Doshisha University

Doshisha University has two main campuses. One is the Imadegawa Campus located in the heart of Kyoto City, north of Kyoto Imperial Palace and adjacent to a noted Buddhist temple, Shokokuji. As the birthplace of Doshisha University, the history of the Imadegawa Campus is an integral part of Doshisha 144-year-old story. Five buildings on this campus are designated as national important cultural properties. 

The Kyotanabe Campus, the other main campus, is located in southern Kyoto Prefecture, where modern buildings, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and services, stand on 790,000 square meters of land surrounded by a lush green natural environment.

On the Kyotanabe Campus, there are full-fledged sports facilities centered around the Davis Memorial Auditorium, with a baseball ground and a golf ground on the north side, an athletics stadium and several fields for team sports such as soccer, American football and rugby on the west side, and training lodges and sports club rooms on the south side. These extensive facilities are used by more than 50 different sports clubs and groups at Doshisha University.

• Aikido
• Athletics
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Canoeing
• Figure skating
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Hockey
• Judo
• Karate
• Lacrosse
• Rugby
• Soccer
• Sumo
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Wrestling

Students participate in about 400 club and circle activities.

At Doshisha University, there are about 170 official extracurricular activity groups and 240 groups registered with the Student Support Services Center in a wide range of areas including arts, sports and culture. The groups range from those with a long tradition at the university to those more connected with contemporary culture, and all are run by the students themselves.