Nara Women's University was originally created in 1908 with the aim of training women teachers for ordinary schools, later to be reorganized and renamed with its current name in 1949. Until 1949 there were only two women's imperial quasi-universities in Japan, the Ochanomizu University and Nara Women's University.
Nara Women's University was formerly called Nara joshi kōtō shihan gakkō (奈良女子高等師範学校, Nara advanced teachers college for women) .
Faculties
As of 2013, the university has three faculties:
the Faculty of Letters
the Faculty of Science
the Faculty of Human Life and Environment
Graduate school
As of 2013, the university has two graduate programs:
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