Kamakura Women's University

Kamakura Women's University

鎌倉女子大学; Kamakura joshi daigaku
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Type	Private
Established	1943
Undergraduates	500
Postgraduates	10
Location	Kamakura , Kanagawa , Japan
Campus	Ofuna, Yamanouchi, Nikaido (all in Kamakura)
Website	Official website

Kamakura Women's University (鎌倉女子大学, Kamakura joshi daigaku) is a private women's college in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

History

The Keihin Women’s Housekeeping Science School was established in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama in 1943 as a vocational school. It was relocated to the Iwase neighborhood of Kamakura in 1946. In 1950, it was chartered as the Keihin Women’s University, and became the four-year Keihin Women’s University in 1959. The present name was adopted in 1989. The school specializes in home economics and child care.

Curriculum

Undergraduate

• School of Home Economics
  • Department of Home Economics and Health Sciences
  • Department of Nutritional Management
• School of Child Studies
  • Department of Child Studies
  • Department of Child Psychology
• School of Education
  • Department of Education

Graduate

• School of Child Studies
  • Department of Child Studies

External links

• Official website (Japanese)