Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

}} () |motto = Freedom, Peace, and Humanism, International Mutual Understanding and the Creation of the Future of the Asia Pacific |established = April 2000 |type = Private |president = Hiroshi Yoneyama (2024–) |students = 5,948 (May 2016) |city = Beppu |state = Ōita |country = Japan |affiliations = AACSB |website = }} thumb|right|Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University , commonly referred to as APU, is a private university in Beppu, Ōita, Japan.