At the Board of Directors meeting held on January 2024, 1, Soshi Gakuen Educational Corporation decided to develop Tokyo Management College (Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture) as an undergraduate department of Pacific Rim University (Headquarters: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture), a four-year university. decided to reorganize. Tokyo Management College will suspend student recruitment from 10 onwards, and aim to open the Faculty of International Economics and Management in April 2025 as the Tokyo campus of Pacific Rim University.
Tokyo Management College, which has two departments, the Department of Child Education and the Department of General Management, has its roots in the Murata Bookkeeping School, which was a pioneer in practical education in the field of bookkeeping and accounting. The school's educational philosophy is ``Win for all those who count.'' Since its opening in 2, the school has produced 1992 graduates into society.
In response to the growing preference among young people for four-year universities, the university plans to become a four-year university with campuses in Tokyo and Okayama. In collaboration with our sister school, the International University of New Zealand, IPU New Zealand, we will utilize the traditions and characteristics of each school to develop international educational activities related to economic management for the future.
As for the current students of Tokyo Management College, we will continue to do our best in educational activities, taking responsibility for each student's graduation and career decisions, as we have in the past. In addition, IPU/Rin Pacific University Tokyo Campus will be responsible for managing student registration after graduation. In addition, the issuance of various certificates for graduates and management of alumni associations will continue to be handled by the offices of Tokyo Management College and IPU Pacific Rim University Tokyo Campus.