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| name              = Gakushuin University Tokyo
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| established       = 1847 in [[Kyoto]] and moved to Tokyo in 1877;<br>reformed in 1949 as a private university
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| staff             = 279 (full time only)<ref>http://www.gakushuin.ac.jp/univ/profile/kouhyo/academic.html</ref>
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{{nihongo|'''Gakushuin University'''|学習院大学|Gakushūin Daigaku}} is a [[Private|private]] [[university]] in the [[City|city]] of [[Toshima, Tokyo|Toshima]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. It started during the [[Meiji era]] to educate the children of the [[Kazoku|Japanese nobility]]. Gakushuin became a private university after [[World War II]]. It is still one of the most respected universities in Japan. Most of the members of the [[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial Family]] are students or graduates.<ref>http://oukai.etc.gakushuin.ac.jp/oukai80/oukai80c_33.htm</ref> The average number of students in each class has a limit. <ref>The number of students in 70% of the classes is 40 or less. http://www.isize.com/daigaku/%E5%AD%A6%E7%BF%92%E9%99%A2%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6/sclSC000186/</ref>

==Faculties==
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Letters
* Faculty of Science
* Professional School of Law


==Academic rankings==
===General rankings===
The university was ranked 72nd in 2010 (63rd in 2009, 78th in 2008) in the [[Truly Strong Universities]] ranking issued by [[Toyo Keizai]]. Because Gakushuin focuses on [[Social Sciences]] and [[Humanities]] education rather than on [[Natural Sciences]], it is usually ranked lower than other similar universities.

[[QS World University Rankings]] ranked Gakushuin University between 161-170 in Asia in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/node/4138/ranking-details/asian-university-rankings/2014 |accessdate=2014-12-29 |publisher=QS World University Rankings}}</ref>

===Research performance===
[[List of national universities in Japan|Japanese national universities]] are usually better at research than private universities. However, Gakushuin is one of the few private universities that is similar to the top national universities. According to [[Quacquarelli Symonds]], Gakushuin is the 6th-best research university in Japan and the 9th-best in Asia.<ref>http://www.university-list.net/rank/univ-100053.html</ref>

===Graduate school rankings===
Gakushuin Law School was 24th in 2009 and 25th in 2010 in Japan. This ranking counts how many of its students are successful candidates for the bar examination.<ref>http://laws.shikakuseek.com/data/2010data-2.html</ref>

===Alumni rankings===
According to [[Yomiuri Shimbun|Yomiuri Weekly]]'s 2008 rankings, students from Gakushuin had the 3rd best chance of getting a job after graduation among Japanese universities.<ref name="gp1">http://www.gakushuin.ac.jp/univ/adm/adm/parent/job/ranking.html {{Dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> Gakushuin was top in the rankings of the Finance and Tourism industries.<ref name="gp1"/>

[[École des Mines de Paris]] ranked Gakushuin University as 92nd in the world in 2010 by counting the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.<ref>http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR/Ranking2010EN-Fortune2009.pdf</ref>

===Popularity and selectivity===
In 2011 7.58 people applied for each place in the university (13,765/1,815) .<ref>http://www.gakushuin.ac.jp/univ/adm/adm/application/index.html</ref> Its entrance exams are also selective.<ref>National and Public universities apply different kinds of exams, so it's only comparable between universities in the same category.</ref><ref>e.g. [[:ja:代々木ゼミナール|Yoyogi seminar]] published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html</ref>

==Campuses==
* The Mejiro Campus is the main Gakushuin campus. It is in [[Toshima, Tokyo]], less than one minute walk from [[Mejiro Station]] on the [[Yamanote Line]].
* The Toyama Campus is near [[Takadanobaba Station]].
* The Yotsuya Campus is for the associated kindergarten and is at [[Yotsuya Station]].

==Notable alumni==
; [[Imperial House of Japan]]

* [[Akihito|Emperor Akihito]] - current 125th [[Emperor of Japan]]
* [[Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan]] - eldest son and heir of Emperor Akihito
* [[Prince Tomohito of Mikasa]] - son of the Prince Mikasa

; Others
* [[Hayao Miyazaki]] - Movie Director
* [[Yoko Ono]] -Artist and musician
* [[Yukio Mishima]] - Novelist
* [[Tarō Asō]] - Former [[Prime Minister of Japan]]

==Associated schools==
===Junior College===
The school was established in 1885.<ref name="History01">[http://www.gwc.gakushuin.ac.jp/about/history/history_01.html History of Gakushuin Women's Junior College（1877–1948)](Japanese); retrieved 2014-12-20.</ref>

The Junior College was set up and in 1950.<ref name="History02">[http://www.gwc.gakushuin.ac.jp/about/history/history_02.html History of Gakushuin Women's Junior College（1949–1964)](Japanese); retrieved 2014-12-20.</ref>

The last year the Junior College accepted students was 1997.<ref name="History05">[http://www.gwc.gakushuin.ac.jp/about/history/history_05.html History of Gakushuin Women's Junior College (1995–present)](Japanese); retrieved 2014-12-20.</ref> The college closed in 2001.

=== Notable Junior College alumni ===
* [[Yumiko Shaku]]: [[Actor]]
* [[Hiromi Iwasaki]]: [[Actor]]
* [[Princess Hitachi]]: [[Imperial House of Japan|Japanese Imperial Family]]

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