Seitoku Junior College of Nutrition

History

• Olympia Gakuen was established in 1947.
• The Seitoku Advanced School of Nutrition is founded in 1954. It was named after the 7th-century regent Shōtoku. Shō can also be read sei, the latter was chosen for this school.
• It was reorganized into the Seitoku Vocational School of Nutrition in 1957.
• Seitoku Junior College of Nutrition was established 1963. The first year included 50 students, including 5 males.
• The evening school was set up in 1964.
• The Department of Food and Nutrition was renamed Department of Food and Nutritional Studies in 1969.
• The special training program on food studies was set up in 1972, but was abolished in 1983.
• In 1986, the Department of Food and Nutritional Studies was separated into:
• * major in Nutritional Studies
• * major in Food Science
• It became officially co-educational in 1987; however, in practice, it remained effectively a women's university.
• The advanced course food nourishment major in 1996 is set up.
• Endeavours were undertaken to make it more co-ed again in 2001.
• Professional confectionery, baking, and cooking classes were offered as part of the food science major in 2003.
• It stopped recruiting new students in the fiscal year 2004 and would be eventually replaced by Tokyo Seiei College.

  Subjects

• Food nourishment
• * Day school
• ** Food nourishment major
• ** Food science major
• * Nighttime: started in 1985, with 20 students, of whom 4 were males.

  Advanced course

• Food nourishment major

  Special course

• The food major: with cook training facilities.