Ryukoku University

Ryukoku University (龍谷大学) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.

It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. The university's professors and students founded the literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three campuses: Fukakusa and Omiya in Kyoto; and Seta in Shiga prefecture. Its campuses are smoke-free. It is one university belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu"(産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area.

Faculties
Undergraduate Schools  Graduate Schools 
 * Faculty of Letters
 * Faculty of Economics
 * Faculty of Business Administration
 * Faculty of Law
 * Faculty of International Studies
 * Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
 * Faculty of Sociology
 * Faculty of Policy Studies
 * Faculty of Agriculture
 * Faculty of Psychology
 * Graduate School of Letters
 * Graduate School of Economics
 * Graduate School of Business Administration
 * Graduate School of Law
 * Graduate School of Policy Science
 * Graduate School of International Studies
 * Graduate School of Science and Technology
 * Graduate School of Sociology
 * Graduate School of Practical Shin Buddhist Studies
 * Graduate School of Agriculture

Notable alumni

 * Yuji Fujii, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature)
 * Ayano Tsuji, singer-songwriter.
 * Takamaro Shigaraki, Buddhologist, later president of the university