Aoyama Gakuin University is a university in Tokyo with campuses in Shibuya (Aoyama Campus) and in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. It belongs to the Aoyama Gakuin school system, whose origins date to 1874, and the university itself opened in 1949 as a postwar institution. Its educational policy is based on the Christian faith, in line with its Methodist origins.
The university has 11 undergraduate colleges and schools, including the Colleges of Literature, Economics, Science and Engineering and Community Studies, the Faculty of Law, and the Schools of Business, Social Informatics and Cultural and Creative Studies. Graduate schools cover most of these fields and also include the Graduate School of International Management and the Graduate School of Professional Accountancy.
The Aoyama Campus is in Shibuya, Tokyo, and the Sagamihara Campus is in Kanagawa Prefecture. The university’s track team has won the Hakone Ekiden several times.
Domains taught:
AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
Private
Partnerships:
Located in Shibuya, Tokyo. International exchange programs.
Research:
Advanced materials and nanotechnology, Robotics and intelligent systems, Information and communication technology, Environmental and energy systems.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1000
Current students***:
20000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Well-regarded private university in Tokyo, offers a range of science and engineering programs.
Cons
Private university with tuition fees, engineering/science is one part of a larger university known for humanities.
Best For
Private comprehensive university with a solid College of Science and Engineering.
Keio University, in Tokyo, also teaches science and technology, including applied chemistry, physics and biosciences.
Waseda University is a Tokyo institution with engineering and physics alongside broad humanities.
Sophia University has a Tokyo science and technology faculty beside languages and humanities.
Meiji University offers science and technology fields in Tokyo, with agriculture.
Rikkyo University is a Tokyo institution with a science faculty.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) teaches engineering and computer vision.
In Italy, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart covers economics, law and medicine in Milan.
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, combines engineering, biomedical sciences and computer science.
Yonsei University (South Korea) is listed for medicine, engineering, business and social sciences.
Ireland's Trinity College Dublin works in nanoscience, computer science and engineering.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
When was Aoyama Gakuin University founded?
The Aoyama Gakuin school system traces its origins to 1874, and the university opened in 1949. It grew from schools founded by missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Where is Aoyama Gakuin University located?
The Aoyama Campus is in Shibuya, Tokyo, and the Sagamihara Campus is in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Which subjects can students take?
The university has 11 undergraduate colleges and schools, from literature and economics to law, business and science and engineering.
Does it have professional graduate schools?
Yes, in addition to graduate programmes in most fields it has a Graduate School of International Management and a Graduate School of Professional Accountancy.
What is the Christian dimension?
The educational policy is based on the Christian faith, and the school was begun by Methodist missionaries.
Is the university known for sport?
Its athletes have won the Hakone Ekiden, a famous Japanese university relay race, several times. Details of admissions are on the official site.
Additive Manufacturing, Chemistry, Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Robotics
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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