Ryukoku University
龍谷大学 | |
Omiya Campus in January 2017 | |
| Motto | You, Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1639 |
| President | Takashi Irisawa |
| Students | 21,358 |
| Undergraduates | 20,754 |
| Postgraduates | 604 |
| Location | Kyoto and Otsu, Shiga , Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | Official website |
Ryukoku University (龍谷大学, Ryūkoku Daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.
It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. The university's professors and students founded the literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three campuses: Fukakusa and Omiya in Kyoto; and Seta in Shiga prefecture. Its campuses are smoke-free. It is one university belongs to "San-Kin-Ko-Ryu"(産近甲龍), a group of semi-major private universities in the Kansai area.