Nara Women's University : General Information

History - Location - Environment

In 1908, Nara Women's University was established to be the Nara Normal School for Woman School teachers in order to educate woman teachers in women's junior high school, high school and in kindergarten. In 1949, according to the promulgation of the National School Foundation Law, the present Nara Women's University was founded,and it has been researching "as one of the top educational institutes for women,to give wide knowledge, to teach and research special studies and to improve their abilities appropriately to woman characteristics.

The university is located in Nara city, which is the old capital of Japan, and it is surrounded by many cultural remains and beautiful natural environment. In the campus, tiled school buildings are located neatly, and they are surrounded by wide green belts and many trees. Up to now from the establishment, in such a blessed environment, a lot of woman students have been taught and out into the world.

Organization

The university organization is shown below.

Offices that have the closest relation to foreign students are, the Faculty Offices, the Student Office which is carrying on accepting foreign students and their lives, the Student Welfare Division which is carrying on placement, health, scholarships, dormitories, the Entrance Examination Division which is carrying on application for entrance, and entrance examination.

Undergraduate and Graduate Studies have the following courses.