Keio University I KU

About

Established in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa as a small school of Western learning, Keio has a history as Japan’s very first private institution of higher learning. Over 160 years since its founding, Keio has thrived under its founder’s motto of jitsugaku*, or empirical science, as it continues to transform Japan as a modern nation through contributions to education, research, and medicine.