Kyoto Sangyo University

History

The university was established in 1965 by Toshima Araki (荒木俊馬, 1897–1978), and Hideo Iwakuro (岩畔豪雄, Iwakuro Hideo, 10 October 1897 – 22 November 1970), the Japanese spy master who established the Nakano School during World War II.

The university was initially composed of two faculties: Economics and Science. Later it added faculties and the graduate schools (master's courses in 1969, doctoral courses in 1971).

Organization

Undergraduate schools

Faculty of Economics

Faculty of Business Administration

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Sociology

Faculty of International Relations

Faculty of Foreign Studies

Faculty of Cultural Studies

Faculty of Science

Faculty of information Science and Engineering

Faculty of Life Sciences

Graduate schools

Division of Economics

Division of Management

Division of Law

Division of Sociology

Division of Foreign Languages

Division of Science

Division of Frontier Informatics

Division of Life Sciences

Division of Kyoto Studies

Research institutes

Institute of Japanese Culture

Institute for World Affairs

Institute of Advanced Technology

Avian Influenza Research Centre

Institute of Comprehensive Academic Research

Notable faculty

Hideo Iwakuro – general

Haruhiko Kindaichi – linguist

Tsuneari Fukuda – Dramatist, translator, and literary critic

Toshihide Maskawa – theoretical physicist; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics

Leiji Matsumoto – animator, manga artist

Kiyoshi Oka – mathematician

Notable alumni

Takao Horiuchi – pop and enka singer

Yoshiyuki Matsuoka – judoka, Olympic medalist

Fumiaki Tanaka – rugby player

Kenjiro Todoroki – Olympic sailor, Olympic medalist

Toshiki Yui – manga artist