Kwassui Women’s university

Changing World and Unchanging Truths

   After more than three years, the COVID-19 pandemic is finally showing signs of settling down, and many people feel that “normal daily life” is gradually returning. However, the spread of the COVID-19 infection has forced us to reconsider what we presume is “normal”, and the world appears different from “pre-COVID” and “post-COVID”. The world has been forced to undergo various changes towards a “post-COVID” era.

   The city of Nagasaki has also experienced significant changes, such as the opening of the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen and the establishment of Dejima Messe. We, at Kwassui, are also facing a time of change, but even amid this, there are things that remain unchanged, or rather, things that “must not be changed.”

   Historically, Nagasaki has been open to the world, serving as Japan’s only gateway to the West during the Edo period, allowing a flow of knowledge and culture. Kwassui Women’s University is situated on the hill of the Higashiyamate foreign settlement. For over 140 years, Kwassui Gakuin has built a tradition based on unchanging truths in a changing world.

   Kwassui Women’s University aims to continue exploring an education for women that is suitable for the new era but being a “new university” backed by old traditions. It is a university that develops students who can distinguish between what should be changed and what should not be changed.