皇學館大学 (Kogakkan Daigaku) | |
Type | Private |
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Established | 1882 |
Founder | Jingu-kyo |
President | Satoshi Kawano (河野訓) |
Students | 2,921 |
Undergraduates | 2,839 |
Postgraduates | 82 |
Location | , |
Colors | Deep Purple |
Website | kogakkan-u.ac.jp |
Kogakkan University (皇學館大学, Kōgakkan daigaku) is a private university at Ise, Mie, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1882, and it was chartered as a university in 1940.
Kogakkan University is one of only two universities in Japan to offer a Shinto studies program, whose graduates earn the qualifications needed to become a kannushi (Shinto priest).[1][2] The other university to offer such a program is Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.