Ibaraki Christian University (茨城キリスト教大学, Ibaraki kirisuto-kyō daigaku) is a private university in Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan, established in 1967 and abbreviated as IC.
History
The predecessor of the University, Ibaraki Christian College, was founded in 1948 as the Shion Campus.[1] An associated Shion Junior College and Shion Senior High School were established in 1949. The Shion Junior College became the Ibaraki Christian Junior College in 1950 with a Department of Liberal Arts and Department of English, followed by a Department of Home Economics in 1951.
The four-year Ibaraki Christian College was established in 1967 with a Department of Biblical Studies and Department of English Language and Literature. A Department of Japanese Literature was added in 1974, followed by a Department of Elementary Education in 1987. A Graduate School was established in 1995. The school changed to its present name in the year 2000, and the Junior College was closed.
A College of Nursing was established in 2004 and College of Business Administration in 2011.
External relations
Ibaraki Christian University has liaisons and student-exchange programs with a number of universities outside Japan. These include Oklahoma Christian University, with which McMillan was also involved.[2]
The institution has had an international focus from its inception.[3]
Notes
^The original college was an endeavor of Orvil Dean Bixler, Harry Robert Fox Sr., E. W. McMillan, and other missionaries associated with Churches of Christ.
