page_title: Shiga Prefecture
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Shiga Prefecture / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: The University of Shiga Prefecture 日本語: 滋賀県立大学
context_page_description: Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Ōtsu.
context_section_description: There are ten universities, two junior colleges, and a learning center of The Open University of Japan in Shiga.
  Shiga University (Hikone and Otsu)
  Shiga University of Medical Science (Otsu)
  University of Shiga Prefecture (Hikone)
  Shiga Junior College (Otsu)
  Shiga Bunkyo Junior College (Nagahama)
  Seian University of Art and Design (Otsu)
  Seisen University (Hikone)
  Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology (Nagahama)
  Biwako-Gakuin University (Higashiomi)
  Biwako-Gakuin College (Higashiomi)
  Biwako Seikei Sport College (Otsu)
  Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto and Kusatsu)
  Ryukoku University (Kyoto and Otsu)
caption: University of Shiga Prefecture
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