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  The Keio University and the HUMI Project
Keio is recognised for its innovative teaching and research activities, and is a pioneer among higher education institutions in Japan.
In 1995, the Keio University acquired Nowton Court from the Matsuzato Corporation of Hawaii, who had run the premises as a ladies college for young female Japanese students.
The Keio images were reproduced in facsimile size as part of the new book, and 2001 thus saw the publication of many of these images for the first time ever.
www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk /sebc/visit/humi-keio.cfm   (580 words)

  
 Keio University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keio University (慶應義塾大学 Keiō Gijuku Daigaku) is the top private university in Japan, which has a proud history as Japan's very first private institution of higher learning, which dates back to the formation of a school for Dutch studies in 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo) by founder Yukichi Fukuzawa.
Keio University is the Japanese host of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), whose staff work primarily at the Shonan Fujisawa Campus.
Keio was founded in 1858 by Fukuzawa Yukichi, who had studied the Western educational system at Brown University in the United States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keio_University   (987 words)

  
 Press Release: Keio University joins MIT and INRIA in hosting W3C
Keio University, which represents Japanese and Korean interests, will work closely with the MIT LCS and INRIA to provide vendor-neutral leadership for Web advancement, including designing common technical standards that facilitate World Wide Web development and promoting their adoption by industry.
"Keio University is one of Japan's foremost computer science research centers and universities, and its support is integral to the W3C's strategy for the global expansion of Web development," said Albert Vezza, chairman of the World Wide Web Consortium and associate director of the MIT LCS.
Keio University is one of the oldest private universities in Japan, and it has five major campuses around Tokyo.
www.w3.org /Press/Keio-PR.html   (577 words)

  
 KEIO Opencourseware | OCW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Use is not limited to those registered for courses at Keio University, nor will it entitle users to any qualifications awarded by the university.
In 2008, Keio University will celebrate its 150th anniversary as the first modern, comprehensive educational institution in Japan.
Keio founder Yukichi Fukuzawa sought to build a university that would become "a leader of society as a whole," and, over the past century and a half, our institution has strived to play a leadership role in all fields of society.
ocw.dmc.keio.ac.jp   (386 words)

  
 Keio University
Keio has now expanded far beyond this area and occupies five campuses in and around Tokyo.
A limited number of regular Keio classes taught in Japanese in Social Sciences, Economics, Business, and other areas are available for students who are proficient in Japanese.
In cases where a student's language ability is exceptionally advanced, the student may attend regular one-semester courses at Keio for credit.
www.georgetown.edu /programs/oip/os/sites/japan/keio.htm   (364 words)

  
 International Academic Programs: Japan, Tokyo - Keio Univ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Founded in 1858, Keio University is the oldest institution of higher education in Japan.
Keio University has promoted interaction and exchanges with institutions abroad since its founding by Yukichi Fukuzawa, who is often called the intellectual father of modern Japan.
Keio University has a total of five campuses; program participants study at Mita, Keio University’s main campus, located in Tokyo.
www.studyabroad.wisc.edu /asia/japan_keio.asp   (775 words)

  
 Brown University: Office of International Programs
Keio University is a private, coeducational institution located in Tokyo.
Keio University was founded in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa, a renowned Japanese intellectual, after he visited Brown.
As the oldest institution of higher education in the nation, Keio holds a prestigious ranking among the universities of Japan, and has been a longtime promoter of international education and cultural exchange.
www.brown.edu /Administration/OIP/programs/japan/index.html   (450 words)

  
 The Medical Library and Media Center of Keio University in Tokyo: report on a visit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Keio University's International Medical Information Center (IMIC) is the national center, established in association with the universities of Osaka, Tohoku, and Kyushu.
Keio University is the most well known, both in Japan and abroad.
Keio has several departments and, in 1969, started the IMIC project to improve the four existing university libraries.
www.accart.nom.fr /EtudesCas/MedLibKeio.html   (970 words)

  
 Appendix C: Keio University
It was acquired not just for possession of an important article of Western cultural heritage, but because Keio University believes that modern research libraries should possess works significant enough to be digitized for the benefit of today's scholars and for the greater goal of preserving these treasures for posterity without further decay.
As an inter-faculty initiative organized by Keio University, the HUMI Project is envisioned as a first step in the establishment of a digital research library based on the rare book collection at Keio.
Keio University has excellent connections with companies; their graduates now occupy very high management positions in the 20-25 companies and are very supportive of their work.
www.wtec.org /loyola/digilibs/c_05.htm   (7119 words)

