Yokohama Municipal University

Yokohama Municipal University
founding	1882/1949
Sponsorship	urban
place	Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture
country	Japan
management	Yoshinobu Kubota
Students	4,826 (May 2010)
Employee	2,743 (May 2010)
Website	www.yokohama-cu.ac.jp

The University Hospital (on the Fukuura campus)

Kanazawa Hakkei Campus

The Yokohama City University ( Japanese 横 浜 市立 大学 , Yokohama-shiritsu daigaku ; English Yokohama City University , short: YCU ) is a public university in Japan . The main campus (Kanazawa Hakkei Campus) is located in Kanazawa-ku , Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture .

history

One of the origins of the university was the Yokohama School of Commerce and Law ( 横 浜 商法 学校 , Yokohama shōhō gakkō ), which was founded in 1882 by the merchants' guild . In 1888 it was renamed the Yokohama Commercial School ( 横 浜 商業 学校 , Yokohama shōgyō gakkō , short: Y school ). It became a municipal school in 1917. In 1924 she divided the study time into two parts: a 5-year course (ages: 12-17) and a 2-year specialty course (ages: 17-19). In 1928 the special course for the Yokohama Municipal Business School ( 横 浜 市立 横 浜 商業 専 ​​門 学校 , Yokohama-shiritsu Yokohama shōgyō semmon gakkō , short: Y-technical school ). In 1949 this developed into the Yokohama Municipal University .

Another origin was the Jūzen Hospital founded in 1874 ( 十全 医院 , Jūzen iin ). It became a city hospital in 1891. In 1944, the Yokohama Municipal Medical School ( 横 浜 市立 医学 専 門 学校 , Yokohama-shiritsu igaku semmon gakkō ) was founded at the hospital. In 1947 the college developed into the Yokohama Medical College ( 横 浜 医科大学 , Yokohama ika daigaku ), which in 1952 became the Medical Faculty of the Yokohama Municipal University.

Faculties

• Kanazawa-Hakkei-Campus (in Kanazawa-ku, 35 ° 20 ′ 2.8 ″  N , 139 ° 37 ′ 3.4 ″  E Coordinates: 35 ° 20 ′ 2.8 ″  N , 139 ° 37 ′ 3.4 ″  O )
  • Faculty of International General Sciences
    • Courses in Liberal Arts and International Sciences
    • Science courses
    • Economics courses
• Fukuura Campus (in Kanazawa-ku, 35 ° 20 ′ 36.3 ″  N , 139 ° 39 ′ 4.6 ″  E )
  • Medical school

Well-known graduates

• Ken Hirai (born 1972), singer

See also

• List of universities and colleges in Japan

Web links

Commons : Yokohama Municipal University  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Yokohama Municipal University (Japanese and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/en/about/leadership/list-of-presidents/
2. ↑ ^{a b} 平 成 21 事業 年度 事業 報告 書 (Annual Report 2009), PDF in Japanese, pages 2–3: Undergraduate 4,067, Post-Graduate 759, Professors and research assistants 662, other employees 2,081. Retrieved November 23, 2010.