is a private university located in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, with campuses in Saitama and Kanagawa Prefecture. The kanji of the word "Bunkyo" mean education and learning. The university offers courses mainly in education and research of the cultural and social sciences, and is well known for its teacher training. Previously the school was a girls' school called Rissho Women's University; when it became coeducational in 1976 its name was changed to Bunkyo University. The university is an establishment of the Legal Educational Foundation, Bunkyo University Institute. There are two campuses: the Koshigaya Campus located in the city of Koshigaya, Saitama; and the Shonan Campus located in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa. Dormitories for both campuses are located in Kiyosato, Takane-town, Kitakoma district, Yamanashi Prefecture. History In 1966, Rissho Women's University was established at the Koshigaya Campus in Koshigaya-city, Saitama-prefecture, Japan. The name was changed to Bunkyo University in 1976 and began educating male and female students the next year. The Rissho Institute Legal Educational Foundation, which established the university, changed its name to the Bunkyo University Institute Legal Education Foundation in 1983. The Shonan Campus was established in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1985. Timeline 1927 Rissho Kindergarten and Rissho Needlework School for Girls founded. 1928 Rissho Women's Vocational School founded. 1932 Rissho Institute High School for Girls founded. 1953 Rissho Institute Women's Junior College founded. 1966 Rissho Women's University founded; Koshigaya campus opened. Faculty of Home Economics Study established. 1969 Faculty of Education established. 1976 Faculty of Human Sciences established. University's name changed to Bunkyo University. 1977 Bunkyo University becomes coeducational. 1980 Faculty of Information and Communications established. Faculty of Home Economics Study eliminated. 1985 Shonan campus opened. 1987 Faculty of Language and Literature established. 1990 Faculty of International Study established. 1992 Special Postgraduate Course in education established. 1993 Bunkyo University Graduate School founded; School of Human Sciences (Master's Program) established. Special department course (foreign student program) established. 1999 School of Language and Culture (Master's Program) established in graduate school. 2000 Doctorate program added to School of Human Sciences in graduate school. 2005 School of Information Study established in graduate school. Campus Koshigaya Campus (South-Ogishima, Koshigaya-city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan) Faculties: Faculty of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Language and Literature Graduate Schools: School of Human Sciences, School of Language and Culture Special Postgraduate Course: Education Major Special Department Course: Foreign Student Department Research Institute: