Kanazawa University

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Kanazawa University
金沢大学

The emblem of Kanazawa University shows the characters "University" and the leaves of acanthus, a Mediterranean plant, and was first used in August 1949. The "acanthus" stands for "The Fine Arts", and its graceful leaves were loved by the ancient Greeks and Romans, who used them as decorations in the capitals of Corinthian and Composit columns; it is said that they were grown in the garden of Plato's Academia.

Established:	May 1949
Students:	~11,000
Location:	Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Kanazawa University (金沢大学, Kanazawa daigaku^?) is a national university located in the city of Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture. The roots of Kanazawa University can be traced back to 1862 when the Kaga Domain established Hikoso Vaccination Center. Ishikawa Normal School, Kanazawa Higher Normal School, Ishikawa Youth Normal School, Kanazawa Medical School, and Kanazawa Technical College were integrated in May 1949 to form Kanazawa University.^[1] Since then, for over 50 years, Kanazawa University has been the leader of universities on the Sea of Japan side. It has continuously and substantially contributed to the development of higher education in Japan as well as global promotion of research by offering various undergraduate and graduate courses.

Currently in the structure of Kanazawa University are:^[1]

School of Health Sciences of Faculty of Medicine (since 1996)
University Library (since 1949)
Cancer Research Institute (since 1967)
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology (since 1987)
Graduate School of Socio-Environmental Studies (since 1993)
Graduate School of Medical Science (since 1955)
Graduate School of Economics (since 1984)
Graduate School of Law (since 1971)
Graduate School of Education (since 1982)
Graduate School of Letters (since 1972)

Kanazawa University is divided into three main campuses, Kakuma, Takaramachi, and Kodatsuno campus. Student enrollment is about 11,000 including 350 international students.^[1]