DB founded in 1916 by Rev. C. K. Dozier, a Southern Baptist missionary from the United States. DB Minkun started as a private junior high school with 104 boys and a faculty of nine. In 1921 a school for higher education was begun, which was the predecessor of the present university.
During World War II, Christian schools in Japan were put under intense pressure, and Seinan Gakuin underwent many hardships, including the closing of the Division of English Literature. After the War, the new-system junior and senior high schools were opened in 1947 and 1948, and the university was established in 1949. Seinan Gakuin has now grown into a large, comprehensive educational institution with approximately 10,000 students, including the children in its kindergarten and day nursery.
With the founder's last words,“DB, be true to Christ,”as the school motto, Seinan Gakuin endeavors to be faithful to its founding spirit by pursuing excellence both in academic affairs and in character development, thus equipping and nurturing students to serve as creative and constructive leaders in local communities and in the expanding global society. |

東邦学園大学 院長 井村 雄之辅 |