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International Christian University or ICU is a liberal arts college in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, having approximately 2,500 enrollments. It is recognized for its providing solid and sustainable undergraduate education to grow internationally-minded alums, with its special emphasis on interdisciplinarity of science and humanities, since its establishment in 1949. It is also known for its multilingual education, which demands acquisition of English, Japanese, and one more foreign language to foster a balanced perspective in the world.

http://www.icu.ac.jp/index_e.html

As of 2012, ICU has seen its 60th anniversary and has grown into a university that is competitive in liberal arts with Keio University and Waseda University in University Ranking 2012 in Japan (total ranking of three most major ranking data in Japan at http://daigaku.jyuken-goukaku.com/nyuushi-hensati-ranking/siritu/sougoukagaku.html), selecting students by its own standards, without compromising to the standard entrance examination in the country. ICU has been constantly sending many graduates to UN-related institutions, Graduate School of University of Tokyo and the world top ranking universities, without loosing its initial mission of contributing to the peace and welfare of the world.