The Sophia School Corporation Board of Trustees convened on September 30, 2024, and resolved to appoint Professor Miki Sugimura, from the Faculty of Human Sciences, as the next President of Sophia University.

Her term of office will be from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2029. Sugimura will be the first female president in the university’s history since its founding in 1913. She will succeed Professor Terumichi Yoshiaki, who has been holding the position since 2017.

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