutsumi Gakuen (睦学園), a school foundation with a Buddhist background (Nishi Hongwanji denomination).

History

 * Mutsumi Gakuen
 * 1921: Taishi Sunday School was started in memory of the 1300th anniversary of Shotoku Taishi's death.
 * 1923: Suma Taishi Hall was opened in Suma-ku, Kobe, to which the Training Course of Sewing (a girls' school) was attached.
 * 1937: Suma Taishi Hall Foundation was incorporated. The foundation established Suma Mutsumi Girls' Vocational School (Sumanoura Girls' High School today).
 * 1951: The school foundation was renamed Mutsumi Gakuen.
 * 1955: The school foundation established Mutsumi Gakuen Women's Junior College.
 * 1966: The junior college was renamed Hyogo Women's Junior College, moving from Suma-ku, Kobe to Kakogawa.
 * Hyogo University
 * 1995: Mutsumi Gakuen established Hyogo University.
 * with one faculty: Faculty of Economics and Information Science
 * 1998: The junior college was reorganized into the Junior College Department of Hyogo University.
 * 1999: Graduate School of Economics and Information Science was established.
 * 2001: The Faculty of Health Science was added.
 * with Departments of Nutrition Management and Health System Management
 * 2006: The Department of Nursing was added.

Faculties (Undergraduate schools)

 * Faculty of Economics and Information Science
 * Faculty of Health Science
 * Department of Nutrition Management
 * Department of Health System Management
 * Department of Nursing
 * Faculty of Welfare Society

Graduate schools

 * Graduate School of Economics and Information Science (Master's courses only)