Hyogo University
# Hyogo University

Hyogo University (兵庫大学, Hyōgo daigaku) is a private university in Japan. Its campus is located in Shinzaike, Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture. The university is one of the seven schools run by Mutsumi Gakuen (睦学園), a school foundation with a Buddhist background (Nishi Hongwanji denomination).

## History

### Mutsumi Gakuen

* 1921: Taishi Sunday School was started in memory of the 1300th anniversary of Shotoku Taishi's death.
* 1923: Suma Taishi Hall was opened in Suma-ku, Kobe, to which the Training Course of Sewing (a girls' school) was attached.
* 1937: Suma Taishi Hall Foundation was incorporated. The foundation established Suma Mutsumi Girls' Vocational School (Sumanoura Girls' High School today).
* 1951: The school foundation was renamed Mutsumi Gakuen.
* 1955: The school foundation established Mutsumi Gakuen Women's Junior College.
* 1966: The junior college was renamed Hyogo Women's Junior College, moving from Suma-ku, Kobe to Kakogawa.

### Hyogo University

* 1995: Mutsumi Gakuen established Hyogo University.
   * with one faculty: Faculty of Economics and Information Science
* 1998: The junior college was reorganized into the Junior College Department of Hyogo University.
* 1999: Graduate School of Economics and Information Science was established.
* 2001: The Faculty of Health Science was added.
   * with Departments of Nutrition Management and Health System Management
* 2006: The Department of Nursing was added.

## Faculties (Undergraduate schools)

* Faculty of Economics and Information Science
* Faculty of Health Science
   * Department of Nutrition Management
   * Department of Health System Management
   * Department of Nursing
* Faculty of Welfare Society

## Graduate schools

* Graduate School of Economics and Information Science (Master's courses only)
