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Bunka Gakuen University

Coordinates: 35°41′07″N 139°41′40″E / 35.685380°N 139.694530°E / 35.685380; 139.694530
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Bunka Gakuen University
New Metropolitan Tokyo Campus
TypePrivate
Established1919 (1919)
FounderBunka Gakuen School Corporation
Address
3 Chome-22-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya City, Tokyo 151-8523, Japan
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Bunka Gakuen University (文化学園大学, Bunka gakuen daigaku) is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school, a women's vocational school, was founded 1923. In 1952 it was chartered as a junior women's college. In 1964 it became a four-year college and it was named Bunka Women's University (文化女子大学, Bunka joshi daigaku). In 2011 it changed its name "Bunka Gakuen University".

History

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The shared entrance to both the university and the Bunka Fashion College

Bunka Gakuen University is a part of a large conglomerate of institutions including the Bunka Fashion College within the same campus in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Bunka Fashion College is regularly ranked within the top 10 in the world.[1] In 2012 Bunka Gakuen University and Bunka Fashion College opened a Masters level course in Fashion Studies aimed at foreign students. This course is called the Global Fashion Concentration and is taught completely in English.[2]

Main campus

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The university's main campus is in the western part of Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood. The main building is 21 stories tall, and includes facilities such as a library, costume museum, and a resource center. The main campus is about an 8-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station and about a 3-minute walk from the #6 exit of the Toei Shinjuku subway station.

The campus is shared with 4 colleges and universities from Bunka Gakuen. The other 3 institutions are Bunka Fashion College, Bunka Fashion Graduate University, and Bunka Institute of Language.

Affiliated Primary and Secondary Schools

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The entrance to Bunka Suginami Canadian International School and Bunka Gakuen Junior and Senior High Schools

References

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  1. ^ Ireland, Sophie (26 March 2022). "Best Fashion Schools In The World For 2022". CEOWORLD magazine. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Master's Program in Clothing Science Studies". Bunka Gakuen University. Archived from the original on 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
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