Docendo Discimus—
“By teaching, we learn”

Docendo discimus is a Latin proverb which means “By teaching, we learn.” It is said to be from a passage in a letter from the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger to his friend which is part of Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius).

Since the founder of the Tsuji Group Shizuo Tsuji opened the Tsuji Chef School (former name of the Tsuji Culinary Institute) in Osaka’s Abeno Ward in 1960, our school motto Docendo discimus has been continuously passed down to our faculty to the present as an educational belief which embodies the idea of “By teaching, we learn” and its utilization.

In regards to the motto Docendo discimus, Shizuo Tsuji passionately and repeatedly stated the following: “A school is a place where faculty provide all their knowledge and skills to students through classes and where faculty themselves continually learn new things. The reason why students study is because faculty members are constantly studying. By nature, there is no end to learning in the culinary and patisserie fields, and this is why people working in those fields will spend a lifetime learning about them.”

Docendo discimus are two words that represent our faculty’s dignity and circumspect approach. These words also express the wish that graduates, to which this motto is passed on to, will continue to study on their own about the actual culinary and patisserie related work that they are involved in, and drive the development of the food industry as they train the next generation.