Greeting

Soka University was founded in 1971 by Daisaku Ikeda,based on the founding principles: “Be the highest seat of learning for humanistic education,” “Be the cradle of a new culture,” and “Be a fortress for the peace of humankind." Since its opening, we have advocated for “human education” and have continuously established and reorganized faculties and departments to meet the evolving needs of society. Today, the university has　grown into a comprehensive institution, offering undergraduate (both on-campus and distance learning) and graduate programs, as well as a women’s college. With more than 105,000 graduates, our alumni are making meaningful contributions in diverse fields across Japan and around the world.

As part of our mid-to-long-term plan, SOKA University Grand Design 2021-2030, which envisions the 100th anniversary of Soka Education in 2030, we have set the goal of "fostering global citizens who can create value."
To achieve this, we are advancing initiatives in four key areas: education, research, the SDGs, and diversity.

Faculty, staff, and students are working together to steadily implement this plan, striving to create an ideal campus guided by the principle of “Student-First.”

Soka University was founded in 1971 by founder Daisaku Ikeda with the Founding Spirit of "Be the highest seat of learning for humanistic education," "Be the cradle of a new culture," and "To be a fortress that protects peace for mankind." Since then, we have been nurturing "global citizens" who face social issues both at home and abroad head-on and create value with the aim of resolving them.

Since its establishment, the university has promoted the internationalization of its educational programs and academic exchange with overseas universities, and currently has academic exchange agreements with 270 universities in 69 countries and regions around the world (As of the end of March 2025). It is conducting exchange studies and research exchanges, and creating a campus where people with diverse values and backgrounds can learn from each other. Students have also made outstanding achievements such as six students from Law School (including graduates) passing the bar exam last year, bringing the total number of successful candidates since the university's establishment to 454. In addition, the university has achieved outstanding results in a variety of fields, such as winning an off-campus business contest, coming second in the national baseball competition, a gold medal at the World University Championships Cheerleading, and three students passed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs professional employee recruitment exam.

The medium- to long-term plan "Soka University Grand Design 2021-2030" aimed at 2030 has the theme of "A university that fosters 'global citizens' that can create value." In April 2026, we plan to open a Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Department of Business Studies (*) to cultivate the ability to solve social issues. In addition, we are envisioning the establishment of a Faculty of Science and Engineering Department of Green Technology (*) that aims to solve environmental problems through energy-saving and energy-creation technologies, and a Department of Life Science and Technology (*) that creates a well-being society centered on life science. In addition, in order to more clearly convey the educational content and characteristics of the department, we plan to change the name of the Department of Law in the Faculty of Law to the Department of Law and Politics and the Department of Education in the Faculty of Education to Department of Education and Psychology.

Based on the Founding Spirit set forth by our founder, Mr. Ikeda, all faculty and staff are determined to work even harder to help each and every student realize their potential on our diverse campus.

(*) Tentative name and may be subject to change.