Doshisha University(同志社大学,Dōshisha daigaku), also referred to as Dodai(同大,Dōdai), is a private university in Kyoto City, Japan. Established in 1875, it is one of the oldest private institutions of higher learning in Japan, and has approximately 30,000 students enrolled on four different campuses in Kyoto. It is one of the Japanese "Global 30" universities and one of the "Kankandoritsu," a group of the four leading private universities in the Kansai region of western Japan.