On April 2024, 4, Fuji Gakuen, an educational corporation that runs Fuji Women's University in Sapporo, and Tenshi Gakuen, which runs Tenshi University, will merge.The new school corporation name is "Fuji Tenshi Gakuen". Fuji Women's University and Tenshi University will continue to exist under the new corporation.
According to the school corporation Fuji Gakuen, Fuji Gakuen will be a surviving corporation and Tenshi Gakuen will be dissolved.The new corporation will be located in Kita 16-jo Nishi, Kita-ku, Sapporo, where Fuji Gakuen Headquarters is located.In addition to Fuji Women's University and Tenshi University, Fuji Gakuen's one integrated middle and high school and eight kindergartens will continue to exist under their current names.
Both academies are Catholic school corporations. Fuji Gakuen is based in Germany with the Franciscan Order of Saint George the Martyr, and Tenshi Gakuen is based in Italy with the Franciscan Order of Missionaries of Mary. ing.
In recent years, Catholic schools have tended to withdraw from private education, and succession of Catholic education has been an issue.Furthermore, as the declining birthrate accelerates the decline in the 18-year-old population, there is a need to strengthen the management foundation and effectively utilize human resources, so a policy was announced aiming for the integration of the two companies in January 2022.
Both corporations will inherit the founding philosophy of the new corporation as a school corporation based on the Catholic spirit, and will strengthen the functions of the corporate headquarters to respond to changes in the environment surrounding private schools, such as the progress of the declining birthrate.
