Hakuoh University

Higher education institution in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Hakuoh University (白鴎大学) is a private university in city of Oyama in Tochigi, Japan. The name Hakuoh, means 'white seagull', and the motto Plus ultra, or 'Further beyond'.

Hakuoh University was founded by lifelong educator Dr. Kazuyoshi Kamioka in 1986 and currently has about 4,000 Japanese and foreign students studying in its various divisions. The roots of the Hakuoh University Educational Foundation go back to the establishment of the Ashikaga Textile Women's School in 1915, its incorporation as a high school in 1927, and then its registration as a foundation in 1951. In 1961 the junior high school was added and in 1974 the women's junior college opened. Subsequent to the university's founding and the establishment of the Faculty of Business Management in 1986, the Faculty of Law was added in 1991, and the graduate school was then added in 1999 for advanced studies in both the Faculty of Business Management and the Faculty of Law. Furthermore, in 2004, Hakuoh University added the graduate Law School and the undergraduate Faculty of Human Development.

1915 Ashikaga Textile Women's School founded. 1927 Ashikaga Textile Women's High School incorporated. 1951 Hakuoh University Educational Foundation registered. 1961 Hakuoh University Women's Junior High School added. 1974 Hakuoh University Women's Junior College established. 1986 Hakuoh University founded as a coeducational institution. Faculty of Business Management established. 1991 Faculty of Law added. 1999 Hakuoh University Graduate School founded for advanced studies in both the Faculty of Business Management and Faculty of Law. 2004 Law School and undergraduate Faculty of Human Development added.

Hakuoh has two campuses: the Main Campus and the East Campus. The Main Campus is located to the west of the JR station in Oyama, Tochigi and includes: classic Mulberry Hall, the New Institute of Business Development, the computer Information Processing Education Centers; the three tiered library with over 130,000 volumes in Japanese and 45,000 in western language, 350 modern high tech classrooms in three five story buildings, state of the art Memorial Hall gymnasium, a sports field, tennis courts, cafeterias, and dormitories on beautifully landscaped grounds. The East Campus was founded in 2005 and is housed in an eleven story building for the graduate Law School and the undergraduate Faculty of Law. It also has a Moot Court room, two libraries, and Hakuoh Hall.