Seikei University

Seikei University
成蹊大学
	Seikei University main building, 2018
Type	Private
Established	Founded 1906,; Chartered 1949
President	Yoichi Kamejima
Location	Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Campus	Urban
Colors	Prussian blue
Website	seikei.ac.jp (in English); seikei.ac.jp (in Japanese);

Seikei University (成蹊大学, Seikei daigaku) is a private university in the Kichijōji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian.^{[citation needed]} Its campus is noted for its rows of zelkova trees, which is listed as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.^[1]

Overview

The university was established as a university in 1949 under the new School Education Law. Its predecessor dates back to 1906 and was supported by Koyata Iwasaki, the fourth head of the Mitsubishi zaibatsu.^{[citation needed]} Before World War II, the institution was financially supported by donations from Mitsubishi Group. After World War II, it became independent from Mitsubishi Group after dissolution of the zaibatsu. However, Seikei University still has close connections with the Mitsubishi Group. This university has many graduates from families of noble or business backgrounds.

Marunouchi Business Training (MBT)

In the spring of 2013, Seikei University launched the Marunouchi Business Training (MBT) program for third-year students and first-year graduate students, with the main setting being Marunouchi, the business center of Tokyo.

This is a seven-month, cross-disciplinary, industry-academia collaboration human resource development program that aims to build the foundation for the skills needed in society through thorough practical experience.

After "on-campus preparatory training" to hone logical thinking skills and "Marunouchi training" where students work on assigned tasks under the guidance of company representatives, students participate in "internship training" at a company. Finally, they present the results of their assignments and internship to company representatives at the "Marunouchi Results Presentation."

The cooperating companies are mainly from the Mitsubishi Group, which has close ties with Seikei University. A total of 21 companies participated in the program in 2013, and 23 in 2014. They come from a wide range of industries, including finance, trading, real estate, heavy industry, steel, non-ferrous metals, and automobiles, and are all major companies.[1]

Organization

Undergraduate Faculties^[2]

Faculty of Economics
- Department of Mathematical Economics
- Department of Modern Economics
Faculty of Business Administration
- Department of Business Administration
Faculty of Law
- Department of Law
- Department of Political Science
Faculty of Humanities
- Department of Japanese Literature
- Department of Cross-Cultural Studies
- Department of Contemporary Societies
- Department of English
Faculty of Global Studies and Sustainability
- Major in Grobal Japanese Studies
- Major in Enviromental Sustainability Studies
Faculty of Science and Technology
- Major in Data and Mathematical Sciences
- Major in Computer Scienses
- Major in Machanical Systems Engineering
- Major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Major in Aplied Chemistry

Graduate schools

Graduate School of Economics and Management
Graduate School of Law and Political Science
Graduate School of Humanities
Graduate School of Science and Technology

Research institutes

Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
Seikei Institute for International Studies
Seikei Center for Higher Education Development
Seikei Education and Research Center for Sustainable Development
Seikei University Institute for a Super-Smart Society
Science and Engineering Research Institute
Academic rankings

Alumni rankings

École des Mines de Paris ranks Seikei University as 89th in the world in 2009 (89th in 2008) in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies. (The university is also ranked 9th in Japan.)^[3]^[4]^[5]