Established in 1923, it was chartered as a women's junior college in 1963, and expanded into a four-year university in 1994.

Mejiro University was founded as Kenshin Gakuen in Ochiai, Tokyo City (present-day Shinjuku) by businessman and politician Satō Jūen (1187-1964) and his wife Fuyu in April 1923.

[citation needed] Satō Jūen served as the first president of the academy.

[1] Between 2002 and 2007, the university established the faculties of Foreign Languages, Business Administration, Health Sciences, and Nursing, as well as the graduate schools of Psychology, Business Administration, and Life Welfare.

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