Partnership agreement with the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee
Keio University has concluded a partnership agreement with the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to promote educational initiatives on the Olympics and stimulate opportunities by leveraging its various resources to ensure the success of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Team GB and ParalympicsGB pre-Games preparation camps
In addition to providing facilities for the use by the British Olympic and Paralympic teams at the pre-Games preparation camps, the university will work to deepen exchange in areas other than sports, such as research, education, history, culture, and the arts. It will also enable us to make contributions to both the regional and international communities.
Pre-Games preparation camp facilities
Hiyoshi Campus (Hiyoshi Commemorative Hall, Athletics Field, Mamushidani Gymnasium, others) and sports facilities in the Shimoda area
Hosting period/events
Hosting Period
Olympics: July 8–August 9, 2021
Paralympics: August 13–September 1, 2021
Hosted Sports
Olympics: Gymnastics, Fencing, Hockey, Boxing, Basketball, Badminton, Archery, Taekwondo, Judo, Weightlifting, Table Tennis, Modern Pentathlon, etc.
Paralympics: Archery, Judo, Powerlifting, Taekwondo, Wheelchair Fencing
History between the UK and Keio University
Keio University has both a long history of ties with the UK, and steadfast exchange with many universities and institutions today. Every year in November, it jointly hosts the Experience Japan Exhibition (Japan study abroad fair) with the British Council in London, where it fields booths alongside other Japanese universities and Japanese language schools. This event is attended by many people, with high school and university level students in the UK and Europe making up a large number of the visitors.
History of exchanges
School for Dutch studies opened by Yukichi Fukuzawa in 1858, transitions to a school for English studies in 1863, given the name Keio University in 1868.
December 1861, Yukichi Fukuzawa tours Europe as part of the First Japanese Embassy to Europe on the HMS Odin during which time he spends six weeks in the UK. There is a reference to a visit to Kings College Hospital in an 1862 edition of the medical journal The Lancet.
1899, Keio University is reportedly the first Japanese university introduced to rugby, a sport originating in the UK, by the British educator Edward Bramwell Clarke.
Recent exchanges
November 2006, Keio University establishes its London Office in the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), London.
June 2008, UK-Japan 2008 lecture series by British Nobel laureates held
October 2008, Prince Charles visits Keio University
November 2011, Experience Japan Exhibition (Japan study abroad fair) first hosted in collaboration with the British Council, 8th edition held in November 2018
October 2015, Co-hosting with the British Council of the UK-Japan Universities Conference for Cooperation in Research and Education
November 2016, Joint research workshop with the theme of “Longevity” held at Kings College London
March 2017, Academic exchange agreement concluded for international joint research toward the improvement of safety technologies in the cybersecurity field with Imperial College London
March 2017, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, awarded a Keio University honorary doctorate
University Hospital
Keio University Hospital, located in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, directly adjacent to the New National Stadium（Olympic Stadium）, which will serve as one of the main venues for the Tokyo Games, plans to actively partner with the Games as a so-called logistical support hospital.