[2] Since its founding, Senshu University has sent out about 290,000 graduates, with alumni in diverse fields such as politics, business, culture, entertainment, sports, and mass media.

Senshu University alumni include the former Minister of Defence, eleven sitting Diet members, 195 professional athletes, and twenty four company chief executives.

[3] The university was founded in September 1880, as Senshu College by four co-founders: Nagatane Soma, Tanetaro Megata, Inajjiro Taziri and Shigetada Komai.

In the late 19th century, the Meiji government encouraged students to study abroad to gain advanced Western knowledge.

After the World War II, Senshu established the Ikuta campus in Kanagawa Prefecture to cope with the increasing number of students.