Bukkyo University

Bukkyo University (佛教大学, Bukkyō daigaku) is a private university in Kita-ku, Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The university began as an organization within the Chion-in Temple for the lecturing and study of Buddhism in 1868.^[9] The school's official predecessor was founded in 1912, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1949.^[9] Bukkyo means Buddhism in Japanese, and the university's philosophy is based on Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) Buddhism.^[10][11]

Bukkyo University

佛教大学
Main Campus
Type	Private
Established	1912[1]
Religious affiliation	Jōdo-shū[2]
President	Masahiro Ito[3]
Students	11,585[4]
Undergraduates	11,311[5]
Postgraduates	274[6]
Location	Kyoto[7] , Japan 35°2′36″N 135°44′13.9″E
Campus	Urban[8]
Website	www.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/english/
Location in Kyoto

Faculties/Graduate Schools

Faculties

Source:^[12]

• Faculty of Buddhism
• Faculty of Literature
• Faculty of History
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Sociology
• Faculty of Social Welfare
• Faculty of Health Sciences

Graduate Schools

Source:^[12]

• Graduate School of Literature
• Graduate School of Education
• Graduate School of Sociology
• Graduate School of Social Welfare

Partner universities

Source:^[13]

• Wonkwang University (Korea)
• Dongguk University (Korea)
• Northwest University (China)
• Kangnam University (Korea)
• Tunghai University (Taiwan)
• Jingjue Buddhism Research Institute (Taiwan)
• Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies (Taiwan)
• Joong-Ang Sangha University (Korea)
• Zhongguo Institute of Buddhist Studies (China)
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology (Vietnam)
• University of Hawaii at Mānoa (United States)
• Tzu Chi University (Taiwan)
• Zanabazar Buddhist University (Mongolia)
• Jilin University (China)
• College of the Desert (United States)
• Deakin University (Australia)
• Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
• Beijing Language and Culture University (China)