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S?ka University

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Soka University
創?大?
Motto Discover Your Potential
Type Private
Established 1971
President Masashi Suzuki
Students 7,230 (1 May 2021)
Address
1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachi?ji-shi, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan
,
Hachi?ji, Tokyo
,
Japan
Campus Suburban
Colors   Blue   White
Affiliations ASAIHL
Mascot Roaring Lion
Website www .soka .ac .jp /en

Soka University ( Japanese : 創?大? , Hepburn : S?ka Daigaku ) , abbreviated typically as Sodai ( 創大 ) or Sokadai ( 創?大 ) , is a private university in Hachi?ji, Tokyo , Japan. In 2014, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) designated Soka University as one of the 20 universities in Japan that "are leading the globalization of Japanese society". [1] According to uniRank, Soka University was ranked 112th in Japan and 2437th in the World in 2024. [2] The university has 8 faculties with a total of around 7,000 students, 400 of whom are international students.

History [ edit ]

Soka University opened to undergraduate students on April 2, 1971, with its graduate school opening in April 1975. [3] Since the school's founding, more than 50,000 students have graduated from Soka University. [4]

Soka University of America is a related school founded in 2001, located in Aliso Viejo, California , which offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees. [5]

Educational philosophy [ edit ]

Soka University's educational philosophy was established by Tsunesabur? Makiguchi , the first president of the Soka Gakkai (then called the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, or Value-creating Education Society), who had worked as the principal of an elementary school in Japan. Makiguchi published the book "The System of Value-Creating Pedagogy" based on his belief that the purpose of education is the students' happiness, and emphasized humanistic education. This educational philosophy was shared by his successor, J?sei Toda , who had served as a primary school teacher. Toda's successor, Daisaku Ikeda , describes his goal as carrying out the dreams of Makiguchi and Toda. [6]

"Soka" is a Japanese term meaning "value creation". In 1971, when Daisaku Ikeda founded Soka University, the school established the following founding principles:

  • Be the highest seat of learning for humanistic education.
  • Be the cradle of a new culture.
  • Be a fortress for the peace of humankind.

Since 2010, the university has also adopted the official motto Discover Your Potential ( 自分力の?見 ) .

Organization [ edit ]

Faculties [ edit ]

[7]

Graduate schools [ edit ]

  • Law
  • Teacher Education
  • Law and Letters
  • Engineering

Honors Program [ edit ]

  • Global Citizenship Program (GCP)
  • School for Excellence in Educational Development (SEED)
  • Language Education

Research institutes [ edit ]

  • Institute of Oriental Philosophy

Honorary doctorates [ edit ]

As of 2015, Soka University had awarded 365 honorary doctorates and honorary professorships, primarily to international figures in academia and culture. [8] In April 1993, Mikhail Gorbachev traveled to Tokyo together with his wife Raisa to receive an honorary doctorate from Soka University in recognition of his efforts for world peace. A cherry tree was planted at the university in their honor during their visit. [9] Rosa Parks visited Soka University in 1994 to deliver a lecture, and was bestowed an honorary doctorate at that time for her contributions to civil rights. [10] [11] When Nelson Mandela visited Soka University in 1995, he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his lifelong work to promote human rights. [12] In 1996, the university awarded an honorary doctorate to Fidel Castro in recognition of his efforts to establish exemplary health care and education systems for his nation's people. [13] In 2008, an honorary doctorate was awarded to a professor at Moscow State University, Mihail Sokolov , a medical robotics scientist.

Soka Women's College [ edit ]

Soka Women's College
創?女子短期大?
Type Private women's junior college
Established 1985
Location
Hachi?ji, Tokyo
,
Japan
Website www .soka .ac .jp /swc /

Soka University shares its campus in Hachi?ji, Tokyo, with S?ka Women's College ( 創?女子短期大? , S?ka Joshi Tanki Daigaku ) , an affiliated private junior college that was founded on April 2, 1985. [14]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Top Global University Project" . January 2024.
  2. ^ "Soka University Rankings" . January 2024.
  3. ^ "大?の沿革 | 創?大? | Discover your potential 自分力の?見" . www.soka.ac.jp (in Japanese) . Retrieved 2022-04-14 .
  4. ^ 大?の沿革 創?大? Archived 2015-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ National Center for Charitable Statistics:
  6. ^ Ikeda, Daisaku (2012-03-01). Soka Education: For the Happiness of the Individual . Middleway Press. ISBN   978-1-938252-22-8 .
  7. ^ "Undergraduate Programs and Graduate Schools" . Soka University.
  8. ^ "名?博士?名??授等の名??術??" . S?ka University. November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11.
  9. ^ "Gorbachev" . Seikyo Shimbun . June 12, 2007 . Retrieved 23 October 2015 .
  10. ^ "Rosa Parks Biography" . Rosa Parks Foundation . January 22, 2005 . Retrieved 23 October 2015 .
  11. ^ "Rosa Parks Speaks at Soka University" . United States Library of Congress . March 16, 2000 . Retrieved 23 October 2015 .
  12. ^ "Honorary degrees of Nelson Mandela" . Nelson Mandela Institute . May 11, 1996 . Retrieved 23 October 2015 .
  13. ^ "Carnet" . Le Point . June 26, 1996 . Retrieved 10 August 2014 .
  14. ^ 昭和61年度版「全??校??」 . 原書房. 1986. p. 56.

External links [ edit ]

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