title: Shitennoji University
text: # Shitennoji University
  
  Shitennōji University (四天王寺大学, Shitennōji daigaku) is a private university in Habikino, Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1922, and it was chartered as a junior women's college in 1957. The school became a four-year college in 1967, and it became coeducational in 1981, adopting the present name at the same time. The school is also known as International Buddhist University, or IBU.
  
  ## Name
  
  Shitennō (四天王) refers to the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana). Ji (寺) means temple.
  
  See Shitennoji.
  
  ## History
  
  About 1400 years ago Prince Shōtoku went to this place to study Buddhism, and it was founded as a place of education.
  
  