  
 Visit to Keio University
Keio is one of the top two private universities in Japan - the other being Waseda.
Keio University is the oldest private university in Japan, with a history dating back to 1858.
It felt very sophisticated for a university - there was a grand piano, a TV in one corner, and an enclosed working area with half a dozen seats at a long table equipped with Ethernet connection points and mains outlets.
myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~bushm/research/sabbatical/visits/keio.html   (2099 words)

  
 Keio University Medical Science Fund
The Keio Medical Science Prize is given to award outstanding achievements in the field of medical science or life sciences.
Keio University, the Japan's oldest private university, was established in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa, a pioneer of Japan's modernization.
Keio started the Medical Department, later the School of Medicine, in 1917 by inviting Dr. Shibasaburo Kitasato as the first Dean to carry out the legacy of Fukuzawa.
www.ms-fund.keio.ac.jp   (331 words)

  
 amake.us » Keio University: Taking bureaucracy to a new level   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Keio University administration is an orgy of disinformation and ignorance.
Consider this: Of the four major levels of Japanese classes offered to exchange students at Keio, the lowest (level 1) is almost entirely made up of honkeys like me. (Yes, I said “honkeys.” Wanna fight about it?) The three other levels are mostly Asian.
Keio is perhaps the most respected private school in Japan.
www.amake.us /japan/keio   (1399 words)

  
 Waseda University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Waseda University Library is also possessed of a unique collection which survived the Bombing of Tokyo in World War II unlike many of its counterparts.
Waseda University's main campus is aptly located in the Nishi-Waseda district of Shinjuku, though Waseda is generally associated with the Yamanote Line station, Takadanobaba.
The rivalry between Waseda and Keio University is highlighted by the Sōkeisen in the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waseda_University   (679 words)

  
 Caxton's Chaucer - The digitisation - Keio University
Keio University also digitised our two copies of the Gutenberg Bible, the two projects amounting to a major benefaction to the British Library, now commemorated on the Library’s tablet of benefactors.
The camera which the team from Keio used for the Caxton digitsation was a Kodak DCS Proback Plus + Mamiya RZ67 digital imaging system (One shot, 1-CCD, 16M (4000x4000) pixels, 12-bit RGB, IEEE1394 I/F).
All the equipment was flown in from Tokyo, from the single-shot Kodak digital camera, which every three seconds can produce a 16-million pixel image, the battery of computers processing the images, down to stepladders and sticky tape.
www.bl.uk /treasures/caxton/digitisation.html   (558 words)

  
 Keio University - Japan's Oldest Institution of Higher Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Keio University (慶應義塾大学 Keio Gijuku Daigaku) is Japan's oldest and and one of its most prestigious institutions of higher education.
Although Keio was the first advanced school in Japan, it was quickly eclipsed by the state-supported University of Tokyo.
Keio still vies for the rank of #2 with its cross-town rival, Waseda University.
www.japan-101.com /culture/keio_university.htm   (212 words)

  
 Welcome to Keio University
Professor Dale W. Jorgenson, Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University, was presented with an honorary degree by Keio University at a ceremony held on May 30th in The Public Speaking Hall at Mita Campus, and became the 57
As a consequence of this Professor Jorgenson has made a lasting contribution to the development of econometric research at Keio University and it was for that reason that he was awarded the honorary degree.
of this year at the symposium jointly held by Keio University and The Institute for Economic and Industrial Studies entitled 'Leading Asia in the 21st Century' Professor Jorgenson made a speech in collaboration with one of the session chairmen.
www.keio.ac.jp /news/030616e.html   (289 words)

  
 Science and Technology at Keio University Top
Keio University team takes 3rd prize at RoboCup 2006
KEIO TECHNO-MALL 2005 (The 6th Keio Science and Technology Exhibition) was held
Professor Inasaki, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology of Keio University was elected as a Fellow of SME
www.st.keio.ac.jp /english/index.html   (244 words)

  
 Keio University International Center
Keio Gijuku Fujin Mita-Kai is the Keio University alumnae association, established in 1962.
The Tokyo Mita club is an organization which aims to help foreign students and teachers enjoy their life at Keio University and their stay in Japan through exchanges with the club members.
The Keio International Welcome Net is an organization composed of Keio University alumni who help foreign students in Keio University.
www.ic.keio.ac.jp /en/life/organization/support_org.html   (232 words)

