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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a public university, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.[1] As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign.[2] YCU also has four campuses (Kanazawa-Hakkei, Fukuura, Maioka and Tsurumi) and two hospitals (YCU Hospital and YCU Medical Center). YCU is a member of the Port-City University League (PUL),[3] and a core member of the Japanese University Network in the Bay Area (JUNBA).[4] In 2017, YCU has been ranked #16th among "world's best small universities" in 2016-2017 (Times Higher Education),[5] ranked at 23rd among life sciences institutes in Japan (Nature Index 2016).[6]
From Yokohama School of Commerce to Yokohama City University
The predecessor of YCU, the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., was founded in 1882, initially maintained by an association of local merchants. In 1888, the school was renamed Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., a five-year school for boys (ages 14–19 or above). In 1917, Yokohama Commercial School was municipalized and in 1921 it became a seven-year commercial school (for ages 12–19 or above). The Ministry of Education urged the school to shorten the curriculum by two years, as Japanese Commercial School Regulations (1921) did not specify a seven-year course for commercial schools. In 1924, it became a five-year school with a two-year specialized course. In 1928, the specialized course became the Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. In 1949, it was renamed Yokohama City Economics College and reorganized into Yokohama City University under Japan's new educational system.
From Juzen Hospital to Yokohama City University
Another predecessor of YCU was founded in 1874 as Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. This hospital was municipalized in 1891. In 1944, Script error: No such module "Nihongo".) was established, and Juzen Hospital became a college hospital. In 1947, after World War II, the medical college became Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., a municipal university. Its three-year preparatory course was established in 1947, and the four-year main course was established in 1949. In 1952, the medical school was merged with Yokohama City University.
In 1949, YCU had one faculty: the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. In 1952, two faculties were added (School of Medicine and Faculty of Literature and Science). The subsequent history of YCU is as follows.
1995: Faculty of Literature and Science was reorganized into two faculties: Faculty of International Liberal Arts and Faculty of Science.
2005: Three faculties (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Faculty of Sciences, and Faculty of Humanities and International Studies) were integrated. International College of Arts and Sciences was established.
2005: The Graduate School of Economics, the Graduate School of Business Administration, the Graduate School of Integrated Science, and the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies were integrated. International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was established.
2009: International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was reorganized and divided into the Graduate School of Urban Social and Cultural Studies, the Graduate School of Nanobioscience and the Graduate School of International Management.
2012: Division of Global Urban and Regional Studies was established.[11]
2013: Graduate School of Medical Life Science was established.[12]
2014: YCU concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) relating to implementation of the “International College Program with Academic Training at Walt Disney World Resort” with Valencia College.[13][14]
2018: The School of Data Science was established.
2019: International College of Arts and Sciences was reorganized and divided into School of International Liberal Arts, School of Economics and Business Administration, and School of Science.
The Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama is one of the main campuses of YCU. Yochy, the mascot of YCU is a ginkgo leaf, from the trees found throughout the campus. One of the university's landmarks, the clock tower, is on this campus.
The Tsurumi Campus in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama was established in 2001 as a graduate school partnership between YCU and RIKEN.[15][16] RIKEN Yokohama researchers visit YCU as guest professors and provide guidance for students as part of a cooperative graduate school agreement.[17]
Faculties (undergraduate schools)
School of International Liberal Arts
Department of International Liberal Arts
School of Economics and Business Administration
Department of Economics and Business Administration
School of Science
Department of Science
School of Data Science
Department of Data Science
School of Medicine
Medical Course (six-year)
Nursing Course (four-year)
International College of Arts and Sciences
International College of Arts and Sciences will be reorganized and divided into School of International Liberal Arts, School of Economics and Business Administration, and School of Science in 2019.
Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies
Department of Human Science
Department of Social Relations
Department of Arts and Cultures
Division of Global Urban and Regional Studies
Department of Urban Planning and Community Development
Department of Urban and Regional Policy
Department of Global Cooperation and Area Studies
Division of Economics and Business Administration
Department of Business Administration
Department of Accounting
Department of Economics
Division of Sciences
Department of Materials Science
Department of Life and Environmental Science
Department of Medical Life Science
Graduate schools
Graduate School of Urban Social and Cultural Studies
The YCU Hospital in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama has 654 beds, and in the 2012 fiscal year, treated 465,918 out-patients and 213,149 in-patients.[19] The Hospital is a designated hospital as a Regional Cancer Care Hospital, AIDS Care Central Core Hospital and an approved as a Specific Function Hospital.[20]
Yokohama City University Medical Center
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International cooperation
YCU has exchange agreements with the following universities.[21]
Yoichi Nishimaru - physician and the author of Script error: No such module "Nihongo".[23]
Yoshiharu Sekino - surgeon and explorer famous for traveling "the Great Journey", tracing the route of mankind which spread from its origin in Africa to the Americas in reverse, starting at the southern tip of South America.[24][25]
