Yokohama City University
| Yokohama City University | |
|---|---|
| 横浜市立大学 | |
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Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus | |
| Motto | 教育重視・学生中心・地域貢献 |
Motto in English | Emphasis on education, student-centeredness, and local contribution |
| Established | 1882 |
| Type | Public |
| President | Tsutomu Fuse[1] |
Academic staff | 681 [2] |
| Undergraduates | 4122 [3] |
| Postgraduates | 725 [3] |
| Location | Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Yochy (Ginkgo)[4] |
| Website |
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Yokohama City University (YCU) (横浜市立大学 Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku) is a public university, in Yokohama, Japan.[5] As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign.[6] 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),[7] and a core member of the Japanese University Network in the Bay Area (JUNBA).[8]
History
From Yokohama School of Commerce to Yokohama City University
The predecessor of YCU, the Yokohama School of Commerce (橫濱商法學校 Yokohama Shōhō Gakkō), was founded in 1882, initially maintained by an association of local merchants. In 1888, the school was renamed Yokohama Commercial School (橫濱商業學校 Yokohama Shōgyō Gakkō), 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 Yokohama City College of Commerce (橫濱市立橫濱商業專門學校 Yokohama Shiritsu Yokohama Shōgyō Gakkō). 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 Juzen Hospital (十全醫院 Jūzen Iin). This hospital was municipalized in 1891. In 1944, Yokohama Municipal Medical College (橫濱市立醫學專門學校 Yokohama Shiritsu Igaku Senmon Gakkō)) was established, and Juzen Hospital became a college hospital. In 1947, after World War II, the medical college became Yokohama Medical School (横浜医科大学 Yokohama Ika Daigaku), 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.
Recent history
In 1949, YCU had one faculty: the Faculty of Commerce. 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 (Commerce, International Liberal Arts, and Science) were merged into one faculty: International College of Arts and Sciences.
- 2005: Yokohama City University College of Nursing was transferred to YCU, and four-year Nursing Course 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.[9]
- 2011: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) began the international project for the Development of Wheat Breeding Materials for Sustainable Food Production through KIBR.[10]
- 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]
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.[14][15] RIKEN Yokohama researchers visit YCU as guest professors and provide guidance for students as part of a cooperative graduate school agreement.[16]
Faculties (undergraduate schools)
International College of Arts and Sciences
- Division of Economics and Business Administration
- Division of Global Urban and Regional Studies
- Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies
- Division of Sciences
School of Medicine
- Medical Course (six-year)
- Nursing Course (four-year)
Graduate schools
- Graduate School of Urban Social and Cultural Studies
- Graduate School of International Management
- Graduate School of Nanobioscience
- Graduate School of Medical Life 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.[17]
- 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 fiscal 2012, treated 465,918 out-patients and 213,149 in-patients.[18] 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.[19]
Yokohama City University Medical Center
International cooperation
YCU has exchange agreements with the following universities.[20]
- 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.[14]
- 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[21]
- Yoichi Nishimaru - physician and the author of Afternoon in the Forensic Medicine Classroom (法医学教室の午後)[22]
- 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.[23][24]
- Hase Seishū - novelist known for writing Yakuza crime fictions.[25]
- Ken Hirai - R&B and pop singer[26]
Faculty
- Taikichiro Mori - economist and founder of Mori Building Company[27]
- Hiroshi Nakamura - biochemist and historian of cartography[28]
- Masayuki Kikuchi - seismologist famous for real-time seismology[29]
- Makoto Asashima - biologist and the discoverer of Activin[30]
- Kenji Kosaka - psychiatrist and the discoverer of Dementia with Lewy bodies[31]
- Naomichi Matsumoto - geneticist known for identifying several causative genes for human diseases[32]
Honorary doctoral degree recipients
Honorary doctoral degree recipients include the following.[33]
- 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
References
- ↑ Message from the President | Yokohama City University
- ↑ Number of faculty staff | Yokohama City University
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Number of students | Yokohama City University
- ↑ 横浜市立大学キャラクター ヨッチー (Japanese)
- ↑ University Search - View University
- ↑ Number of foreign students | Yokohama City University
- ↑ Port-City University League
- ↑ JUNBA
- ↑ 横浜市立大学が海外に初進出! (Japanese)
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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 (Japanese)
- ↑ 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 (Japanese)
- ↑ 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 (Japanese)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Graduate School of International Management Yokohama City University | JICA
- ↑ Educational Partnerships | RIKEN
- ↑ Local Alliances | RIKEN Yokohama Campus
- ↑ Joint Graduate School of Medicine Program | Yokohama City University
- ↑ 診療科目・病床数・統計 | 横浜市立大学附属病院 (Japanese)
- ↑ The Elective Network: Yokohama City University Hospital
- ↑ 海外の交流協定締結大学 | 横浜市立大学 (Japanese)
- ↑ #553 Masatoshi Ito - Forbes.com
- ↑ 魂の仕事人 西丸與一 Biography of Yoichi Nishimaru (Japanese)
- ↑ Sekino Yoshiharu - The great Unknown, The Great Explorers
- ↑ National Museum of Nature and Science Special Exhibition: Great Journey
- ↑ 卒業生インタビュー12 馳星周氏 (Japanese)
- ↑ 平井堅、PV撮影で母校に凱旋 (Japanese)
- ↑ 【時代のリーダー】森泰吉郎・森ビル社長 (Japanese)
- ↑ "Hiroshi Nakamura (1891–1974)". Imago Mundi 27: 97. 1975. doi:10.1080/03085697508592420.
- ↑ "Biographical Sketch for: Masayuki Kikuchi". Iris Education.
- ↑ 変わらない熱情で、中胚葉へと変わる過程を見る (Japanese)
- ↑ Fiscal 2013, Asahi Prize recipients
- ↑ NAOMICHI MATSUMOTO
- ↑ Honorary doctoral degree recipients | Yokohama City University