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Elisabeth University of Music is a Jesuit university in Hiroshima, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1948. It was chartered as a university in 1963.HistoryBelgian Jesuit Ernesto Gosensu began a music classroom for youth right after the devastation of the atomic bomb, and soon had about 100 students. So in 1948 he opened "Hiroshima music school" and named it after the late Belgian Elisabeth Queen Mother who was a patron of the school in the 1950s. It developed into a full university of music by 1963, with the doctorate established in 1993. 1947 Hiroshima Music School opened 1948 Prefecture certification of Hiroshima music school 1951 the late Belgian Elisabeth Queen Mother becomes the school’s patron1952 Elisabeth Music College (2-year) appointed Ernesto Gosensu as first president1954 religious music major department (one-year) begun1959 renamed Elisabeth College; Tianjin junior college religion department installed 1961 Rome Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music relations established1963 Elisabeth University of Music opened as four-year college; 3-year junior college and religion department desist1967 religious music department expansion1976 department of vocal, instrumental and department of expansion (now 4 departments)1990 Graduate School of Music with master's program1993 doctoral program inaugurated1999 Extension Center opened2001 junior orchestra inaugurated2002 chamber choir Elisabeth Singers inaugurated2003 early childhood music education major, in cultural music department; kindergarten teacher license course2007 partnership with Tamagawa University Education Department: elementary school teacher two or license offered; Selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in "Support Program for Distinctive University Education."