Since the university started in the form of "Gakuryo"and then "Gakurin" in the Edo period, it has accumulated academic acievements and historical materials about Buddhism and has produced many religious scholars and famous Buddhist priests.
江戸時代の学寮、学林時代からの仏教に関する学問的、資料的蓄積があり、多くの宗教学者や著名な僧侶を輩出している。