CONCEPT

Nakano Campus to Open in April 2013!
A Hub for Internationalization, Frontier Research, and Community Partnerships

Meiji University is opening its fourth campus in Tokyo’s Nakano.
The Nakano Campus will be a hub for internationalization, frontier research, and community partnerships, and it will be home to two undergraduate schools?the School of Global Japanese Studies, which will relocate from the Izumi Campus, as well as the School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences (tentative name), which will be newly established?and several graduate schools and a research institute.

A message from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Become a Leading Force for Meiji University-the Role that the Nakano Campus will Play-

Kensou Hidaka
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Meiji University

Meiji University has produced more than 500,000 graduates since its establishment. Upon marking its 130th anniversary in 2011, Meiji University pledged to become “a university we can be proud of?a top university which contributes greatly to society?.”In April 2013, with the opening of a new campus in Nakano, approximately 2,500 students and faculty will exemplify Meiji University’s philosophy of “rights, liberty, independence and self-government.”

Meiji University positions the Nakano Campus?the first new campus in just over sixty years since the opening of the Ikuta Campus in 1951?as a hub for internationalization, frontier research, and community partnerships. We expect the School of Global Japanese Studies, with its high ratio of international students and strong English education program, and the International Program in Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, which will have a curriculum centered on lectures and seminars in English, to become just such hubs for internationalization.

Additionally, the Meiji University Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Formation and Development of Mathematical Sciences Based on Modeling and Analysis, will be positioned as a hub for frontier research, with the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences (MIMS) as a research institute and the Graduate School of Advanced Mathematical Sciences as an educational institution to put into practice the fruit of the MIMS’s research and the School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences?to be newly established?. Furthermore, we intend the Nakano Campus to be a hub for community partnerships by giving back to society through the fruits of its educational and research activities.

Until now, Meiji University’s educational and research activities have been centered at the Surugadai and Izumi campuses for the liberal arts-related schools and graduate schools, and the Ikuta Campus for science-related schools and graduate schools. There are many universities that divide their liberal arts and science-related educational and research environments into different campuses. However, the Nakano Campus environment will allow us to practice education integrating liberal arts and sciences by locating both liberal arts and science-related schools and graduate schools. Thus, the Nakano Campus will be a campus that pioneers a new path of education and research for Meiji University, not conforming to conventional styles of education and research.

In the Meiji University Long-term Vision formulated in FY2011, we committed ourselves to making Meiji University, ten years in the future, a university that will be an international hub for fostering internationally-minded individuals and international exchanges, and realize education and research that nurture strong and bright individuals who will succeed on a global scale. We have been undertaking numerous educational and administrative reforms to this end. In order to nurture strong and bright individuals who will go on to advance in the world, I have high expectations for the Nakano Campus to become a hub for international exchange, with a world-renowned research institution, and to produce internationally-minded individuals. I also hope that the educational and research activities at Nakano Campus will stimulate activities at the Surugadai, Izumi, and Ikuta campuses, making the Nakano Campus a leading force in invigorating Meiji University as a whole.

*The School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences and the International Program in Architecture and Urban Design, Graduate School of Science and Technology, are in the conceptual stages as of April 2012. Their names and plans may change.

A message from the University President

As a New Hub for a University That Leads the New Generation

Kenichi Fukumiya
President, Meiji University

The Nakano Campus is currently undergoing construction in preparation for its opening in April 2013. The new campus is the first major project for Meiji University in about 60 years and was started as part of a facility development project commemorating its 130th anniversary celebrated last year. We have high expectations for the completion of the Nakano Campus.

The new campus will aggressively pursue activities in various fields of education, research, and social contribution?the mission of Meiji University?as well as serve to resolve the various issues surrounding Japanese society today. In order to achieve these goals, we will position the Nakano Campus as a hub for internationalization, frontier research, and community partnerships.

The new campus will be home to two faculties and several graduate schools. The School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences will be opened as a new science-oriented school integrating mathematical sciences and society. The School of Global Japanese Studies (opened in FY2008) will also be transferred from the Izumi Campus. Additionally, the Graduate School of Advanced Mathematical Studies and the Program in Frontier Sciences and Innovation, Graduate School of Science and Technology?two programs that embrace frontier research?will move to the Nakano Campus from the Ikuta Campus, as well the Graduate School of Global Japanese Studies (opened in FY2012) from the Izumi Campus. They will be joined by the International Program in Architecture and Urban Design, Graduate School of Science and Technology, which will be newly established. These graduate schools will become a hub for cultivating academic exchanges with domestic and overseas researchers, as well as for actively hosting symposiums and advancing joint research projects; there is great expectation for sharing the fruits of these activities.

Taking advantage of the location of Nakano, we can seek rich opportunities for partnership and materials for research. There is an accumulation of material related to manga, anime, and figures at the Nakano Broadway shopping mall, which will greatly contribute to the significance of the School of Global Japanese Studies as a hub for manga studies and subcultural studies. It also holds the potential for opportunities for collaboration in the field of advanced media arts and sciences, such as video, sound, and image processing.

In order to promote new developments in the Liberty Academy project started as part of Meiji University’s lifelong education efforts, we are planning to open courses at the Nakano Campus as well. Harnessing the resources that Nakano possesses as a community, along with the resources of Meiji University, new developments will emerge. Going forward, with a view to signing a partnership agreement with Nakano Ward, we will develop various projects for culture, education, academic promotion, human resource development, urban development, industrial development, and more.

Embodying the philosophy of a “University Open to the World,” Meiji University will lead internationalization as one of the Global 30 Project’s centers for internationalization, and promote domestic and international partnerships with local governments, corporations, and universities to create a Global Common that contributes broadly to society.

* The School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences and the International Program in Architecture and Urban Design, Graduate School of Science and Technology, are in the conceptual stages as of April 2012. Their names and plans may change.

A Facility Development Project to Mark Meiji University’s 130th Anniversary

Founded in 1881, Meiji University celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2011. To mark this milestone, the University is moving forward with six facility development projects, with the goal of evolving into a next-generation university by further enhancing its education and research environment. Creation of the Nakano Campus has been designated as a key element in these facility development projects, and the new campus will integrate the tradition that Meiji University has cultivated over more than a century and the spirit of innovation that the university has as it looks toward the future. There are high expectations for the Nakano Campus as Meiji University continues to advance as one of Japan’s finest private universities by further promoting the theme of its 130th anniversary commemoration project: “To the World, Empower the Individual, Link to the World and the Future.”

*The School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences (tentative name) and the International Program in Architecture and Urban Design are in the conceptual stages. Their names and plans may change.