University of the Sacred Heart (Japan)

The University of the Sacred Heart (聖心女子大学) is a Japanese private women's university located in Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo.

It was established in 1916 as a special school (senmon gakkō) by the Society of the Sacred Heart. It became a university in 1948 and is one of the oldest women's universities in Japan.

Departments
The University has one faculty of Liberal Arts, with the following departments:
 * Department of English Language and Literature
 * Department of Japanese Language and Literature
 * Department of History and Social Sciences
 * Department of Philosophy
 * Department of Education

It also has a graduate school of arts offering master's degrees and doctorates in these subjects.

Affiliated schools

 * Sacred Heart School in Tokyo
 * International School of the Sacred Heart

Notable alumnae

 * Eriko Yamatani, politician
 * Makiko Fujino, politician
 * Empress Michiko
 * Sadako Ogata, scholar, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
 * Mariko Ōhara, author
 * Ayako Sono, author
 * Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Miss International 2012 (first Japanese to do so)
 * Momoko Abe, Miss Universe Japan 2017