Kobe Shinwa Women's University
# Kobe Shinwa Women's University

Kobe Shinwa Women's University (神戸親和女子大学, Kobe shinwa joshi daigaku) is a private women's college in Kita-ku, Kobe, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1886, and it was chartered as a university in 1966.

## History

* 1887: "Sinwa Woman's school" was established.
* 1887: Sinwa Girls’ School is founded in ZENSHOUJI of Kobe Motomachi.
* 1892: The Sinwa Girls' School closed but later reopened through the efforts of Haruko Tomokuni.
* 1896: New schoolhouse is completed in 7-chome, Shimoyamate.
* 1908: The school changed its name to "Shinwa Girls’ High School".
* 1947: Junior school education of the school starts. The school name became “Shinwa Girls’ Junior School”.
* 1966: Shinwa Women's College (Department of Literature - "Japanese literature department" and "English Literature Section") open learning.
* 1972: Department of Literature “Child Educational Research Section” was establishment.
* 1987: 100th anniversary
* 1994: Department of Literature educational major.
* 2005: Department of Literature
* 2006: Shinwa Women's College commemorates its 40th anniversary.
* 2008: Department of Literature Junior sports Educational Research.

## Subjects

* Department of Literature(Synthetic sentence Chemistry Section)
* Child Educational Research Section
* Psychology department
* Welfare clinical subject
* Junior sports Educational Research Section

## Alumnae

* Model and actress Norika Fujiwara graduated from Shinwa girls' high school and Kobe Shinwa Women's University.
