KWANSEI GAKUIN University

What is KGU?

Kwansei Gakuin University has built a long history of achievements. We present various data points that highlight the university’s strengths in numerical form.

Collaborations with over: 310 partner
universities

international
organizations in 60 countries
International students from around the world: More than 1,400
History: More than 130 years

Where is KGU?

Kwansei Gakuin University is located in the Kansai region, with its main campus in the city of Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture. KGU also has other campuses in the cities of Nishinomiya, Sanda, Osaka, and Tokyo.

Whewe is KGU

KGU News

KGU-SMU Sun and Star Symposium 2025 "U.S.-Japan Relations and the New International Order?"

Ambassador of Croatia H.E. Dražen Hrastić Visits KGU and is Welcomed by the Kwansei Gakuin Glee Club

KGU Earns an "A" Grade from MEXT in a Post-Project Assessment of its Top Global University Project

Research Activities

Professor Kyoko Fujii (Faculty of Education) presented on the theme "Structure of the Concept of Kanyo in Adolescent Friendship" at the 22nd European Conference on Developmental Psychology.

Research on leaf vein pattern formation in C4 plants by Professor Yuri Munekage of the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences is Published in “Plant, Cell & Environment”

Michael Wilkins, Language Center (SIL) Gives Poster Presentation on EFL Language Learning Competences at EARLI International Conference (Austria)

ALE, Oliver Cakebread-Andrews, SPS Gives Presentation on Sarcasm Detection at EuroCALL 2025

Brian Wojtowicz, Language Center (SIL) Gives Poster Presentation on EFL Language Learning Competences at EARLI International Conference (Austria)

Oana Cusen, SIL at the Language Center, Gives Presentation on "AI-Assisted Oral Proficiency Development for Collaborative Online International Learning" at EuroCALL 2025

Research on catalysts for the safety of liquefied hydrogen by Professor Hirohisa Tanaka, School of Engineering is Published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Research on catalysts that contribute to the safe decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant by Prof. Hirohisa Tanaka was published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

Research on optically induced spin Hall current in Janus transition metal dichalcogenides by Professor Katsunori Wakabayashi published in Physical Review B

Professor Atsushi Kajii (Faculty of Economics) Presented on “Financial Market Equilibrium and Unexpected Income Transfers” at the 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society (ESWC 2025)

Research on the impact of urbanization on precipitation intensity by Takashi Kyakuno of the School of policy studies is Published in Urban Climate.

Professor Daisuke Chugo of the School of Engineering will exhibit ‘GO! Pedal: From immobile feet to mobile feet’ at Innovation Japan 2025.

Professor Sadahiko Nakajima, School of Humanities Gives Presentation on "Voluntary wheel running induces nausea in laboratory rats: No sign of nausea habituation over 20 days" at the 58th Congress of the International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE 202

The Osaka Historical Association's annual conference was held at the Uegahara Campus.