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織田 奈美

昭和１３年（１９３８年）創立の愛国学園は、創立者が時流に合わせた軍用機「愛国号」の献納を、熟慮の末、真に国の将来を思うのなら私財を投ずるべきは教育、特に東京下町における女子の実業教育であるとの結論に達し、初志を冠して愛国女子商業学校を開校したことに始まります。現在は東京都江戸川区に法人本部、中学高等学校（衛生看護科・家政科・商業科・普通科）、看護師二年課程の衛生看護専攻科、保育専門学校、短期大学を、茨城県龍ケ崎市と千葉県四街道市には大学附属高等学校を有し、「親切正直」の校訓と、社会人として自立し家庭人として一家の幸福に貢献する健全な女性を育成するという建学精神の下で女子教育を行っております。
創立６０周年を記念して四街道市に開学し２０周年を迎えた本大学人間文化学部は、学園のこれまでの実務型即戦力型中心の教育に加え、我が国のみならず、広く海外についても深遠な人間文化を追求し、国際感覚を磨き、豊かな人間性を育てることを目的としております。本学に集う皆様が安心して学び、これからの国際社会を担う心優しき人材として、多方面で活躍なさいますよう努めて参りたいと思っております。

Message from ODA Nami, CEO, 

Chair of the Board of Trustees
The founder of Aikoku Gakuen (established and incorporated in 1938, Showa 13), ODA Kosaburo, had been thinking about gifting a military aircraft named Aikoku (“Love of his/her Country”) to the nation going with the current of the time, World War II. However, after much consideration, he reached the conclusion that if he really loved his nation and cared about its future, he ought to devote his fortune to education—particularly vocational education for women in downtown Tokyo. He followed through with his intentions and inaugurated the Aikoku Women’s Commercial School.
Nowadays, Aikoku Gakuen includes the Headquarters, the Junior High School, the Senior High School (Hygiene Nursing Course, Domestic Science Course, Business Course, General Course), the Hygiene Nursing Department with two more years of education for registered nurses,the Vocational School for Childcare, the Junior College in Edogawa, Tokyo, and the Aikoku Gakuen University in Yotsukaido, Chiba, with two senior high schools attached to the university in Ryugasaki,Ibaraki, and in Yotsukaido, Chiba. Under the school motto “Be Kind and Honest” and the founding spirit of “nurturing healthy women who are economically independent as members of society and devote themselves to domestic happiness as family members,” Aikoku Gakuen has been working on providing education to women.
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Aikoku Gakuen, the Aikoku Gakuen University was opened in Yotsukaido, Chiba in 1998. The university has organized four new majors, namely “Psychology & Life,” “Business,” “Regional Studies,” and “Japan Studies,” to commence from 2021, Reiwa 3. Through this reform, the university enables students to choose a minor along with a major, which I believe will help them acquire not only specialized knowledge and qualifications essential to university students but also a wide range of education and dignity as ladies and cosmopolitans and will give them more opportunities of international activities.
All the teaching and clerical staff will be sure to secure the students’ school life and nurture “Kind and Honest” personnel supporting the future of an international society.

太田和 良幸

“自己の可能性を追求し、自己変革のフロンティアにチャレンジしよう！”

愛国学園大学は女子教育の伝統の下で、校訓の「親切正直」と建学精神の「社会人としては、豊かな知識と技術とをもって経済的に独立し、家庭人としては、美しい情操と強い奉仕心とをもって一家の幸福の源泉となる、健全な精神と身体とをそなえた女性の育成を目的とする。」を基本とした女子教育を行っております。
人間文化学部では、人としての毎日の活動や営みから生まれる文化の過去と未来、人との関わり方や社会のしくみについて学び、新しい文化を創造し、未来を切り拓く思考力を養う教育をめざしています。現代社会における「人間と文化」、「人間と社会」、「人間と人間のかかわり」を学習し、複雑な社会の課題に柔軟に対応できる「豊かな専門性をもった教養人を育てる」ことを目標としております。
令和３年4月より時代のニーズに合わせて、心理・生活、ビジネス、地域共生、日本理解の4専攻で構成する新カリキュラムをスタートさせました。学生は「主専攻」、「副専攻」の双方に属し、幅広い専門科目を学ぶ事になります。
人間の才能は無限です。是非大学4年間で人間を知り、文化を学び、明日を創る人間力を身につけていただくことを期待しています。

Message from OHTAWA Yoshiyuki, President

“Explore possibilities and take on the frontiers of self-change”

Aikoku Gakuen University is a "Liberal Arts College for Women" on the founding spirit of the school, teaching and researching a wide range of education and advanced knowledge and arts related to human culture, contributing to the development of Japanese culture and educating women with a rich humanity with expertise, under relevant laws and regulations,
Our university aims to provide education that allows students to learn about the past and future of complex cultures which have emerged from primitive human life and activities, human relations, and social systems. We believe such knowledge would help develop thinking skills and open up the way to the creation of a new culture and a better future. Nurturing well-educated women with diverse skills and expertise, who can flexibly cope with the complicated problems of society by drawing from their deep understanding of topics such as “human and culture”, ”human and society”, and “human relationships” in modern society, is the goal of our educational program. 
Since 2021, our university launched a new curriculum consisting of four majors: Psychology & Life, Business, Regional Studies, and Japan Studies, based on the needs of the times, and  students. Students can take a wide range of specialized courses in both majors and minors through this dual major system that allows students to learn two different disciplines at the same time.
Human talent is infinite. I hope that students will acquire excellent ability to create better tomorrow with understanding human being, and learning about various cultures, in their university life through proactive and deep learnings.