Next year, Niijima Jō’s wife, Niijima Yae, and the American missionary Alice J. Starkweather opened a Joshi-juku (small girls’ school) at the former residence of Yanagihara family (a division of Fujiwara clan) on a site within the grounds of the current Kyoto Gyoen National Garden (Kyoto Imperial Garden).

American-trained nurse Hisa Nagano was an alumna of Doshisha Girls' School.

[2] In 1930, while Matsuda Michi was dean, the girls’ school became Doshisha Joshi Senmon Gakko (Doshisha Women's College), a three-year tertiary institution under the Senmon Gakko Rei (Professional School Ordinance).

Traditional culture and arts such as the tea ceremony and flower arrangement have developed and have been preserved particularly in Kyoto.

At the same time, Kyoto is a highly modern city, home to many of Japan's leading high-tech industries and a thriving international community.

The International programs are categorized into four areas: Outbound, Inbound, English Study Support and After-graduation.