1. Chuo University’s Location

Chuo University has three campuses in Tama, Korakuen and Ichigaya, as well as university facilities, Surugadai Memorial Hall and Ichigaya Tamachi Building.

[Tama Campus]

The Tama campus accommodates the Faculties of Law, Economics, Commerce, Literature, and Policy Studies, and is located in the Tama Hills Park in Hachioji, Tokyo. The grounds cover an area of 518,000 square meters and include faculty buildings, research buildings, student club and circles buildings, libraries, inside and outside sports facilities, and the “Honoh-no-Tou (Tower of Light)” building for students who wish to take the extremely challenging national exams.

[Korakuen Campus]

The Korakuen campus is situated on a hill in central Tokyo that overlooks Tokyo Dome, and accommodates the 9 departments of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. It is perfect for studying as it is conveniently situated in a quiet and green area. The grounds cover an area of 27,000 square meters, and include brand new facilities, an IT center, and an ideal environment for teaching and studying. In 2008, the Business School (Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management (MBA)) was opened.

[Ichigaya Campus]

The Ichigaya campus is a central point of Chuo University’s high-quality education and research, accommodating two of the professional graduate schools, Accounting School and Law School. Many excellent students graduate from this campus every year.

[Surugadai Memorial Hall]

Surugadai Memorial Hall was established to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chuo University. This facility is widely used for education and research, and is a city center of student activities in scholarship and culture. It works as a communication space for students, alumni, and faculty, and it is also open to the general public for being used for multi-purposes.

2. History of Chuo University

Chuo University was established in 1885 as Igirisu Horitsu Gakko (the English Law School), with a focus on practical education based on British empiricism and rationalism, and on fostering students with practical application.

In 2010 it reaches its 125th anniversary, and earnestly aims to maintain the tradition of the past as well as a brilliant future for the new century.

• Chronology of Chuo University
• History of Chuo University

3. Faculties, Graduate Schools, Professional Graduate Schools, and Associated Schools of Chuo University

Chuo University comprises 6 faculties (Faculties of Law, Economics, Commerce, Science and Engineering, Literature, and Policy Studies), 7 graduate schools based on these faculties, three professional graduate schools (Accounting School, Law School, and Business School), 3 associated high schools and 1 junior high school.

[Faculties]

[Graduate Schools]

Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Commerce
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Letters
Graduate School of Policy Studies
Graduate School of Public Policy

[Professional Graduate Schools]

Accounting School (Chuo Graduate School of International Accounting)
Law School (Chuo Law School)
Business School (Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management (MBA))

[Associated Schools]

Chuo University High School at Bunkyo (Daytime part-time school)
Chuo University Suginami High School (Full-time school)
Chuo University High School at Koganei (Full-time school)
Chuo University Yokohama Yamate Junior and Senior High School (The school has become one of associated schools of Chuo University since October 2010)

4. Chair, Board of Regents, Chancellor and President of Chuo University

• Chair, Board of Regents: HISANO Shuuji
• President: FUKUHARA Tadahiko

5. Origin of Chuo University’s Symbol “Hakumon (the White Gate)”

Chuo University is often called “Hakumon (the White Gate).” The image of white is often related to justice, purity, truth and innocence, which are ideas that are associated with the law. This name was already used for Chuo University by the early Showa era.

Origin of Hakumon

6. Results of Success in Exams

Chuo University has maintained an enviable success rate in difficult national exams over the years. In particular, the University boasts consistent competence in the field of law, a tradition that began in 1885 with the former “Igirisu Horitsu Gakko.”

7. A Chuo University Education

[Faculty Linkage Program (FLP)]

This is a program that utilizes the broad range of academic fields the university encompasses, by linking the classes and subjects of various departments and enabling students to learn about new themes of society. Students in one faculty can take courses beyond their own faculty.
There are currently 5 programs: “Environment,” “Journalism,” “International Cooperation,” “Sports and Health,” “Region and Public Management.”

[Internships]

This usually implies career internships in which students experience actual work in a company or organization outside the campus, as a way to support their career path and employment. However, Chuo University also includes academic internships that can be given credit as an official course. The number of internships in 2008 exceeded 800 students, and the number of accepting organizations increases every year.

[Supporting Qualification Acquisition by Extracurricular Courses]

Chuo University has a “Legal Profession Courses” for those moving on to higher law schools, a “Certified Public Accounting Courses” by the Institute of Accounting Research, traditional exam instruction systems and voluntary seminars in the “Seminar Room System,” and seminars put on by alumni who have passed the exam or who are working as attorneys. There are also many extracurricular courses such as for civil service exams and patent attorney exams, and this support with the utmost efforts is one of the reasons its students do so well in the difficult national exams.