Kobe Shoin Women's University is an all-women's private university in Nada Ward of Kobe, in western Japan. It was founded by visiting missionaries in 1892. It is a four-year university offering courses across multiple faculties, with an annual enrollment of about 2,500 students. Additionally, the university has a graduate school offering graduate qualifications at Masters and Doctoral level in psychology and linguistics.
Campus
The university's main campus is in the northeast part of Kobe, near Hankyu Rokko station, at the foot of Mount Rokkō. The university features outdoor tennis courts and a historic chapel equipped with a pipe organ imported from France in 1983. Open access "English Island" is a key language feature, where students can practice their English skills with 'native speaking' language staff, at any time throughout the day, outside regular class time. A separate building, known in English as the Japan Study Center and in Japanese as the Conference Center, hosts meetings, foreign students, and a small English-language library on separate floors.
Departments
There are two overarching faculties, each containing multiple departments. The Faculty of Liberal Arts comprises the following departments: English Department ; Department of Japanese Language and Culture ; and the Department of Liberal Arts. The Faculty of Human Science consists of the Psychology Department; Department of Lifestyle Studies ; Department of Child Development; and Department of Fashion and Housing Design. The Graduate school offers research degree courses, leading to the qualification of doctorate, in the areas of language and linguistics, and psychology. Specifically, there is the Linguistics Science, English Linguistics, Japanese Language and Literature, and Psychology programs.
Unlike members of its own matriculated student body, foreign students studying in programs hosted by Kobe Shoin Women's University may be male or female and are housed off-campus in a dormitory near the university which is used by domestic and visiting students. Visiting students may choose to stay for a whole academic year or half year. Additionally, the university welcomes students in summer programs.
Employment rate
For students graduating in AY2015, 100% found full-time employment.
Access
The university is approximately one kilometre north of Rokkō Station on Hankyu Railway's Kobe Line, which connects Osaka and Kobe. Regular buses go to the university from Rokko station. Alternatively, it is a short walk uphill.