  
 Thoughts on studying abroad at Keio University? | Ask MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
And for the bonus question: This guy appears to have been accepted to Keio univeristy for the Fall semester, though beyond that he hasn't written much.
I've been studying abroad at Waseda University (Keio's rival private university) for the past year now, and I have friends who are at Keio right now, so I think I can answer your questions.
The folks I know at Keio are living in dorms (one near Odaiba, the other on the Inokashira Line in Setagaya-ku).
ask.metafilter.com /mefi/38667   (1360 words)

  
 Keio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is also a Keio University in Tokyo.
Keio (京王) is also short for Tokyo's Keio Electric Railway Company.
Keio Flying Squadron or Keio Yuugekitai is also the name of a video game series released on the Sega Mega CD \ Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and Sony Playstation consoles: Keio Flying Squadron series.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Keio   (140 words)

  
 Japanese Language, Literature and Culture/DAMELL'S JAPAN PROGRAM/Dartmouth-Keio exchange program
Every year the Japanese faculty in the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures selects one student to spend a year at the prestigious Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.
While the credits earned at Keio can be applied toward the student's degree at Dartmouth, satisfying distributive and major or minor requirements is a little tricky.
In the past Keio has kindly nominated the Dartmouth student for a Japanese Ministry of Education scholarship to offset the increased cost of living and studying in Japan.
www.dartmouth.edu /~damell/Japanese/lsaKeio.html   (405 words)

  
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 Keio Research Institute at SFC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Keio Research Institute at SFC was established as a base for advanced research with the aim of making contributions to 21st century society through research results.
In addition to this, the Institute promotes bi-directional coordination between education and research at the Shonan-Fujisawa Campus of Keio University and related activities conducted by businesses, government and academia in Japan and throughout the world.
The previous Executive Director, Jun Murai, professor of the Faculty of Environmental Information, has been appointed Vice-President of Keio University and therefore left executive directorship at the Institute.
www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp /english/index.html   (133 words)

  
 Keio University in Tokyo - international fellowship program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Keio University Medical School, Department of Oriental Medicine, announces the availability of fellowships for United States physician medical faculty, or faculty candidates, to study Traditional Japanese Herbal Medicine (Kampo) in Tokyo, Japan.
The stipend of approximately 300,000 yen, or $2,500-$3,000, per month will be provided to supplement other grants or sources of sabbatical funding.
Affordable Keio University Medical School housing will be made available.
www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu /Kampo_fellowship.html   (159 words)

  
 Site Reports: Keio University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Keio University is one of the largest private universities in Japan.
In addition to standard polymer and organic chemistry research equipment, it also has BOD, total oxygen demand (TOD), and other equipment for fermentation and biodegradation studies.
Keio University produces very basic and elegant work in water-soluble biodegradable polymers.
www.wtec.org /loyola/biopoly/keio.htm   (133 words)

  
 Newswise
Entertainment Technology Center at University of Southern California and the Research Institute for Digital Media and Content at Keio University, Tokyo form alliance to advance digital entertainment technologies.
The Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC) was established in July 2004 by Keio University to promote the creation and distribution of digital content through research and development and global partnerships.
Keio University was founded in 1858 and is the oldest private university in Japan.
www.newswise.com /articles/view/521839/?sc=rsbn   (654 words)

  
 Japan's nomination of Mr. Eisuke Sakakibara, Professor at Keio University, and former Vice Minister of Finance for ...
Eisuke Sakakibara, Professor at Keio University, and former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, for the post of Managing Director of the IMF
Eisuke Sakakibara of Keio University, former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, for the post of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and served as Associate Professor at Harvard University.
www.imf.org /external/np/ed/md/2000/es.htm   (586 words)

  
 JST Humen Genome Sequencing Home Page
The sequence of human chromosome 21 has been completed by The chromosome 21 consortium of sequencing centers which Keio University and Kitasato University teams have contributed to.
The sequence of human chromosome 22 has been completed by The chromosome 22 consortium of sequencing centers which Keio University team has contributed to.
The complete nucleotide sequence of human major histocompatibility complex on chromosome 6 was determined by The MHC sequencing consortium Tokai University team has contributed to.
www-alis.tokyo.jst.go.jp /HGS/top.pl   (299 words)

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