Kobe Shinwa University

Kobe Shinwa University (神戸親和大学) is a private university in Kita-ku, Kobe, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1886, and it was chartered as a university in 1966.

History

 * 1887: "Sinwa Woman's school" was established.
 * 1887: Sinwa Girls’ School is founded in ZENSHOUJI of Kobe Motomachi.
 * 1892: The Sinwa Girls' School closed but later reopened through the efforts of Haruko Tomokuni.
 * 1896: New schoolhouse is completed in 7-chome, Shimoyamate.
 * 1908: The school changed its name to "Shinwa Girls’ High School".
 * 1947: Junior school education of the school starts. The school name became “Shinwa Girls’ Junior School”.
 * 1966: Shinwa Women's College (Department of Literature - "Japanese literature department" and "English Literature Section") open learning.
 * 1972: Department of Literature “Child Educational Research Section” was establishment.
 * 1987: 100th anniversary
 * 1994: Department of Literature educational major.
 * 2005: Department of Literature
 * 2006: Shinwa Women's College commemorates its 40th anniversary.
 * 2008: Department of Literature Junior sports Educational Research.
 * 2023: The university became coeducational and its name changed to "Kobe Shinwa University".

Subjects

 * Department of Literature(Synthetic sentence Chemistry Section)
 * Child Educational Research Section
 * Psychology department
 * Welfare clinical subject
 * Junior sports Educational Research Section

Alumnae

 * Model and actress Norika Fujiwara graduated from Shinwa girls' high school and Kobe Shinwa Women's University.