University Of The Sacred Heart (Japan)
The University of the Sacred Heart (聖心女子大学, Seishin Joshi Daigaku?) is a Japanese private women's university located in Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo.
It was established in 1916 as a special school (senmon gakkō) by the Society of the Sacred Heart. It became a university in 1948 and is one of the oldest women's universities in Japan.
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