Keio University

About Keio University

Keio University (慶應義塾大学 - Keiō Gijuku Daigaku, colloquially "Keio") is Japan's oldest modern higher learning institution, established in 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo) by Yukichi Fukuzawa—the iconic Enlightenment thinker, educator, and modernizing reformer featured on Japan's 10,000-yen banknote. Alongside Waseda University, Keio stands at the undisputed summit of private higher education in Japan, renowned for their legendary historical academic and athletic rivalry ("Sōkeisen"). Keio is a designated Type A member of the Japanese Ministry of Education's Top Global University Project. The university operates across 6 premier campuses throughout the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area: 1. Mita Campus (三田キャンパス): The iconic 4-hectare historic headquarters in Minato-ku, central Tokyo. Houses upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in Letters, Economics, Law, and Business Administration, alongside the nationally registered neo-Gothic Old Library (1912) and Mita Public Speaking Hall (Enzetsu-kan). 2. Hiyoshi Campus (日吉キャンパス): Expansive 34-hectare campus in Kohoku-ku, Yokohama. Houses 1st and 2nd-year undergraduates across all disciplines, famous for its majestic 220-meter Ginkgo Avenue, Kyoseikan Collaboration Complex, and professional graduate schools. 3. Yagami Campus (矢上キャンパス): Specialized technology campus in Yokohama, directly adjacent to Hiyoshi, housing the Faculty of Science and Technology and Graduate School of Science and Technology with world-class quantum computing, robotics, and nanotechnology labs. 4. Shinanomachi Campus (信濃町キャンパス): Medical center campus in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, housing the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kitasato Memorial Medical Library, and the nationally premier Keio University Hospital. 5. Shonan Fujisawa Campus [SFC] (湘南藤沢キャンパス): Groundbreaking 33-hectare technological and interdisciplinary campus in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture. Houses the Faculty of Policy Management, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Graduate School of Media and Governance, and the flagship English-taught GIGA degree program. 6. Shiba-Kyoritsu Campus (芝共立キャンパス): Specialized biomedical campus near Tokyo Tower in Minato-ku, housing the Faculty of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Keio is globally recognized for its English-taught flagship undergraduate degrees: the PEARL program (Programme in Economics for Alliances, Research and Leadership in the Faculty of Economics) offering double degrees with Sciences Po, and the GIGA program (Global Information and Governance Academic Program at SFC). Keio's alumni network ("Mita-kai") is famously the most influential in Japan, producing more CEOs of Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime-listed corporations than any other Japanese university.