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Education at Mukogawa Gakuin aims to nurture women to develop a combination of high intelligence, noble sentiment, and lofty virtues and become constructive members of a peaceful nation and society, following the ideals upon which our nation was founded. In particular, considering the characteristics of a women's public school, we should hold the policy of integrated education, respect the admirable traditional customs of Japanese women, and promote awareness of women's role in Japanese society. With such consciousnesses, Mukogawa Gakuin strives for a culture that fosters respect for individuality and the education of women capable of contributing to a new Japan's founding. We will do our best to fulfill this role. High intelligence, noble sentiments, lofty virtues. These are the aims of a well-rounded education at Mukogawa Women's University. To prepare women to lead independent lives in society, the teaching staff works to cultivate a combination of self-responsibility, rational thinking, and the ability to put ideas into action. Mukogawa Women's University is Japan's foremost women's university in terms of education and research standards, educational environment, and organizational scale. Boasting the largest number of students (at ten thousand) of all the women's educational institutes in Japan, Mukogawa Women's University comprises six schools and 14 departments covering the humanities, sciences, health and sports sciences, fine arts, daily life studies, and public health it is Junior College Division comprises seven departments, and its Graduate School comprises six departments. Our university's educational ideal is expressed in the motto "high intelligence, noble sentiments, and lofty virtues," an ethos advocated by Kiichiro Koe, the founder of Mukogawa Gakuin (the university's parent body). In line with this idea, the university has set the goal of providing an education that nurtures three essential qualities: accurate intelligence to continuously pursue truth, a sensitive and broad mind, and a spirit of consideration and dedication to others. To prepare women to lead independent lives in society, the teaching staff works to cultivate a combination of self-responsibility, rational thinking, and the ability to put ideas into action. As we move towards a more gender-equal age, women are expected to play a much more significant role in society. Moreover, with the march of globalization, developing female professionals is an increasingly crucial issue in Japan. Mukogawa Women's University has endeavored to enhance its teaching quality to equip women with leadership skills and global perspectives—the properties they will need to participate in a more gender-equal age. Our strength lies in the fact that we have an optimal educational environment where students' love for learning and academic and professional knowledge and skills are cultivated to a maximum degree. It is this very strength that explains our impressive graduate employment rates and qualification-acquisition rates. We believe that Mukogawa Women's University will have an increasingly vital role in developing a female professional. In 2019, we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of our parent body, Mukogawa Gakuin, and the 70th anniversary of the university itself. It is not long until we will celebrate our 90th anniversary, and then our centenary. Looking ahead to these milestones now is the time for us to play to our strengths as a women's university, step up efforts to improve our education and research, and develop an educational environment that helps our students to learn more broadly and deeply. View full university