is a public university, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign. 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), and a core member of the Japanese University Network in the Bay Area (JUNBA). In 2017, YCU has been ranked #16th among "world's best small universities" in 2016-2017 (Times Higher Education), ranked at 23rd among life sciences institutes in Japan (Nature Index 2016).
History
From Yokohama School of Commerce to Yokohama City University The predecessor of YCU, the , was founded in 1882, initially maintained by an association of local merchants. In 1888, the school was renamed , 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 . 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 . This hospital was municipalized in 1891. In 1944, ) was established, and Juzen Hospital became a college hospital. In 1947, after World War II, the medical college became , 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. From Yokohama City University College of Nursing was a public junior college in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It opened in 1898 as a vocational school,看護学科 | 横浜市立大学 横浜市立大学/大学トップ | 大学受験ナビ：旺文社 and was amalgamated with the Yokohama City University School of Medicine in 2005.
Recent history 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.
1984: Kihara Institute for Biological Research (KIBR) was transferred to YCU. 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: Yokohama City University College of Nursing was transferred to YCU, and four-year Nursing Course 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. 2006: Advanced Medical Research Center (AMRC) was established. 2007: YCU California Office was established as a core member of Japanese University Network in the Bay Area (JUNBA) in Santa Clara, California.横浜市立大学が海外に初進出! 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. 2011: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) began the international project for the Development of Wheat Breeding Materials for Sustainable Food Production through KIBR.JICA Helps Afghanistan Regain its Heritage as a Wheat Producer Landrace varieties collected and preserved by Japanese researchers in the 1950s are the key to restarting cultivation in the country after 30 years of war 2012: Division of Global Urban and Regional Studies was established.大学プレスセンター - 横浜市立大学国際総合科学部がさらに進化 2013: Graduate School of Medical Life Science was established.横浜市立大学大学院生命医科学研究科生命医科学専攻：基本情報 | 大学院へ行こう! 大学院進学情報サイト 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.大学プレスセンター - 横浜市立大学が「ディズニー・バレンシア国際カレッジプログラムを開始 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.
Campuses
Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus
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.
Fukuura Campus
The Fukuura Campus in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama is one of the main campuses of YCU. It includes the YCU School of Medicine, Hospital, and Advanced Medical Research Center. It is connected to Shidai-Igakubu Station on the Yokohama Seaside Line. The Hepburn Hall is on this campus.
Maioka Campus The Maioka Campus in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama is home to Kihara Institute for Biological Research (KIBR).
Tsurumi Campus
The Tsurumi Campus in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama was established in 2001 as a graduate school partnership between YCU and RIKEN.Graduate School of International Management Yokohama City University | JICAEducational Partnerships | RIKEN RIKEN Yokohama researchers visit YCU as guest professors and provide guidance for students as part of a cooperative graduate school agreement.
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 Degree conferred: Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy Graduate School of International Management Degree conferred: Master of Management, Master of Economics, Doctor of Business Administration, Doctor of Economics Graduate School of Nanobioscience Degree conferred: Master of Science, Doctor of Science Graduate School of Medical Life Science Degree conferred: Master of Science, Doctor of Science Graduate School of Medicine
Joint graduate school of medicine program The YCU Graduate School of Medicine is engaged in "Joint Graduate School Programs" with various establishments include the following.
Kanagawa Cancer Center Kanagawa Children's Medical Center National Institute of Infectious Diseases National Institute of Radiological Sciences Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency RIKEN Yokohama National University
Research centers and institutes Research Promotion Center Advanced Medical Research Center (AMRC) Kihara Institute for Biological Research (KIBR)
University hospitals
Yokohama City University Hospital 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.診療科目・病床数・統計 | 横浜市立大学附属病院 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.
Yokohama City University Medical Center
International cooperation YCU has exchange agreements with the following universities.海外の交流協定締結大学 | 横浜市立大学 University of California, San Diego University of California, Los Angeles University of Vienna Incheon National University Oxford Brookes University Shanghai Normal University Ca' Foscari University of Venice University of Bucharest Universiti Sains Malaysia Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City University of the Philippines
Some graduate schools have engaged in joint research with the following African universities. University of Zambia University of Pretoria University of Johannesburg Makerere University University of Malawi
Notable people
Alumni Masatoshi Ito - founder of Seven & I Holdings Co. and supporter of the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management Yoichi Nishimaru - physician and the author of 魂の仕事人 西丸與一 Biography of Yoichi Nishimaru 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.National Museum of Nature and Science Special Exhibition: Great Journey Takehiko Ogawa - urologist and developmental biologist famous for in vitro spermatogenesis. Hase Seishū - novelist known for writing yakuza crime fictions.卒業生インタビュー12 馳星周氏 Ken Hirai - R&B and pop singer平井堅、PV撮影で母校に凱旋
Faculty Duane B. Simmons - American physician, educator and lay Christian missionary Neil Gordon Munro - Scottish physician and anthropologist Taikichiro Mori - economist and founder of Mori Building Company【時代のリーダー】森泰吉郎・森ビル社長 Hiroshi Nakamura - biochemist and historian of cartography Masayuki Kikuchi - seismologist famous for real-time seismology Makoto Asashima - biologist and the discoverer of Activin変わらない熱情で、中胚葉へと変わる過程を見る Kenji Kosaka - psychiatrist and the discoverer of Dementia with Lewy bodiesFiscal 2013, Asahi Prize recipients Shigeo Ohno - biochemist famous for pioneer research on cell polarity Naomichi Matsumoto - geneticist known for identifying several causative genes for human diseases
Honorary doctoral degree recipients Honorary doctoral degree recipients include the following. Harold W. Kroto (November 4, 1997) Howard A. Bern (November 12, 1997) Elizabeth Mann-Borgese (December 8, 1998) Harold J.Simon (March 23, 1999) Yataro Tajima (October 31, 2001) Kenneth D. Butler (November 12, 2001) Ma Ying-jeou (July 12, 2006) Masatoshi Ito (October 12, 2007)
See also Yokohama City University College of Nursing
References
External links
Yokohama City University | JPSS for International Students