total of seven schools. It was established in 1951. Academics The university has nine undergraduate faculties with 29 departments as well as 10 graduate schools with 25 programmes. With over 14,021 students as of 2017, the university provides academic opportunities for students from Japan and overseas to study in Japan. Sophia also possesses a wide-variety of English-taught academic programmes such as those provided by the Faculty of Liberal Arts (FLA). English programmes are also provided by the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) through two programmes and the Green Science Program, provided by the Department of Materials and Life Sciences, and the Green Engineering Program, provided by the Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Undergraduate faculties and programmes Faculty of Liberal Arts Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures Faculty of Economics Faculty of Science and Technology Faculty of Foreign Studies Faculty of Law Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Global Studies Faculty of Theology Faculty of Humanities Academic programmes taught in English In addition to most courses of study taught almost entirely in Japanese, Sophia has a variety of academic programmes and courses taught in English. The Faculty of Liberal Arts (FLA), the Green Science and Engineering courses in the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), and the Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures (SPSF). Courses taught in the Faculty of Liberal Arts International Business and Economics (IBE) Comparative Culture Social Studies English courses taught in the Faculty of Science and Technology Green Science programme (offered by the Department of Materials and Life Sciences) Green Engineering programme (offered by the Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences) Courses taught in the Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures Graduate schools and programmes Graduate School of Science and Technology Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Graduate School of Economics Graduate School of Human Sciences Graduate School of Law Graduate School of Theology Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies Graduate School of Humanities Graduate School of Global Studies Graduate School of Languages and Linguistics University academic research Sophia University is a comprehensive research university with 9 undergraduate faculties with 10 graduate schools located on a single campus in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Leading higher education institutions in Japan toward globalisation and academic research, the university provides a strong international network of scholarship, attracting researchers and students from overseas to study in Japan. As a research institution, the university established the Sophia Research Organisation (SRO) in April 2005 in order