Tokyo Christian University

Tokyo Christian University

東京基督教大学; Tōkyō kirisutokyō daigaku
Type	Private
Established	1966
Location	Inzai , Chiba , Japan
Website	Official website

Tokyo Christian University (東京基督教大学, Tōkyō kirisutokyō daigaku) is a private university in Inzai, Chiba, Japan, offering an undergraduate liberal arts degree in both Japanese and English. TCU is the only evangelical university fully accredited by Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

History[]

Tokyo[]

TCU's history spans 125 years of Japan's 140-year Protestant history. The university emerged from a merger of three Christian schools. The oldest, founded in 1881 in Yokohama, focused on women's education at a time when Japan offered women few opportunities for higher education. In 1949 Tokyo Christian Theological Seminary came into existence, and 1950 saw the establishment of the Japan Domei Institute. The Domei Institute later offered both a three- and a four-year course, achieving accreditation as a junior college. These three schools merged in 1979, with the goal of upgrading the junior college into a university while maintaining the seminary as a distinct graduate program with its own identity.

Chiba[]

In 1989, the merged school moved to its present location in Chiba New Town, a part of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area. Having achieved the approval of the Japanese Ministry of Education, the transition from the junior college to the university took place between 1990 and 1993. The university admitted its first group of students in 1990, when the junior college graduated its final class. In 1993, the university gained full recognition from the Japanese Ministry of Education, and it continues in this status until today. TCU is affiliated to Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).

External links[]

• Official English website
• Official Japanese website (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°44′16.42″N 139°49′39.00″E / 35.7378944°N 139.8275000°E / 35.7378944; 139.8275000

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