The Ritsumeikan Academy
Profile of an ever-growing educational institute

Suzaku Campus (Kyoto)

Established in September 2006 as a local and global center of knowledge, the campus hosts several diverse and high level professional graduate schools as well as the Ritsumeikan Academy headquarters.

The School of Law aims to cultivate internationally-minded legal professionals equipped to meet present-day challenges. The Graduate School of Management produces management professionals with an acute sense of strategic purpose and a high level of practical skill. The innovative Graduate School of Public Policy trains capable professionals with the skills that will be indispensable for the changes in 21st century industrial structure that will be brought about by globalization, computerization, the declining birthrate and an aging population.

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Graduate School of Management (Japanese)
Graduate School of Public Policy (Japanese)

Kinugasa Campus (Kyoto)

The Kinugasa Campus is located in northwestern Kyoto, a 1200 year old city rich in culture and art. Representative of Japanese learning and culture, Kyoto is a center for universities and university students. Kinugasa Campus is surrounded by such auspicious temples as Kinkakuji, Ryoanji, Ninnaji, and Tojiin, a suitably tranquil setting for research and learning.

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Kinugasa consists of six colleges (Law, Social Sciences, International Relations, Policy Science, Letters, and Image Arts and Sciences) and eight graduate schools (Law, Sociology, International Relations, Policy Science, Letters, Science for Human Services, Language Education & Information Science, and Core Ethics & Frontier Sciences). The campus offers a comprehensive curriculum in the humanities and social sciences. The Inter-Faculty Institute for International Studies is also located at Kinugasa Campus.

Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC)(Kusatsu, Shiga Pref.)

Kusatsu City is located in Shiga Prefecture northeast of Otsu City, at the southernmost edge of the Omi Valley.  During the Edo Period Kusatsu prospered, being located at the crossroads of the great Tokaido and Nakasendo highways. Presently it is a center for machine technology and is the prefecture’s number one industrial city as well as the hub of real estate, economy and transit, south of Lake Biwa.

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The Biwako-Kusatsu Campus is southeast of Lake Biwa. BKC houses six colleges (Economics, Business Administration, Science & Engineering, Information Science & Engineering, Life Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Sciences) and four graduate schools (Economics, Business Administration, Science & Engineering, and Technology Management). BKC also accommodates the Integrated Institute of Arts & Science.

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)

Beppu City, Oita Prefecture

In order for students to be able to live and learn in an international environment, Ritsumeikan Asia pacific University was founded in April 2000. With approximately half of its students coming from 81 different countries and regions, APU is a “multicultural community.” APU takes the following as its ethos: “freedom, peace, and humanism,” “international mutual understanding,” and the “creation of the future of the Asia Pacific.”

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Ritsumeikan Junior and Senior High School (Kyoto) Ritsumeikan Uji Junior and Senior High School (Uji, Kyoto Pref.) Ritsumeikan Keisho Junior and Senior High School (Ebetsu, Hokkaido) Ritsumeikan Moriyama Junior and Senior High School (Moriyama, Shiga Pref.) Ritsumeikan Primary School (Kyoto)

The Ritsumeikan Trust offers a comprehensive education from primary school through to graduate school, aiming to foster leaders for the globalized, information intensive society of the 21st century. Our nine affiliate schools keep in close contact with our post-secondary institutions, and provide information education and international education programs, including exchange activities with people of different cultures.