Sophia University

Sophia University is a private Jesuit research university in . Founded in 1913 by the Jesuits, it was granted university status in 1928, becoming the first university in Japan.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: University
  • Description: private university in Tokyo, Japan
  • Also known as: “Jōchi Daigaku”
  • Address: 1, 紀尾井町, 千代田区, 東京都 102-8554

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yotsuya and Kojimachi St. Ignatius Church.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station in the district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company and Tokyo Metro. Several parts of the station are also located in the Rokubancho and Kojimachi neighborhoods of Chiyoda ward. is situated 310 metres northwest of Sophia University.

Church
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The St. Ignatius Church is a Catholic church located in district of . Also known as the Kōjimachi Catholic Church, it was established with its current name on April 17, 1949, and is dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Loyola. is situated 200 metres northwest of Sophia University.

Library
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The is the national library of and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the National Diet of Japan in researching matters of public policy. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Sophia University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kioichō and Nibanchō.

Neighborhood
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is a district located in . Once a samurai town, the name of the district is a portmanteau derived from the names of the Kii clan, the Owari clan, and the Ii clan, all of whom had residences there during the Edo era.

Neighborhood
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Part of the Banchō area, is an upscale, mostly residential district of , , Japan. As of June 2020, the population of this district is 1,538 in 730 households.

Quarter
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is a district in .

Sophia University

Latitude
35.68372° or 35° 41′ 1″ north
Longitude
139.7326° or 139° 43′ 57″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Operator
学校法人上智学院
Open location code
8Q7XMPMM+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 179562477
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Geo­Names ID
8504842
Wiki­data ID
Q1153094
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sophia University” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة صوفيا”
  • Armenian: “Սոֆիայի համալսարան (Տոկիո)”
  • Armenian: “Սոֆիայի համալսարան”
  • Asturian: “Universidá Sofía de Tokiu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sofiya Universiteti”
  • Bulgarian: “Университет „София“”
  • Catalan: “Universitat Sofia de Tòquio”
  • Chinese: “上智大学”
  • Chinese: “上智大學”
  • Czech: “Džóči daigaku”
  • Czech: “Univerzita Sophia”
  • Danish: “Sophiauniversitetet”
  • Dutch: “Sophia University”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة صوفيا”
  • Esperanto: “Sofia-Universitato”
  • Esperanto: “Sophia-Universitato”
  • Esperanto: “SOPHIA”
  • Finnish: “Sophia-yliopisto”
  • French: “Université de Sophia”
  • French: “Universite Sophia”
  • French: “université Sophia”
  • French: “Université Sophia”
  • German: “Jōchi Daigaku”
  • German: “Sofia-Universität”
  • German: “Sophia University”
  • German: “Sophia-Universität”
  • Greek: “Πανεπιστήμιο Σόφια”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת סופיה”
  • Indonesian: “Universitas Sophia”
  • Irish: “Ollscoil Sophia”
  • Italian: “Sophia University”
  • Italian: “Università Sophia”
  • Japanese: “Jōchi Daigaku”
  • Japanese: “上大”
  • Japanese: “上智大”
  • Japanese: “上智大学”
  • Japanese: “上智学院”
  • Japanese: “学校法人上智学院”
  • Korean: “조치 대학”
  • Korean: “조치대학”
  • Latin: “Universitas Sedis Sapientiae”
  • Literary Chinese: “上智大學”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sophia-Universitéit”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sophia-universitetet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sophiauniversitetet”
  • Norwegian: “Sophia-universitetet”
  • Norwegian: “Sophiauniversitetet”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه سوفیا”
  • Polish: “Uniwersytet Sophia”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade Sofia”
  • Romanian: “Universitatea Sophia din Tokyo”
  • Russian: “Софийский Университет (Токио)”
  • Russian: “Университет Софии”
  • Slovenian: “Džoči Daigaku”
  • Slovenian: “Sophia University”
  • Slovenian: “Univerza Sophia”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Sofía de Tokio”
  • Spanish: “Universidad Sofía”
  • Swedish: “Sophiauniversitetet”
  • Tagalog: “Pamantasang Sophia”
  • Turkish: “Sophia Üniversitesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Софійський університет”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Đại học Sophia”
  • Welsh: “Prifysgol Sophia”
  • Yue Chinese: “上智大學”
  • “上智大学”

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