Meiji University (明治大学, Meiji Daigaku) is a
privateresearch university in
Chiyoda,
Tokyo,
Japan. Originally founded as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō) by three lawyers in 1881, it became a university in April 1920.[1]
As of May 2023, Meiji has 32,261 undergraduate students and 2,635 postgraduate students.[2] The university consists of 10 undergraduate, 12 graduate, and 4 professional graduate schools, and operates on four campuses around the
Greater Tokyo Area:
Surugadai, Izumi, Ikuta, and
Nakano. The university is known to be a promoter of student exchanges, with its first partner agreement in 1986 with
York University in
Canada, and it currently partners with 376 universities and institutions in 59 countries.[3]
The university announced on February 26, 2009, that it would open a museum dedicated to
anime and
manga.[8] It will include international research centers hosting Japanese and international scholars as well as a large quality of artifacts on the subject.
Meiji has filed the 62nd highest number of patents in the nation as its research outcomes.[23]
Graduate school rankings
Meiji Law School is considered one of the top Japanese law schools, as Meiji's number of successful candidates for Japanese bar examination has been 14th and 20th in 2009 and 2010 respectively.[24] It is one of the strongest department in this university as the cumulative number of people qualified as lawyer and prosecutor has been historically sixth after WW2.[25]
Eduniversal ranked Meiji as fourth in the rankings of "Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and/or with continental links" in Japan.[26]
Meiji University is one of the top 10 private universities in Japan.[27]
Alumni rankings
Graduates from Meiji enjoy good success in the Japanese industries.
According to the
Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Meiji University have the 35th best employment rate in 400 major companies[28]
The university is also ranked sixth in Japan for the number of alumni holding the position of executive in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is 25th.[29][30]
Meiji graduates have been ranked fifth in Japan in the number of successful national CPA exam applicants.[31] Its graduates have been also ranked ninth in Japan in the number of successful Architect Registration exam applicants.[32]
Furthermore, the number of Members of Parliament who graduated Meiji is sixth in Japan.[33]
Popularity and selectivity
Meiji is a popular university in Japan. The number of applicants per place was 24.9 (113,905/4,582) in the 2011 undergraduate admissions, this number of applicants (113,905) was largest in 2011.[34][35] Its entrance difficulty is also very selective.[36][37]
Meiji university is regarded as comparable with the Tokyo-area private universities Aoyama Gakuin, Rikkyo, Chuo, and Hosei, collectively called "
MARCH".
It has an entrance examination difficulty level that is in the top 10 for a private university in Japan.
^David McNeill, "
A Scholarly Home for Manga," Chronicle of Higher Education. ("To continue reading this premium article [beyond the first 21⁄2 sentences], you must have a Chronicle account AND a subscription or an online pass.")
^E.g.
Yoyogi seminar published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings
"Archived copy". Archived from
the original on April 22, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2011.{{
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link)
^Japanese journalist
Kiyoshi Shimano ranks its entrance difficulty as A1 (2nd most selective/out of 10 scales) in Japan. 危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版 (in Japanese). YELL books. 2011.
ASIN4753930181.
^"明治大学出身の有名人". みんなの大学情報 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-08.
^Awarded an honorary Bachelor of Science in engineering in 2004, 34 years after he dropped out to pursue his career in entertainment.[citation needed]
^Chris, Greening (20 January 2013).
"Motoi Sakuraba Profile". Game Music Online. Retrieved 25 August 2014.