Chuo University
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Chuo University (中央大学, Chuo Daigaku, lit. Central University) is a private university in Tokyo, renowned for its law school. Founded as English Law School (イギリス法律学校, Igirisu Houritsu Gakkou) in 1885 at Nishiki by a group of lawyers, it has since moved and expanded on three separate campusses, one at Tama (Hachioji) for arts, at Korakuen for science, and at Ichigaya (Shinjuku) for law. Chuo University has now six faculties, seven graduate schools, and nine research institutes. It also operates three high schools.
The faculties are:
- law
- economics
- commerce
- science and engineering
- literature
- policy studies
The university burned down in the Great Kanda Fire of 1892, in 1917, and in the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923) and had to rebuilt in the aftermatch.
The university can be reached by Oedo subway line (Kasuga station) and JR lines (Kourakuen station).
External links
- Chuo University's website (http://www.chuo-u.ac.jp)
- Chuo University's official homepage in English (http://www2.tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp/intlcent/english.html)
- booklet in English about Chuo University (http://www2.tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp/intlcent/ChuoEng_2003.pdf) (pdf)
