Kyoto Gakuen University

Kyoto Gakuen University traces its history back about 90 years since its foundation as“Kyoto Commercial School,” the predecessor of the University and more than 45 years since its foundation in 1969 as a university.

The University is dedicated to practical education to “develop people who can assume active leadership roles in any field,” adhering to the education philosophy of the founder, Konan Tsujimoto, “the inherent nature of a person is magnificent which develops without limitation, so let us develop it, tailored to individuality.”

The objectives of the University are to develop people who can think autonomously and act in a global scale by providing education and research of a wide range of knowledge and deep specialized sciences under the Fundamental Act of Education and School Education Act, based on the philosophy of foundation of the University.

In recent years, considering the gap between “people developed by universities” and “people required by society,” which has surfaced as a challenge as Japanese society transforms and in order to respond to the needs of a new age, we reorganized in April of this year the Faculties and Departments that provide appropriate practical education, including the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and started a double campus system in Kyoto Kameoka and Kyoto Uzumasa with four Faculties and ten Departments. The new Kyoto Gakuen University will further develop students who can individually contribute to society through a flexible response to changes.

The University aims at “development of people required by society” and “100% student satisfaction” by “evolving into a university required by society.” The Education Objectives of the University are to “develop people who can think autonomously and act on a global scale”.

In order to realize the education objectives of the University in the present day situations, the University sets the Education Objectives of “developing human ability,” based on the “Personnel Needs Research,” independently conducted by the University.

“Human ability” here refers to “six basic abilities required by society,” specifically, the following six basic abilities of “ability to communicate, ability to cooperate, ability to adapt, ability to act, ability to identify issues and challenges, and ability to think logically” and these six basic abilities are mutually related and build a complementary “comprehensive ability” for each individual.

At the Board of Directors’ meeting held on July 26, the Medium-Term Vision of ‘“New Kyoto Gakuen University”-Toward 100% Student Satisfaction’ was adopted. The University opened Kyoto Uzumasa Campus in April 2015 to expand its boundaries in a new age as a university operating double campuses.

Medium-Term Vision makes clear the medium-term objectives and challenges in order for the University to “evolve into the university required by society” for the period from 2014 to 2018, based on the philosophy of the University’s foundation. We will make every effort toward “100% student satisfaction” by all instructors and staff sharing the challenges and objectives.