Vision/Mission
Our founding principles are: “ the cultivation of scholarship and professional skills”, “the development of a spirit of appreciation” and “to persevere on the quest for excellence”. We stress the following sentiments: “ Do everything with heart; be a person of iron will; and see everything through to the end”. This is the Bunri Educational Policy. These words embody our wish that our students will always work hard in order to gain new knowledge, skills and technological learning backed by respect for humanity.
Bunri Schools teach the students to aim high by cultivating intelligence and emphasizing morality, while showing respect for both freedom and discipline, training both the mind and the body. We encourage fairness and integrity. We are also dedicated to training our students to be true ladies and gentlemen people with compassionate hearts, ready to serve their society and humanity. This is because we hope they will become the leaders who will serve not only the Japanese community but the global society as well.
Background
Bunri University of Hospitality was founded in 1999 as Japan’s first Faculty of Service Management by the Bunri Sato Gakuen Educational Institution.
Bunri University of Hospitality offers Japan’s first 4 year bachelor’s degree course with strong emphasis on management in hospitality and service industries as its field of research. We are proud that Bunri University of Hospitality is one of the pioneers which made “Hospitality Management” popular in Japan's higher education.
Bunri Sato Gakuen Educational Institution was established in 1966. The founder Mr. Hideki Sato has been managing several types of schools,ie; Culinary Art College, College of Nutrition and Medical Technology, Seibu Gakuen Bunri Elementary School, Seibu Gakuen Bunri Junior and Senior High School. He dedicated himself to his ideal education focus on “Omotenashi” since he opened his first cooking school more than 50 years ago.
Products/Services
Bunri University of Hospitality consists of two departments; the Faculty of Service Management and the Faculty of Nursing.
Faculty of Service Management is the only one faculty in Japan to be specialized in Service Management and Hospitality. It has two departments and 5 courses; the department of Service Management (Hospitality and Tourism, Service Management, Global Economy and Finance)
Department of Health & Welfare Management (Social Welfare, Health Service)
In the other hand, the Faculty of Nursing offers 4 years nursing program underpinning the principles of by hospitality.
Markets
Overseas students who came to study with us at the Faculty of Service Management were from China, Indonesia, Laos, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine and Vietnam.
Location
The campus is located in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture. This region is known as a comfortable residential area full of nature and urban conveniences for business persons commuting to Tokyo. Sayama-shi Station is an entrance gate to world famous Kasumigaseki Country Club golf course.
As Sayama City is only 40km north of Tokyo and many domestic students are living in Tokyo and Saitama area, Bunri University students enjoy opportunities of internships and working experiences in hospitality and service industries in Tokyo.
Last but not least, Sayama is famous for its green tea product “Sayama- Cha”, which is popularly considered one of three best Japanese teas for its good taste.
Employees
Faculty of Service Management: 34 faculty members, 1046 students (data of 2017)
Faculty of Nursing: 29 faculty members, 360 students (data of 2017)
Highlights
University opened in 1999.
Department of Health and Welfare Management opened in 2007.
Faculty of Nursing opened in 2009.
State financed project to develop a Human Resourse Cultivating Program for Promoting Innovation in Service Sector in Japan in 2007-2009
State financed project to develop a Program for Promoting Student Services in 2010-2012
State financed project to develop a Human Resources and Employability Development in Service Sector in 2010-2011
State financed project to develop a Program for Enhancing Students’ Career Development by Industry-University Cooperation in 2012-2015
Other Notes
Website http://www.bunri-c.ac.jp/univ/