University of Shizuoka

Not to be confused with Shizuoka University.
University of Shizuoka
静岡県立大学
Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku

Yada Campus, the University of Shizuoka
Former names
 Shizuoka College of Pharmacy (静岡薬科大学), Shizuoka Women's College (静岡女子大学), Shizuoka Women's Junior College (静岡女子短期大学)
Motto Creativity, Knowledge, Cooperation and Diligence (創知協働 Sochi Kyodo)
Established 1987
Type public university
Chairman Masachika Suzuki
President Naohide Kinae
Vice-president Masakuni Degawa
Hiroaki Fukawa
Dean Naoto Oku
Tsutomu Nakayama
Hisao Tomizawa
Hideo Koyama
Masato Kimura
Yasuyuki Imai
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Yoshiki Hayashi
Akihiro Okumura
Haruko Shikimori
Masahiro Sakata
Administrative staff
 339
76 (junior college)
Undergraduates 2432
Postgraduates 465
Other students
 599 (junior college)
Location Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture,  Japan
Campus urban
Nickname 県大 (Kendai)
Website http://www.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/

The University of Shizuoka (静岡県立大学 Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku), is a public university in Shizuoka, Japan.

Overview

Yada Campus
Yada Campus

The Japanese name of the university is Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku (静岡県立大学), which translates, literally, the "Prefectural University of Shizuoka." Since the English version of the Japanese term for province (prefecture) is unfamiliar to many English speakers, the university's name was simplified to the "University of Shizuoka." This leads to some confusion, in English at least, since another nearby national university has a very similar name in English (that institution is Shizuoka University (静岡大学)).

The University of Shizuoka is located in the prefectural capital of Shizuoka. The Yada main campus is near Kusanagi Station on the JR Tōkaidō Main Line, six minutes from Shizuoka Station. It is roughly half-way between the town centers of the former cities of Shimizu and Shizuoka (which were merged to form a single city in 2003). It forms an important part of a major cultural and educational complex which also includes the Shizuoka Prefectural Library and the Shizuoka Prefectural Art Museum.

The University of Shizuoka was created through the amalgamation of three former public colleges in 1987 and was expanded to comprise five colleges. These are the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, the Faculty of International Relations, the School of Administration and Informatics and the School of Nursing. In addition to the undergraduate programs offered in the various departments of these colleges, the university also maintains graduate schools in each of the five colleges, as well as a variety of research institutes, inter-disciplinary centers and other research centers. The university also operates a two-year junior college, which is on a separate campus from the main university.

Undergraduate

Graduate school

Research institute

Junior college

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Coordinates: 34°59′42″N 138°26′43″E / 34.99500°N 138.44528°E