Kobe Tokiwa University (神戸常盤大学, Kōbe tokiwa daigaku) is a co-educational private university in Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The university was established in 2008 by reorganizing two departments (medical technology and nursing) of Kobe Tokiwa College. In 2012 the Department of Pedagogy (child education) of the college will be merged into the university to constitute the Faculty of Education. Source: Wikipedia (en)