Hakuoh University was founded by lifelong educator Dr. Kazuyoshi Kamioka in 1986 and currently has about 4,000 Japanese and foreign students studying in its various divisions.

The roots of the Hakuoh University Educational Foundation go back to the establishment of the Ashikaga Textile Women's School in 1915, its incorporation as a high school in 1927, and then its registration as a foundation in 1951.

Furthermore, in 2004, Hakuoh University added the graduate Law School and the undergraduate Faculty of Human Development.

The Main Campus is located to the west of the JR station in Oyama, Tochigi and includes: classic Mulberry Hall, the New Institute of Business Development, the computer Information Processing Education Centers; the three-tiered library with over 130,000 volumes in Japanese and 45,000 in western language, 350 classrooms in three five-story buildings, Memorial Hall gymnasium, a sports field, tennis courts, cafeterias, and dormitories on landscaped grounds.

It also has a Moot Court room, two libraries, and Hakuoh Hall.