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, abbreviated as or , is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo). It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa. It has ten faculties: Letters, Economics, Law, Business and Commerce, Medicine, Science and Technology, Policy Management, Environment and Information Studies, Nursing and Medical Care, and Pharmacy. The alumni include Japanese prime ministers and prominent political, administrative, legal, medical and corporate leaders. Keio ranks 3rd in the world for the number of alumni holding CEO positions in Fortune Global 500 companies.〔http://www.mines-paristech.eu/About-us/Rankings/professional-ranking/〕 It also ranks 9th in the world in the Times Higher Education's Alma Mater Index.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE Alma Mater Index（2013 )〕 It ranks 34th globally in the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).〔http://cwur.org/2014/Keio-University.html〕 Keio is ranked at 58th of the Reuters Top 100 innovative universities worldwide in 2015.〔http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/15/idUSL1N11K16Q20150915〕 In the United States, Keio has a high school called "Keio Academy of New York". The university is one of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's thirteen "Global 30" Project universities.〔(Universities | Study in Japan(Japanese university) | Global30 ). Uni.international.mext.go.jp. Retrieved on 2014-06-17.〕 ==Overview== Keio traces its history to 1858 when Fukuzawa Yukichi, who had studied the Western educational system at Brown University in the United States, started to teach Dutch while he was a guest of the Okudaira family. In 1868 he changed the name of the school to Keio Gijuku and devoted all his time to education. While Keiō's initial identity was that of a private school of Western studies, it expanded and established its first university faculty in 1890, and became known as a leading institute in Japanese higher education. It was the first Japanese university to reach its 150th anniversary, celebrating this anniversary in 2008. In 2009, Keio University was selected as one of "Global 30" universities, a government program "which is aimed at elevating... international competitiveness among the world's top universities and at creating an attractive environment for overseas students, while fostering students and researchers capable of playing active international roles."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global30 )〕 Keio has leading research centers. It has approximately 30 Research Centers located on its five main campuses and at other facilities for advanced research in Japan〔 Keio's School of Medicine has long-standing research links with the Harvard Medical School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Celebration of Keio University's 150th Aniiversary )〕 Keio University has joined the MIT and the French INRIA in hosting the international W3C.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Press Release: Keio University joins MIT and INRIA in hosting W3C )〕 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「Keio University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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