

Chuo University , commonly referred to as Chuo (中央) or Chu-Dai (中大), is a private research university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. The university finds its roots in a school called Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō, which was founded in 1885, and became a university in 1920. The university operates four campuses in Tokyo: the largest in Hachiōji, one in Bunkyō, and two others in Shinjuku. Chuo is organized into six faculties, ten graduate schools, and nine research institutes. There are also four affiliated high schools and two affiliated junior high schools.