Creating New Value with Empathy and Trust as Our Strengths

In 2025, Ochanomizu University celebrates its sesquicentennial—the 150th anniversary of the University’s foundation.

Since its establishment in 1875 as Tokyo Women’s Normal School, the University has graduated a significant number of professional women. The history of Ochanomizu University demonstrates its unyielding commitment to women’s education, overcoming many hardships, including two world wars and several major earthquakes.

Today, in tandem with climate change, the world is grappling with large-scale natural disasters, food-security problems, and infectious diseases. It is confronting a host of global issues, such as widening disparity and social division. Precisely because we live in such an era, we at Ochanomizu University are updating our traditions, demonstrating new leadership with empathy and trust as our strengths, and putting each individual in touch with their unique skills and personality.

By sharing knowledge to create new value, we aim to contribute fresh solutions. Pursuing its mission “to be a place where all women who are motivated to learn can realize their earnest dreams,” Ochanomizu University is relentlessly tackling the challenge of achieving a peaceful and sustainable global society founded on diversity, fairness, and inclusiveness.

SASAKI YasukoPresident
Ochanomizu University