Tsuda University (津田塾大学, Tsudajuku daigaku) is a private women's university based at Kodaira, Tokyo.It is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher educational institutions for women in Japan, contributing to the advancement of women in society for more than a century.The university was founded in 1900 by Tsuda Umeko as Joshi Eigaku Juku.From April 2017 Tsuda was renamed, in English, to Tsuda University consisting of two colleges: List of Notable AlumnaeThis article on a Tokyo institute of higher education or related topic is a stub.