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This educational institution was founded in 1912. The founder, MORI Wasa, believed that there was an urgent need for moral education for women and established the private Mori Sewing School for Girls in Hyogo-ku, Kobe City. The objectives of the school were to provide with education of the spirit with the aim of education such as the cultivation of the mind, strength, and people that are truly useful to society. While Wasa Mori then had been continuing strict training and diligent study by herself she nurtured women that possessed original virtues of Japanese women with conviction. As a result, the school prospered, and in 1918 it was renamed the Mori School for Girls. It coped with the social conditions after World War Ⅰ, and in 1923, the Mori Girls’ High School was also founded and more e■ort was put into the education of girls. In 1936, at a new school site in Egeyama-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe City its moved into newly built school buildings. During the di■cult times of war, it continued education of women with conviction.According to the educational structure was completely changed after World War Ⅱ, the name was changed to the Kobe Mori Girls’ High School and Junior High School. The organization was reorganized to become an educational foundation. Carrying on the spirit of the founder, e■orts were made to further enrich and develop the educational foundation, which contributed female education after the war.After that, as the trend in the establishment of universities increased, an application for the establishment of a junior college with a domestic science evening course was made to the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (currently: the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) in 1951. This application was made on consideration of the situation of the educational facilities and the fact that there were few junior colleges or higher education for women providing night course in Kobe In AY2022, Kobe Gakuin Educational Foundation celebrated the 110th anniversary of its founding. At the opportunity of our 100th anniversary, we established and began implementing our "Mid-Term Action Plan" as a part of the foundation’s e■orts. Last academic year, we completed the ■nal year of our "Second Mid-Term Action Plan" which was established in AY2018. In light of the results and points for improvement during those ■ve years, we have begun implementing our "Third Mid-Term Action Plan" in AY2023 as we continue aiming for further innovation and improvement in the ■ve ■elds of education, student support, research, social contributions, and university management.Recently, in 2018, we opened a "Faculty of Psychology" at the Arise Campus as the University's 10th undergraduate faculty. This Faculty o■ers a curriculum designed to prepare students to acquire Japan's new Certi■ed Public Psychologist quali■cation. In 2019, we also opened a Graduate School of Psychology. We have started to o■er credits under our Inter-professional Education (IPE) program. Here, students of the four faculties and six departments related to medicine and social welfare learn together about inter-disciplinary cooperation. In addition, we established a data science major in our Faculty of Business Administration in April of 2023, as the core of mathematics, data science, and AI education throughout the University.Through our experience with the COVID-19 crisis, we were able to develop "wisdom" and "ingenuity." I believe it to be the mission of Kobe Gakuin University to continue this development in order to o■er an education based on its founding philosophy, and to provide a range of support so that all students can discover and achieve their dreams and goals. We strive to enhance our education, research, and social contributions to integrate expertise and to impart the broader knowledge and abilities needed by society now to our students. We ask for your continued understanding and support.City. As the Authorization was granted, the Kobe Mori Women’s Junior College was established in March of the following year, 1952.In 1966, Kobe Gakuin University was founded in Ikawadani-cho, Tarumi-ku, Kobe City (currently: Ikawadani-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe City), under MORI Shigeki as the ■rst president. Initially, it was a college o■ering just one course of study, in the Faculty of Nutrition, which was the ■rst coeducational Faculty of Nutrition in Japan. Our university is proude of that foresight and originality.Afterword, the Faculty of Law and Economics in 1967, Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1972, Humanities and Sciences in 1990, Business Administration in 2004, and in 2005, Rehabilitation were established.Furthermore, the University founded the Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies in 2014, Global Communication in 2015, Psychology in 2018, and the Graduate School of Psychology in 2019. The university has developed to become the largest private university combining the humanities with sciences in Kobe City consisting of ten faculties and eight graduate schools. Our university o■ers well-balanced programs of cultural, social, and natural studies.E■orts have been made to improve the learning environment with the expanding the Port Island Campus 2 in autumn of 2019 to improve the facilities for education and extracurricular activities at the University. The “Kobe Sannomiya Satellite” was also established in commercial facilities adjacent to the JR Sannomiya station, the gateway to Kobe. This takes on a role in the University’s contribution to the community by providing a location for lifelong learning with courses and seminars for neighbouring citizens.March 1981: March 1981: Completed master's program at Nagoya University Graduate School of Completed master's program at Nagoya University Graduate School of EconomicsEconomicsMarch 1984: March 1984: Completed doctoral program without a doctoral degree at Nagoya Completed doctoral program without a doctoral degree at Nagoya University Graduate School of EconomicsUniversity Graduate School of EconomicsApril 1984: April 1984: Assistant at Nagoya University School of EconomicsAssistant at Nagoya University School of EconomicsApril 1986: April 1986: Lecturer at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of EconomicsLecturer at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of EconomicsApril 1988: April 1988: Assistant Professor at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of EconomicsAssistant Professor at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of EconomicsApril 1991: April 1991: Visiting Researcher at University of New South Wales (until March 1993)Visiting Researcher at University of New South Wales (until March 1993)April 1997: April 1997: Professor at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of EconomicsProfessor at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of EconomicsApril 2006: April 2006: Assistant to the President of Kobe Gakuin University (until July 2007)Assistant to the President of Kobe Gakuin University (until July 2007)July 2010: July 2010: Vice President of Kobe Gakuin University (until July 2013)Vice President of Kobe Gakuin University (until July 2013)April 2014: April 2014: Professor at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of Contemporary Social Professor at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies (until present)Studies (until present)Dean at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies Dean at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies (until March 2018)(until March 2018)April 2020: April 2020: Dean at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies Dean at Kobe Gakuin University Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies (until March 2022)(until March 2022)April 2022: April 2022: President of Kobe Gakuin UniversityPresident of Kobe Gakuin UniversityMessage from the PresidentHistoryPresident,Kobe Gakuin University101KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITYAiming to Integrate Specialized Knowledge and Develop Human Resources with a Wide Range of Knowledge and SkillsNAKAMURA Megumi