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Called Gakudai or Shodai, it is a private Japan
Japan

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ese university
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 in Kumamoto, Japan
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. It was established in 1942, at which time Eastern Language Vocational College (???????? Toyo Gengo Senmon Gakko) was subsumed into it. It was renamed Kumamoto Language Vocational College (???????? Kumamoto Gengo Senmon Gakko) in 1945, and was made into Kumamoto Commerce University (?????? Kumamoto shoka daigaku) in 1954.






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Called Gakudai or Shodai, it is a private Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 in Kumamoto, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It was established in 1942, at which time Eastern Language Vocational College (???????? Toyo Gengo Senmon Gakko) was subsumed into it. It was renamed Kumamoto Language Vocational College (???????? Kumamoto Gengo Senmon Gakko) in 1945, and was made into Kumamoto Commerce University (?????? Kumamoto shoka daigaku) in 1954. It acquired its current name, Kumamoto Gakuen University, in 1994. At present, the university has 4 faculties with 11 departments.

The university also has an affiliated senior high school, located immediately adjacent to the campus. While the high school is recognized as one of the best in the prefecture, the reputation of the university itself is as a second-rank institution.

Faculties and Graduate Schools


Faculties

  • (in English)
    • Commercial Science(main)
    • Business
    • Hospitality Management
    • Commercial Science(minor)


  • (in English)
    • Economics
    • International Economics
    • Legal Economics


  • (in English)
    • English
    • East Asian Studies


  • (in English)
    • Social Welfare(main)
    • Social Work and Environmental Design
    • Child welfare environmental subject
    • Social Welfare(minor)


Graduate Schools

  • (in Japanese)
    • Commercial Science
  • (in Japanese)
    • Business Management
  • (in Japanese)
    • Economics
  • (in Japanese)
    • majoring International Culture
  • (in Japanese)
    • Social Welfare
    • Social Work and Environmental Design


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