Hiroshima Jogakuin was founded in 1886 as a small Christian school for women by Rev. T. Sunamoto, in cooperation with Rev. J. W. and W. R. Lambuth, sent by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, U.S.A. The school motto, “CUM DEO LABORAMUS (We work with God) ” was given by its first principal Miss Nannie B. Gaines, sent also by MECS, U.S.A., who devoted 45 years of her life to the early development of HJ.

HJ, literally meaning women’s educational institution in Hiroshima, in its early days, was a system of institutions ranging from kindergarten through higher education specializing in music, English, early childhood education and home economics. In 1945, the buildings were destroyed by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, but with the support of people in Japan and abroad, it was reconstructed, and has since been thriving.

The Junior and Senior High Schools are located in the center of the city, and the Kindergarten, the University and the Graduate School are in the hills on the edge of the city. The total enrollment is approximately 3,400; approximately 200 in the Kindergarten, 1330 in the Junior and Senior High Schools, 1820 in the University and 50 in the Graduate School.

The campus of Hiroshima Jogakuin University is nestled in quiet hills approximately three kilometers north of Hiroshima Station. Hiroshima Jogakuin Senmongakko (specialized school of higher education), established in 1932, made a new start in 1949 as a college of English Literature Department, and in the following year, Junior College for Home Economics was established. The English Literature Department was reestablished in 1967 as the Faculty of Literature, including both English and Japanese Departments. In 1993, the Junior College was reorganized as the Faculty of Human Life Science, consisting of Departments of Environmental Culture and of Environmental Science. In 1995, the Graduate School of Language and Culture was established, offering a Master of Arts degree, to which were added Doctoral Courses in 1997. In 1999, the Graduate School of Human Life Science was established, offering a Master of Science degree.

In 2000, a new Department of Human and Cultural Studies joined the Faculty of Literature, and the English and Japanese Departments were renamed the Department of English Studies and the Department of Japanese Language and Literature, respectively. In 2004, the Department of Environmental Culture and the Department of Environmental Science were reorganized into the Department of Life Design and Information Science and the Department of Nutrition and Health Promotion, respectively. And in 2007, the Department of Human and Cultural Studies was reorganized into the Department of Child Education and Psychology. The current number of students including international students is approximately 970 in the Faculty of Literature and 850 in the Faculty of Human Life Science, the total number of graduate students being approximately 50.

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