International Christian University (国際基督教大学: Kokusai Kirisutokyō Daigaku) is a non-denominational private university located in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. Commonly known as "ICU" (both within Japan and abroad), the university was founded in 1949 and is Japan's oldest and largest American-style university. With an emphasis on liberal arts, it is regarded as one of Japan's three leading private universities, known for its high integrity and effectiveness, with consistently high ratings from students and peer institutions.

Academics

ICU offers bachelor's degrees in liberal arts fields, as well as master's and doctoral degrees in education, public administration, comparative culture, and natural sciences. 30% of the faculty comes from overseas (primarily English-speaking countries).

ICU houses one of the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution, partnering with Rotary International.

Student body

As of May 1, 2005, ICU has 2,934 undergraduates and 237 graduate students. 93.2% are Japanese citizens; the remainder come from a broad array of countries on all continents. ^*

ICU Foundation

The ICU Foundation was founded November 23, 1948. The Foundation in New York, and efforts in Japan led to the establishment of the University in 1953. Today, the foundation maintains two non-profit corporations: The Japan ICU Foundation, Inc. and the JICUF Endowment, Inc.

Notable alumni

• Takeshi Amemiya - The Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics at Stanford University
• Toshio Arima - President of Fuji Xerox
• Kazuo Hirai - President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America
• Hideo Ito - Chairman and CEO of Toshiba America, Inc.
• Toshiaki Taguchi - Former President and CEO of Toyota Motor North America
• Jay Rockefeller - U.S. Senator from West Virginia

External links

• ICU website

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国際基督教大学