Kyūshū Lutheran College

About Kyūshū Lutheran College

According to Wikipedia, Kyushu Lutheran College has its roots in Kyushu Jo-Gakuin , originally established as a girl's high school in 1926 by Lutheran missionary Martha Akard. A women's junior college opened in 1975 and the current four-year, liberal arts college opened its doors to women and men in 1997. The Rev. Dr. Yoshiro Ishida was the college's first president. The Rev. Naohiro Kiyoshige served as college president from 2002-2016. Hirowatari Junko served as the next president from 2016-2022, and the current president, Matsumoto Michiaki, began his tenure in March 2022. In addition to an undergraduate program, a graduate program in clinical psychology is also offered.