Taisho University (大正大学, Taishō daigaku) is a private university in Nishi-sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. The university was founded in the last year of the Taishō period (1926) by merging the three Buddhist colleges. The three were:
the Tendai-shū College (天台宗大学, Tendai-shū daigaku', founded in 1885),
the Buzan College (豊山大学, Buzan daigaku, founded in 1887 and funded by Shingon-shū Buzan-ha), and
the Religious College (宗教大学, Shūkyō daigaku, founded in 1887 and funded by Jōdo-shū).
The undergraduate school consists of the Faculty of Regional Development, Faculty of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Human Studies, Faculty of Literature, Faculty of Communication and Culture, and Faculty of Buddhist Studies.
Graduate schooledit
The graduate school offers Advanced Buddhist Studies, Advanced Human Studies, and Advanced Literary Studies.
Other programsedit
It has a one-year program in which up to 40 overseas students are admitted each year to a special course. This prepares them for enrollment in undergraduate or graduate programs at Japanese universities.
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