to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary and organisational research activities. The SRO possesses two research divisions: the Research Institutes Division and the Project Research Division. The university also has affiliated Research Organisations. Simultaneously, Sophia's Centre for Research Promotion and Support provides additional support to general research activities and strengthens the a three-way collaboration initiative among industries, government, and academia. The Intellectual Property Rights Committee, established in 2005, ensures smooth collaborative support among the three individual groups and examines the inventions and intellectual properties of the researchers affiliated with Sophia University. To assist with academic research and learning, Sophia currently has a total of 3 libraries and an affiliated library, possessing in total more than 11.5 million books and 12,570 journal titles. Sophia University libraries Sophia University Central Library（上智大学中央図書館） Law School Library（法科大学院図書室） Mejiro Seibo Campus Library（目白聖母キャンパス図書室） Affiliated library Kirishitan Bunko Library（キリシタン文庫） Student life Student housing and dormitories Sophia University has student housing options and dormitories scattered throughout Tokyo. These university dormitories provide facilities and spaces for students to undertake study and research activities. Events and various programmes are also organised by students and housing staff for the benefit of the housing community all year round. List of Student Dormitories: Sophia Soshigaya International House (Male/Female) Sophia-Arrupe International Residence (Male/Female Sophia Edogawa Men's Dormitory (Male) Sophia University has a group of designated and recommended dormitories, which are owned and operated by various private housing companies. List of Designated Dormitories Owned by Private Companies: Sophia Higashi Nakano Dormitory (Female) (Nakano Ward, Tokyo) Sophia Kasai International House (Female) (Edogawa Ward, Tokyo) Student House Luxlass (Male/Female) (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) Academic rankings There are several rankings below related to Sophia University. University rankings Japanese university rankings According to the Times Higher Education 2021 Japan University Rankings, Sophia University is ranked 18th in the nation. Sophia is the fourth largest liberal arts university in the country. Global/regional university rankings According to the 2021 QS World University Rankings, Sophia University is ranked 801–1000. In the 2021 QS rankings, Sophia was 181st in Asia and the 28th in Japan. Its 2021 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, which assesses universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), is 601–800. Alumni rankings Alumni of Sophia have good employment prospects in Japanese industries. According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings and the PRESIDENT's article on 2006/10/16, graduates from Sophia have the eighth best employment rate in 400 major companies, and the average