Keio University
private university in Tokyo, Japan
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Keio University was founded in October 1858 by Fukuzawa Yukichi[1]. The organization maintains its headquarters in Mita[2][3]. It operates as an educational institution established by this specific founder during the mid-19th century[1]. The university remains based in its original location of Mita[2][3].
Key Facts
- Member of: Top International Managers in Engineering[3], ORCID, Inc.[4], ArXiv[5], Association of Pacific Rim Universities[6], RU11[7]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tokyo[8]
- Country: Japan[9]
- Instance of: academic publisher[10]
- Anthem: Wakaki Chi(Young Blood)[11]
- Founder: Fukuzawa Yukichi[12]
- Owned by: Keio Gijuku[13]
- Named after: Keiō[14], juku[15]
- Headquarters location: Mita[16]
- Child organization or unit: faculty of letters[17], faculty of economics[18], faculty of law[19], faculty of business and economics[20], medical school[21], Faculty of Science and Technology[22], Faculty of policy management, Keio University[23], faculty of environmental science[24], nursing faculty[25], faculty of pharmacy[26], Graduate School of Letters[27], Graduate School of Economics and Management[28], law school[29], Graduate School of Human Cultures[30]
- Part of: Tokyo Big6[31], Sōkei[32]
- Commons category: Keio University[33]
- Chairperson: Kohei Itoh[34]
- Inception: October 1858[35]
- Parent organization or unit: Keio Gijuku[36]
- Significant event: Mita festival[37]
- Official website: https://www.keio.ac.jp/ja/[38], https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/[39], https://www.keio.ac.jp/zh/[40], https://www.keio.ac.jp/ko/[41]
- Topic's main category: Category:Keio University[42]
- Ranking: 201[43], 214[44], 197[45]
- Official name: 慶應義塾大学[46]
- Motto text: 実学[47]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Keio University include Keio Medical Science Prize[48], a science award[49], in Japan[50].
Why It Matters
Keio University has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for it include Keio Medical Science Prize[48], a science award[49], in Japan[50].