Gunma Prefectural Women's University

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Gunma Prefectural Women's University was founded to provide students with a broad cultural background and specialized knowledge to enable them to make an active contribution at every level of society at every level both here in Japan and throughout the world.
Gunma Prefectural Women's University is one of only four public women's universities in Japan and is the only one located in eastern Japan. Since its foundation, its mission has been to make full use of its unique status as a women's University to develop women who can be leaders in their communities and internationally in a new era of internationalization.
At its foundation in 1980, the University consisted of one department with three faculties: Japanese literature, English literature (now English language, British and American Cultures), and Aesthetics and Art History. In 2005 the faculty of International Communication was created to develop women who would flourish in the international world. In 2009 the faculty of Liberal Arts was established to produce women with a broad vision and culture. The University now has two departments and four faculties. In 1994 a graduate course in the Humanities was added, followed in 2009 by a graduate course in International Communication. These graduate courses show our University's strong commitment to developing students who possess high research skills and specialist knowledge.
As part of its remit to make a substantial contribution to the whole of society, the Foreign Language Research Institute was created in 2001 to act as a catalyst to improve English education in Gunma prefecture. In 2004 a series of symposia under the title of 'Gunma Studies' was created to foster a more comprehensive and diverse understanding of Gunma. In April 2009, the Center for Gunma Studies was set up. In 2012 the Center for Japanese Language Education was created to help foreign residents gain the Japanese skills to play a full role in the community.
Our University has shown itself firmly committed to meeting the challenges presented by our changing society and has continued to make an essential contribution to society both in humanities and social studies. Beginning in April 2018, the University will become a public corporation. It will continue to raise the next generation of female leaders and to be a resource to help Gunma develop and cope with the rapidly changing world. We will strive to ensure that the knowledge and experiences that students gain here will help them make a smooth transition into society and constitute a rich resource for their whole lives.
The University is currently host to international exchange students from universities (including Huron University and Soochow University), which have student exchange agreements with GPWU. These students play a full and active role in the academic and social life of the University. Each exchange student is assigned two home students ('tutors') to help them with their Japanese and any problems that may arise in their daily lives. In 2007, a new Japanese language course for exchange students was established.

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