Kankandōritsu (four leading private universities in Kansai)
Abbreviation for Kansai University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Doshisha University, and Ritsumeikan University. Used mainly in educational contexts and university comparisons.
Kankandōritsu is a group of prestigious private universities in Kansai.
He was accepted to Doshisha University, one of the Kankandōritsu schools.
A similar grouping of mid-tier private universities in Tokyo (Meiji, Aoyama Gakuin, Rikkyo, Chuo, Hosei), while Kankandōritsu is Kansai-specific.
Formed by taking the first kanji of each university name: 関 (Kansai), 関 (Kwansei Gakuin), 同 (Doshisha), 立 (Ritsumeikan).