Meiji University

Meiji University
明治大学
Former names
Meiji Law School
(1881–1903)
Motto権利自由、独立自治
Motto in English
Rights, Liberty, Independence and Self-governance
TypePrivate research university
Established1881; 144 years ago (1881)
PresidentKosaku Dairokuno
Academic staff
2,897 (Spring 2020)
Undergraduates30,010 (Spring 2020)
Location
Chiyoda, Suginami, Nakano, and Kawasaki
,
Greater Tokyo
,
Japan
CampusUrban
Colours  Shikon (bluish purple)
MascotMeijirō
Websitemeiji.ac.jp
meiji.ac.jp/english

Meiji University (明治大学, Meiji Daigaku) is a private research university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Originally founded as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō) by three lawyers in 1881, it became a university in April 1920.[1]

As of May 2023, Meiji has 32,261 undergraduate students and 2,635 postgraduate students.[2] The university consists of 10 undergraduate, 12 graduate, and 4 professional graduate schools, and operates on four campuses around the Greater Tokyo Area: Surugadai, Izumi, Ikuta, and Nakano. Meiji University is the country's most applied-to university, with applications to its undergraduate degrees amounting to approximately 100,000 annually.[3] Meiji is a part of the Top Global University Project of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.[4] As of 2021, 270 Meiji alumni have competed in the Olympics, garnering 40 medals: 14 gold, 13 silver, and 13 bronze.[5]

Academics

Undergraduate schools

Meiji University School House (Liberty Tower)
  • School of Law
    • Businesses Law Course
    • International Relations Law Course
    • Public Service Law Course
    • Law and Information Course
    • Pre-Law School Course
  • School of Commerce
    • Applied Economics Course
    • Marketing Course
    • Finance & Insurance Course
    • Global Business Course
    • Management Course
    • Accounting Course
    • Creative Business Course
  • School of Political Science and Economics
    • Department of Political Science
    • Department of Economics
    • Department of Regional Administration
  • School of Arts and Letters
    • Department of Literature
    • Department of History and Geography
    • Department of Social Psychology
  • School of Science and Technology
    • Department of Electrical Engineering
    • Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    • Department of Precision Engineering
    • Department of Architecture
    • Department of Industrial Chemistry
    • Department of Information Science
    • Department of Mathematics
    • Department of Physics
  • School of Agriculture
    • Department of Agriculture
    • Department of Agricultural Chemistry
    • Department of Life Sciences
    • Department of Food and Environmental Policy
  • School of Business Administration
    • Department of Business Administration
    • Department of Accounting
    • Department of Public Management
  • School of Information and Communication
  • School of Global Japanese Studies
    • Department of Global Japanese Studies
  • School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences

Graduate schools

  • Graduate School of Law
  • Graduate School of Commerce
  • Graduate School of Political Science and Economics
  • Graduate School of Business Administration
  • Graduate School of Arts and Letters
  • Graduate Schools of Informatics and Communication
  • Graduate School of Science and Technology
  • Graduate School of Agriculture
  • Graduate School of Advanced Mathematical Sciences
  • Graduate School of Humanities
  • Graduate School of Global Japanese Studies
  • Graduate School of Global Governance

Professional Graduate Schools

  • Graduate School of Governance Studies
  • Graduate School of Global Business
  • Graduate School of Professional Accountancy
  • Law School

Campus life

Meiji University's baseball team belongs to the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League. Every year, rugby union and baseball matches Meisōsen (明早戦) against Waseda University attract support among its students. It also has a successful judo team.[6]

The university announced on February 26, 2009, that it would open a museum dedicated to anime and manga.[7] It will include international research centers hosting Japanese and international scholars as well as a large quality of artifacts on the subject.

Academic rankings

University rankings
WE [ja] National[8] Employment 35
NBP Greater Tokyo[9][10] Reputation 8
Shimano National[11] Selectivity A1
QS Asia
(Asia version)[12]		 General 301-350
QS World[13] General 1201-1400
Program rankings
Social Sciences & Humanities
LAW
Natural Sciences & Technology

Meiji University has achieved worldwide recognition in various international publications focusing on higher education.

General rankings

The university has been ranked 19th and 26th in 2009 and 2010 respectively in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.[20]

Research performance

The Nikkei Shimbun on 16 February 2004 surveyed about the research standards in engineering studies based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Meiji was placed 37th in this ranking.[21]

Meiji has filed the 62nd highest number of patents in the nation as its research outcomes.[22]

Graduate school rankings

Meiji Law School is considered one of the top Japanese law schools, as Meiji's number of successful candidates for Japanese bar examination has been 14th and 20th in 2009 and 2010 respectively.[23] It is one of the strongest department in this university as the cumulative number of people qualified as lawyer and prosecutor has been historically sixth after WW2.[24]

Eduniversal ranked Meiji as fourth in the rankings of "Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and/or with continental links" in Japan.[25]

Meiji University is one of the top 10 private universities in Japan.[26]

Alumni rankings

According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Meiji University have the 35th best employment rate in 400 major companies[27]

The university is also ranked sixth in Japan for the number of alumni holding the position of executive in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is 25th.[28][29]

Meiji graduates have been ranked fifth in Japan in the number of successful national CPA exam applicants.[30] Its graduates have been also ranked ninth in Japan in the number of successful Architect Registration exam applicants.[31]

Furthermore, the number of Members of Parliament who graduated Meiji is sixth in Japan.[32]

Popularity and selectivity

The number of applicants per place was 24.9 (113,905/4,582) in the 2011 undergraduate admissions, this number of applicants (113,905) was largest in 2011.[33][34] Its entrance difficulty is also very selective.[35][36]

Meiji university is regarded as comparable with the Tokyo-area private universities Aoyama Gakuin, Rikkyo, Chuo, and Hosei, collectively called "MARCH".[citation needed]

Alumni

Meiji University's alumni have included: Japan's first female lawyer, 2 Japanese prime ministers, 48 national politicians, 380 professional athletes, 115 company presidents, and 264 artists.[37]

Politics

Former (1974–1976) Japanese prime minister Takeo Miki
Madjid Usman

World leaders

US Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Other politicians

Others

Masao Koga
Takeshi Kitano
Yuto Nagatomo
Keiko Kitagawa

Sister Universities

Notes


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