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Kwassui Women's University is a private women's university in Nagasaki, Japan. It enrolls approximately 1,300 students and has exchange agreements with 28 universities in 8 countries.Schools and facultiesAs of 2014, the university had a Graduate School ; a Faculty of Humanities ; a Faculty of Music ; a Faculty of Wellness Studies ; and a Faculty of Nursing .AdministrationKwassui Women's University is operated by an education foundation, Kwassui Gakuin, which also runs Kwassui Junior High School and Kwassui High School.HistoryThe university's predecessor, Kwassui Girls' School, was founded by an American Methodist missionary, Elizabeth Russell, in 1879. It was recognized as Kwassui Women's College in 1919.In 1950, under the new education system, it became Kwassui Women's Junior College. The university was established in 1981 and the graduate school in 1991. The name Kwassui Women's College remained in use until September 2010.