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, also referred to as , is a private university in Kyoto City, Japan. Established in 1875, it is one of the oldest private institutions of higher learning in Japan, and has approximately 30,000 students enrolled on four different campuses in Kyoto.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Doshisha: Fact )〕 It is one of the Japanese "Global 30" universities〔http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-kokusaika/selection.html〕 and one of the "Kankandoritsu," a group of the four leading private universities in the Kansai region of western Japan. Doshisha was founded by Joseph Hardy Neesima as "Doshisha English School", and in 1920 it was granted university status. The university now encompasses 14 faculties and 16 graduate schools with numerous affiliated institutions including Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts. == History == Doshisha University was founded in 1875 as Doshisha English School by Protestant educator Niijima Jō (also known as Joseph Hardy Neesima), as a school to advance Christian education in Japan. As a young man, Niijima left Japan for the United States in 1864, despite the ban on overseas travel then imposed on Japanese nationals. He studied at Phillips Academy and Amherst College, and returned to Japan in 1874. The next year, Niijima established the Doshisha School with the assistance of Canadian Methodist missionary G. G. Cochran.〔Foreign Ministry of Japan: ( ''Episodes in Japan-Canada Relations.'' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Doshisha University )〕 Niijima served as president of the university from 1875 to 1890. Other early university presidents included educator and author Yamamoto Kakuma (1890–1892), Seito Saibara (1899–1902) who was the first Christian member of the Japanese Diet, and prominent chemical engineer Kotaro Shimomura (1904-1907). By 1920, Doshisha was granted university status and developed into a full-fledged university in the Anglo-American academic tradition. During World War II, its buildings were given Japanese names and its curriculum was stripped of its pro-Western elements. The prewar conditions were restored after the surrender of Japan. The first graduate degree programs were instituted in 1953. Amherst College has maintained a close relationship with Doshisha University,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Doshisha University )〕 and since 1972, Doshisha has collaborated with a consortium of American liberal arts colleges including Amherst to host the Associated Kyoto Program, an 8-month long study abroad program offered every year to students from American colleges and universities. Doshisha also houses the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, another program affiliated with American universities and centered on advanced Japanese language training. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doshisha University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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